Nice find! Sounds like it found a good home. One of these is on my bucket list. That or maybe a 99 which I believe is designed and operates pretty similarly but is lever action instead.
Quote from: CaptJ on August 29, 2021, 04:28:33 PMNice find! Sounds like it found a good home. One of these is on my bucket list. That or maybe a 99 which I believe is designed and operates pretty similarly but is lever action instead.There's a 400 on Baker Airguns right now $199.
There's a 400 on Baker Airguns right now $199.
Crosman domes, really? The only pellets mine will cycle are various wadcutters. But, I guess I've never tried any Crosman domes. Assume hollow points would work the same?
Quote from: TerryM on August 31, 2021, 08:12:22 PM Crosman domes, really? The only pellets mine will cycle are various wadcutters. But, I guess I've never tried any Crosman domes. Assume hollow points would work the same?Hollow points are domed and work fine. I got away from using Meister Wadcutters years ago in certain self loaders. BTW, NEVER use wadcutters in a 622! Nothing but trouble! dave
Quote from: Dave S on September 01, 2021, 09:29:18 AMQuote from: TerryM on August 31, 2021, 08:12:22 PM Crosman domes, really? The only pellets mine will cycle are various wadcutters. But, I guess I've never tried any Crosman domes. Assume hollow points would work the same?Hollow points are domed and work fine. I got away from using Meister Wadcutters years ago in certain self loaders. BTW, NEVER use wadcutters in a 622! Nothing but trouble! daveUse of domed must have to do with spring tension in the magazine. When I tried out mine it had a makeshift magazine and wouldn't work with domes. Do you load a full magazine?
Had an interesting time with both my 400s today, trying different pellets. I put about 75 rounds through each. For whatever reason, the older gun tends to cycle more smoothly. It is also the harder hitting of the two, and loud. It only gets about 20 shots before velocity begins to drop off, my second variant gets more than twice that number, even at full power. H&N Field Trial Trophy, 14.66 gr. cycled well. The FTT Green lead-free 9.57 gr. fed very smoothly, they are made of tin, hard and slick. Fast, averaged 696 fps with some shots over 700 in the variant 1. JSB 16 and 18 gr. would not feed at all, to long, apparently. Gamo round balls work well but accuracy not so good. Didn't get great accuracy from the Crosman hollow points, either. The wadcutters I have been using are still the most accurate. A few years back, A of A had a special on "Webley Vermin Pells", 12 tins for 60 bucks. It was a bargain even with the shipping cost. I still have 7 tins. A rebranded Crosman pellet, I can routinely get 1/2" to 3/4" 20 yard groups with my scoped 400. The RWS MKs shoot about the same, slightly faster. The big surprise was the H&N 21 gr. slugs. They cycled well in both guns, averaged 540 fps in the older one, 500 in the second variant. I intend to try a scope on the variant 1 and experiment further with them. Just might convert it to bulk fill eventually. I've found the Crosman 400 is more versatile than I ever realized...
Finally, in it's present configuration...