Ok I can be a patient man but even I have my limits. I recieved a crosman c31 from a fellow "airhead" and was told to "give it a whirl" at trying to fix it. I can not turn down a free pellet/bb gun whether its broken or not and I definately know my way round tools and so forth. My perdicament is that Im not crazy about c02 other then for paintballin and this is my new nemesis, I've given the once over and for the life of me I cannot figure out why in the hell the barrel keeps poppin out of it everytime I pull the trigger!!!??? It stays in place with the safety on but when its off "pop" the barrel sticks out like some awkwardly mutated attempt at a longer barrel mod. I dont dare put a cartridge in it for fear of harpoonin something undesired or blowing potentially needed bits out of this cursed crosman. Any insight on this matter would be much appreciated, Id hate to get rid of it because I do have a weakness for Berettas (sp?) But for now I gotta crank some Slayer and scratch my bald head some more :(