Posted: 1/14/2012 12:32:17 PM EDT
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Used part of a Cabelas gift card I got for Christmas for something truly frivolous and fun, a crosman 760 pumpmaster air rifle. I had one of these when I was a kid. The new one has a fiber optic front sight blade. I've been plinking cans from about 15yards away. 5 pumps is sending a copperhead BB through both sides of an empty Dole pineapple can.
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Man I had one in the 1980's. Being around the same time I discovered masturbation, both my arms developed evenly. I can't remember shooting it though with less then ten pumps, either gun.  Doh: how did I not know masturbation would already be covered by the 4th post in a GD thread  |
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I grew up with the 66 pumpmaster. They now make the reciever out of plastic, detuned it and I hear that it isn't rifled anymore.  Yeah, it's plastic and the barrel isn't rifled but 650 fps with BBs is nothing to sneeze at. It's also very accurate for a smoothboore |
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Quoted: Quoted: I grew up with the 66 pumpmaster. They now make the reciever out of plastic, detuned it and I hear that it isn't rifled anymore. Yeah, it's plastic and the barrel isn't rifled but 650 fps with BBs is nothing to sneeze at. It's also very accurate for a smoothboore I actually looked at one a few years ago for the same nostalgic reason, ended up with a Gammo Whisper though. It does shoot right through 1/2" plywood |
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Quoted: I had one in "70 or '71, Ten pumps and three BBs were called the "Box Car Punch." We used to shoot at EACH OTHER when we were dumb kids in the 80's, three pumps max. It was only a matter of time though before you heard some yell, then CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK and everyone bugging out.  |
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Anyone else play "Tag" with them as a kid? One pump rule, always broken by someone which soon led to a fist-fight among the youts. Ah... Good times.  The superior rate of fire of the Red Ryder ruled in my neighborhood, until one kid got a CO2 repeater. Yah... But those HURT.  . The 760 with one pump was enough to let everyone know you got hit from the "Ow, Damnit!!!". But not enough to cause much injury... I also still have my old Red Ryder.
I also now am the proud ( ) owner of a pink Red Ryder... I am holding it safely for my 4 year old daughter.
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Quoted: I still have my 760 from my youth... I still love that little rifle. Anyone else play "Tag" with them as a kid? One pump rule, always broken by someone which soon led to a fist-fight among the youts. Ah... Good times. Heh, I guess so as we were typing it at the same time  |
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I still have mine although its a 761 XL with matching crosman scope circa 76/77 time frame –– I was proud as hell of this air rifle. Killed numerous birds of which I now regret in hindsight for the senseless waste. http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/bucknailer63/coleman%20stuff/001-6.jpg http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/bucknailer63/coleman%20stuff/003-5.jpg I know you're not going to get rid of it, but put a number on it anyway. It'll make my lesson learned |
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I still have mine although its a 761 XL with matching crosman scope circa 76/77 time frame –– I was proud as hell of this air rifle. Killed numerous birds of which I now regret in hindsight for the senseless waste. http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/bucknailer63/coleman%20stuff/001-6.jpg http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/bucknailer63/coleman%20stuff/003-5.jpg That wooden stock and the brass bolt is the kind my oldest brother got in 1978. I got mine in 1982 and it was already a plastic stock and bolt. I bought one for my dad to replace his old grackle gun in the '90s and the whole thing was plastic except the barrel. Most recently I bought a pink one for my daughters and it just felt like a total piece of crap  .
It's not that the memories of things of old were better. It's not a "golden age" delusion. Things really were better back then. |
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Quoted: That wooden stock and the brass bolt is the kind my oldest brother got in 1978. I got mine in 1982 and it was already a plastic stock and bolt. I bought one for my dad to replace his old grackle gun in the '90s and the whole thing was plastic except the barrel. Most recently I bought a pink one for my daughters and it just felt like a total piece of crap .It's not that the memories of things of old were better. It's not a "golden age" delusion. Things really were better back then. Some things. Not all. The interenet makes up for almost all the things that used to be better. Do you remember how there was so much stuff out there you never had any idea existed, without the catalogs? |
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I wore out my 760...replaced it this year with a Remington Vantage...$80 at our local variety store. Break barrel .177 pellet.
Starlings are dropping, impalled upon stick, and left center of yard for others to see. Using the fiber optic "irons"..."plastics". Haven't mounted the scope as some have said a springer rifle like this will destroy/alter a cheap scope (comes with the gun). Told to add a buffer...not sure what that is on a rifle. 
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Still got my Crosman 760. Bought it around 1969. Pump handle has grooves in the side. No rails for a scope.
Attached a Crosman scope to the barrel sometime in the 70's Unfortunately too built up around here to use it much now. Keep it on a crossbeam in the cellar and use it to dispatch mice that are unfortunate enough not to be cleanly killed in a mouse trap. |
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I still have my 760 (was originally my stepbrothers but I inherited it somewhere along the way), I also have my Daisy 880, Red Ryder and a Gamo 1000.
None see much use since I discovered the joy of CCI CB Longs in a .22lr bolt action but I wont be getting rid of them either. |
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Try never using Copperheads in your air rifle, they're actually undersized for your rifle's bore and won't get you the best performance. GAMO sells some .176 lead pellets that work like a charm, if you still don't want to use straight pellets.    yeah, air rifles are fun. If they're both accurate and cheap, there's no reason not to own one. |
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Even though mostly plastic, they were still good in the 80s, probably the most pellet gun for the $21 they sold for. A friend of mine had an older one with the brass bolt, metal receiver, etc- it wasn't really any better than the plastic ones at the time. The 66 was more powerful, but a lot more expensive, something like three times more. I haven't looked at any since then. They ruled the 70s and 80s because they were plenty powerful enough, durable, and could hold a couple hundred BBs as well as shoot pellets, nail tips, or what have you.
Crosman's pump pistol at the time was really good too. It nearly rivaled the Benjamin for less than a third of the price. |
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I still have mine although its a 761 XL with matching crosman scope circa 76/77 time frame –– I was proud as hell of this air rifle. Killed numerous birds of which I now regret in hindsight for the senseless waste. http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/bucknailer63/coleman%20stuff/001-6.jpg http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/bucknailer63/coleman%20stuff/003-5.jpg Don't feel too bad about it. 76/77 was a long time ago. Birds generally don't live very long in the wild. Most of them would be dead by now anyway, or at least completely senile.
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