My 760 manufactured 05/76 has a solid styrene butt stock, wooden forearm, flat top piston and valve, and a rifled barrel! the only other plastic is the BB loading gate and the release for loading in the chamber.
according to crosman they only used the styrene stock with wood foream from 1974 to 1975, the manual cocking came out in 1977 and the plastic bolt came out in 1980.Did you use the first 3 digits of the serial number to date your gun, or the number on the end of the cap / barrel support ? Because I'm not thinking your gun is all original based on you're description.That number on the barrel support can be a date on the 1960's guns, but it's not a guarantee after that ( it's definitely not a date on my gun ) .The modern rifled barrel available from crosman has a little plastic piece and is not compatible with the early brass bolt guns which have a breech machined into the barrel.I'm starting to think that the modern barrel configuration probably came about with the plastic bolts, but I really don't know for sure.It is indeed a self cock gun. S/N 0576 is on the receiver not the barrel support I wasn't sure when I replied I'm still new to this technical 760 jargon. After cleaning the barrel and getting it all shiny it appears to me it is rifled. I'll know more when I push a pellet through it with a rod? All I can say is a patched jag spins the rod and appears to show the rifeling on the patch when it comes out the muzzle. I chatted with JG Airguns and he said there is a grey area between 75&77. He alludes to the fact as open it up and see. No telling what is inside. Kind of like a box of chocolates.
Quote from: Icemanxxxv on August 22, 2017, 07:30:37 PMaccording to crosman they only used the styrene stock with wood foream from 1974 to 1975, the manual cocking came out in 1977 and the plastic bolt came out in 1980.Did you use the first 3 digits of the serial number to date your gun, or the number on the end of the cap / barrel support ? Because I'm not thinking your gun is all original based on you're description.That number on the barrel support can be a date on the 1960's guns, but it's not a guarantee after that ( it's definitely not a date on my gun ) .The modern rifled barrel available from crosman has a little plastic piece and is not compatible with the early brass bolt guns which have a breech machined into the barrel.I'm starting to think that the modern barrel configuration probably came about with the plastic bolts, but I really don't know for sure.It is indeed a self cock gun. S/N 0576 is on the receiver not the barrel support I wasn't sure when I replied I'm still new to this technical 760 jargon. After cleaning the barrel and getting it all shiny it appears to me it is rifled. I'll know more when I push a pellet through it with a rod? All I can say is a patched jag spins the rod and appears to show the rifeling on the patch when it comes out the muzzle. I chatted with JG Airguns and he said there is a grey area between 75&77. He alludes to the fact as open it up and see. No telling what is inside. Kind of like a box of chocolates.Your bolt is brass right ? Because it sounded like you said it was plastic. Anyways your receiver was definitely made in may 1976 if the first digits are 0576.Crosman had a lot of grey areas when it comes to the 760 and there are a handful variations in the gun that they don't mention.
Quote from: bantam5s on August 22, 2017, 10:45:43 PMQuote from: Icemanxxxv on August 22, 2017, 07:30:37 PMaccording to crosman they only used the styrene stock with wood foream from 1974 to 1975, the manual cocking came out in 1977 and the plastic bolt came out in 1980.Did you use the first 3 digits of the serial number to date your gun, or the number on the end of the cap / barrel support ? Because I'm not thinking your gun is all original based on you're description.That number on the barrel support can be a date on the 1960's guns, but it's not a guarantee after that ( it's definitely not a date on my gun ) .The modern rifled barrel available from crosman has a little plastic piece and is not compatible with the early brass bolt guns which have a breech machined into the barrel.I'm starting to think that the modern barrel configuration probably came about with the plastic bolts, but I really don't know for sure.It is indeed a self cock gun. S/N 0576 is on the receiver not the barrel support I wasn't sure when I replied I'm still new to this technical 760 jargon. After cleaning the barrel and getting it all shiny it appears to me it is rifled. I'll know more when I push a pellet through it with a rod? All I can say is a patched jag spins the rod and appears to show the rifeling on the patch when it comes out the muzzle. I chatted with JG Airguns and he said there is a grey area between 75&77. He alludes to the fact as open it up and see. No telling what is inside. Kind of like a box of chocolates.Your bolt is brass right ? Because it sounded like you said it was plastic. Anyways your receiver was definitely made in may 1976 if the first digits are 0576.Crosman had a lot of grey areas when it comes to the 760 and there are a handful variations in the gun that they don't mention.It is a brass bolt. I probably confused you with the BB release latch that allows the BB to get to the bolt.
Do you think this one has a rifled barrel? Bidding is up to $330 shipped. Wow! I spent $5 on wood and $10 for a rifled barrel to polish up my 760 that nobody wanted.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Crosman-760-bb-Rifle-1st-variant-with-Box-and-manual-Super-Scope-kit-410-/282618463099?hash=item41cd5f837b:g:588AAOSwFWVZmgTt
The newest style plastic-fantastic that I have shows no signs of breaking down. I shoot it a lot. Almost always use 8 pumps. I keep it well lubed. I seldom shoot bb's just because the inaccurate results. I bet I have CO2 bb pistols that group better. Like my C11 Crosman. The other day I tied pushing the envelope to 17 yards, and was rewarded with one group using Gamo Match wad cutters of 3/4". For this gun and it being a smooth bore, I was quite happy with that. That's benched with a 4x32 AO scope.
Quote from: birdmove on July 20, 2017, 01:59:05 AM The newest style plastic-fantastic that I have shows no signs of breaking down. I shoot it a lot. Almost always use 8 pumps. I keep it well lubed. I seldom shoot bb's just because the inaccurate results. I bet I have CO2 bb pistols that group better. Like my C11 Crosman. The other day I tied pushing the envelope to 17 yards, and was rewarded with one group using Gamo Match wad cutters of 3/4". For this gun and it being a smooth bore, I was quite happy with that. That's benched with a 4x32 AO scope.Plastic does not automatically mean junk and fragile. How many people shoot 10's of thousands of rounds out of Glocks, changing only the barrel, extractor, recoil spring/guide rod? The butt of an M16A2 is AMAZINGLY tough. Tougher than wood.Depends on type of plastic and design of part.
It would've been nice if they'd kept the metal receiver like my 760 variant one. With the same barrel connector so we could just buy a new replacement rifled version to install. I think that aspect alone was a mistake. And the plastic stock with checkering and such would've been nice if it were at least elm like my 160 Pellgun.
Yeah, non-scratch, durable, new & improved, lookit me, lookit me! No thanks. Those styles in wood would've sold more for more money, I think, because they'd be of greater value being of naturals materials as better products were at the time. But elm's grain figuring would've been gorgeous. Besides being easier to get rifled barrels and such. Now I gotta search till I die trying to fix it.