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    the old sheridan are nice rifles I have one made in 1968.......but my favourite pump gun is my crosman 140 trigger gets harder to pull the more pumps but is made from blued steel and walnut stock at 5 pumps shoots nice
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    i have few 140's and agree on them quality wise
    most of the stocks I've seen are elm though and I had to make blow off pistons to all mine as they will if pumped enough go over

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gamocfx View Post
    The Crosman enthusiasts really turn out works of art and every credit to them, it is certainly on my bucket list to fiddle with one (or more). I can't help but think though that they are a "nearly" gun... as standard they are never there with the quality. It would be interesting to see how popular a 760 etc would be if they released a deluxe model that was not all monkey metal and straw barrels? The concept of the guns are ingenious but sadly they are built to a price.

    I would very much like to see a 2200 with a real barrel as well!
    This is very true of much of the American Airgun landscape, “built to a price” that would sell here. We here never allowed the Airgun makers to make the best products they could cause we would not pay for them. Though almost impossible for you overseas to collect, some of their early guns were made much better. I was shooting my 1949 Town & Country 108 this week. Massive, all brass, made for a very short time after the war until they found out no one here would pay for such quality airguns.

    Posted after I made this comment, the 140 is early to enough to see a better Crosman product.
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    Quote Originally Posted by smallholder1 View Post
    the old sheridan are nice rifles I have one made in 1968.......but my favourite pump gun is my crosman 140 trigger gets harder to pull the more pumps but is made from blued steel and walnut stock at 5 pumps shoots nice
    Interesting the 140 should not get harder to pull? I was wrong the 140 did start the blow-off valve. The Crosman 140 is Elm and does show Crosman always trying to cut costs. Sheridan would always maintain walnut.
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    the town and country or the junior in either calibre are models I'd like to acquire along with a 120
    I was looking at a 100 that a mate had but it needed a bit of work and the cost inc shipping was just a bit much

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    Quote Originally Posted by --ped-- View Post
    the town and country or the junior in either calibre are models I'd like to acquire along with a 120
    I was looking at a 100 that a mate had but it needed a bit of work and the cost inc shipping was just a bit much
    I’ve had the Junior as well as the Senior. The Senior is the one I’ve kept, nothing quite like it but extremely hard to get one here in the States. And then you need to find one that hasn’t been abused. They were just airguns when made and often not cared for.

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    I often don't have the luxury of finding them that aren't abused damaged or missing parts
    just more of a challenge to get them back in working order

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    My statement "made to a price" obviously cannot include the two rifles pictured they are air gun porn, beautiful guns to my eye. I think I would bankrupt myself if I lived in the US as I like almost all the American guns.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gamocfx View Post
    My statement "made to a price" obviously cannot include the two rifles pictured they are air gun porn, beautiful guns to my eye. I think I would bankrupt myself if I lived in the US as I like almost all the American guns.
    Funny here in the States I think the opposite, England is the place I would go broke. Lol. Old BSA’s and Webley’s! So hard to get here. As cool as they are the guns above don’t come close to a Webley Mark 3. It’s just that they are common over there.

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    I wouldn't bother too much with trying to fix the Crosman 760, they were a pretty poor gun to start with and nostalgia ain't what it used to be -- if you want an american pumper go for the Sheridan Streak, the Benjamin 317 or 347 or the Crosman 140 -- be prepared to pay £250/£300 for a good one though as they are becoming increasingly collectable.

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    i disagree Allan the early 70's 760's are getting scarce and although most are smoothbore some were rifled(hammer drop model i think same as the 761xl) with the early model having a wood stock and pump arm
    would agree that the sheridans and early benjamins are a far better gun though

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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanM View Post
    I wouldn't bother too much with trying to fix the Crosman 760, they were a pretty poor gun to start with and nostalgia ain't what it used to be -- if you want an american pumper go for the Sheridan Streak, the Benjamin 317 or 347 or the Crosman 140 -- be prepared to pay £250/£300 for a good one though as they are becoming increasingly collectable.


    Quote Originally Posted by --ped-- View Post
    i disagree Allan the early 70's 760's are getting scarce and although most are smoothbore some were rifled(hammer drop model i think same as the 761xl) with the early model having a wood stock and pump arm
    would agree that the sheridans and early benjamins are a far better gun though
    I agree with both of you. The early 760s were a very different beast from more recent versions. Metal receiver, rifled barrel, wooden fore-end and a solid plastic stock.

    There is also this thing:

    https://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Senec...Air_Rifle/4514

    It’s Chinese, appears to make around 10 ft-lbs in .177” (also available in .22”). The same basic gun is made in CO2 and PCP aversions and sold here by SMK. But I don’t think anyone imports the multi-pump.

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    you can get them I believe but its called a lr700 Krales have them but I'd suspect the .22 will need choking down to keep under 12

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    hello, is there a decent pump up to buy in UK ?

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    Loving the Chinese rifle! And to second Oldboy is there a decent current pump up?

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