Karl/PA
Ultimate Member
Daisy Red Ryder around 1947
First Airgun
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JCB003
Ultimate Member
- Sep 10, 2007
- 1,212
Crossman 766.
Still have it, still over at my parents house where it's been for almost 30 yrs!?!
To this day, when I visit my parents and go down in the basement I find my self pumping it up and shooting one or two into the box of Christmas ornaments like I did when I was a kid. Old box probably has 200 holes in it. I think I still have the original milk carton of BB's too.
Still have it, still over at my parents house where it's been for almost 30 yrs!?!
To this day, when I visit my parents and go down in the basement I find my self pumping it up and shooting one or two into the box of Christmas ornaments like I did when I was a kid. Old box probably has 200 holes in it. I think I still have the original milk carton of BB's too.
I also had a Crossman 760. I did terrible things with it, including waking up the neighbor's cat. Used to line up plastic soldiers, put about ten or fifteen BBs down the bore, with a pellet in the muzzle for a stopper. Ten pumps, and mow down the soldiers with grapeshot. That load produced a bit of recoil, too.
One fun thing was to leave my window open in the summer, until I had several wasps in the room. Then I'd pour some salt down the barrel, give it two or three pumps, and blow the wasps away. No damage to walls or glass, but I had wasp spatter all over.
One fun thing was to leave my window open in the summer, until I had several wasps in the room. Then I'd pour some salt down the barrel, give it two or three pumps, and blow the wasps away. No damage to walls or glass, but I had wasp spatter all over.
Schoen
Member
crossman 760 .i loved that little gun . Now i have the Gamo BIG CAT
ST19AG_WGreymon
Ultimate Member
You make me want to grab my Gamo from the back of the closet and do naughty things with it.
But it's too nice for that. :goes out to buy a Crosman:rbart48
Member
My first airgun was a Daisy BB gun was in 1955
I got my first Daisy BB gun for Christmas in 1955. I was 7 years old. I believe it was a model 102. It definitely was not the Red Ryder model because several of my friends had those; I was jealous. Shot at a bunch of squirrels at my grandfather's house in No. VA; actually hit a few.
rbart48
I got my first Daisy BB gun for Christmas in 1955. I was 7 years old. I believe it was a model 102. It definitely was not the Red Ryder model because several of my friends had those; I was jealous. Shot at a bunch of squirrels at my grandfather's house in No. VA; actually hit a few.
rbart48
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CallMeIshmael
New Shooter
i can't remember the name of my first airgun, as I had to return it within a couple of hours of purchasing it. I remember it was a crosman and it was a multipump. It was all black, and was not a break barrel, which wasn't exactly what I wanted anyway.
I remember when I was on the air rifle team in NJROTC and we used once pump break barrels that were amazing. we used iron sights and I received 2nd place in competition.
If i were to get an air rifle now, it would probably be a Pre Charged Pneumatic or Break Barrel, with the Nitrogen system. so either an NPSS by remington or crosman, or if i had the money the benjamin rogue. that air rifle is a PCP that's in a .357 caliber. WHAT!!
I remember when I was on the air rifle team in NJROTC and we used once pump break barrels that were amazing. we used iron sights and I received 2nd place in competition.
If i were to get an air rifle now, it would probably be a Pre Charged Pneumatic or Break Barrel, with the Nitrogen system. so either an NPSS by remington or crosman, or if i had the money the benjamin rogue. that air rifle is a PCP that's in a .357 caliber. WHAT!!
putneyswope
Dismember
- Aug 7, 2010
- 585
my first was one of the m1 carbine lookalikes from page one and then i moved into a crosman 2240 although it wasn't marked as such back then. many a summer afternoon were spent on my uncle's farm shooting box after box of pellets. those were truly good times.
Kiev88cm
KB3ZKX
- Sep 24, 2009
- 890
I learned proper sight alignment, trigger, and breath control from my brother on an ancient daisy lever action. Next my father bought a small break barrel Czech made pellet gun in .77 cal that was incredible accurate, which I have given to my best friend and he has taught his three children to shoot with it. My first adult air gun was a Chinese B 21 in .22cal and I also have a couple of Mendoza break barrels in .177 and .22 cal.
When time allows I shoot them in a trap made of heavy steel filled with duct seal....quiet and relaxing...
When time allows I shoot them in a trap made of heavy steel filled with duct seal....quiet and relaxing...
M6HTZ
Active Member
My first gun was a Daisy 870. I remember buying it from Murphy's Mart in Pasadena. I think it was 27 dollars back in 1985. I had a great time with that gun. I still have it.
mckraut
Active Member
Red Ryder of course!
Ethan83
Ultimate Member
Crosman 2100 and 1377, duh.
Bart_man
Clinging to gun&religion
I had a daisy pump probably a powerline
Now my boys have a Remington 77 ( made by crossman) and a crossman grizzly oh and one of the guys from church gave me this old CO2 single action (gotta get it serviced)
Now my boys have a Remington 77 ( made by crossman) and a crossman grizzly oh and one of the guys from church gave me this old CO2 single action (gotta get it serviced)
ThumperIII
Active Member
The first one I bought with my own grass cutting money was probably around 1956-7. Hawthorne M180 from Montgonery Ward. Single shot .22 cal CO2 bolt type rifle made by Crosman. Just had all the gasket seals replaced last year and the gas port tweaked. Supposed to give over 620fps with a 14.3gr pellet on a new cartridge. Sighted for 30 yds.
Had been shooting a Crosman single shot CO2 pistol with my father for a couple years prior. Used the solid lead ball pellets in that pistol as you could shoot into a rag filled cardboard box and retrieve most of the pellets to reuse.
Had been shooting a Crosman single shot CO2 pistol with my father for a couple years prior. Used the solid lead ball pellets in that pistol as you could shoot into a rag filled cardboard box and retrieve most of the pellets to reuse.
The3clipser
Mister Tea
- Nov 29, 2009
- 1,851
Crossman 1377 pistol
What he said. Fun little thing...
ETA: Once zeroed, this thing is accurate as all get out. I kinda want to spring for the plastic stock that screws on in place of the grips...
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Powerstroke
Member
Crosman 2100 when i was 10, i always shot sparrows in our barn with that
Llyrin
Yankee-Rebel
Mine was a $10 Daisy that looked like a Red Ryder, but had a synthetic stock (sounds better than "plastic," but that's what it was).
Krispy Kirk
Member
Crossman 760. Still got it too. Second was a Daisy Powerline 880 that, despite the higher fps and rifled barrel, just isn't as fun to shoot somehow.
1st thread in this sub forum bump....
