New area of collecting for me: early Crosman 180 CO2 powered

[45flint]

My collecting started and has mostly been directed toward vintage spring powered guns. Love the blued milled steel. I then had the opportunity to pickup some vintage pumpers and they have been fun, especially learning the skills of resealing them. Being from the US, vintage Crosman CO2 guns are for sale all the time. Never that much interested but saw this 180 in just about as new condition and less than $100. Had to reseal it which took some time for this novice to learn. Bottom line these are great rifles, this has two power settings and the low is backyard friendly and about 8 FP. Nice blued steel, obviously not going to rival my Webley Mark 3 but it has its own charm. So simple and light. Wonder if these 1950-60’s rifles ever get over the England? Mine is the earliest 1950’s for sure. 60 shots with no work or recoil. Here are some pics, great fun.

https://imgur.com/a/FnNjR3h