Crosman Town & Country 107

[DT Fletcher]

It's not that I have this, it's that Crosman Arms Engineering has it. Over toggling is the expression that Crosman Engineering uses to describe this. Because of that, and only because of that, imho, it's the only acceptable term to use. There is simply no need for any other way to describe this. And, to add other terms, serves only to confuse folks who are perhaps not clear on the concept and hearing conflicting terms to describe the same thing never helps.

Should perhaps add a bit of history on "over toggling" to provide some perspective. The over toggling concept goes back to 1925 and the disaster of the first Crosman Arms model with a forearm lever pump; usually known as the "transition" model in that it came after the 1924 model and just before the well-known "101" model that first appeared in the 2nd half of 1925. What made the "transition" model a disaster was the way the forearm was held up: by a spring-loaded detent ball in the receiver. The problem being that the small, but constant, impact of that spring detent invariably broke the die cast front sight assembly.

The answer that saved the fledgling Crosman Arms and their innovative but flawed design was...... over toggling the pump bolt. Which makes the term "over toggling" 93 years old.