I'm glad you decided on the 392 it's just a beast of a gun. And I know you'll hear a lot of complaints about the factory sights but I love them I've shot with a scope and the gun is much more fun without a normal scope. I have never tried a pistol scope up further on the barrel but that would seem the way to go with this particular air rifle because it is very comfortable to grab the top of the receiver when pumping unfortunately you can't do that when there is a scope mounted. That's why you see a lot of people putting on a Williams peep sight. They are known to be much more accurate but I just like open sights better. One word of advice though don't over pump your gun at all they are not like a 760 or a 1377. There is a Rubber seal in the valve and if you over pump this gun the air pressure will destroy this Rubber seal. ask me how I know ::)Also the rubber is not as flexible in cold weather and non-stop 8 pumps in cold weather will also prematurely destroy the Rubber seal in this gun. go on ask me how I know You will also hear people say don't over oil the gun. This is not entirely true. And you should slightly over oil your gun and dry fire the excess oil out of the gun so there is oil in your valve. If you oil the gun like the manufacturer says you probably will not get any oil in your valve and the pollutants that enter your valve will start to corrode the inside of the valve walls no matter if it is made of aluminum or brass. My brass valve was so badly corroded inside I never thought it was going to work again . The newer guns come with a brass valve once again because it is more resistant to this corrosion. However the brass valve will corrode if it is starving of oil... the gun is amazing and I can get 1"groups at 30 yards resting with scope... but you will have no problem head hunting squirrels with the open sites within 10 yards
OP, might I suggest a GunMate soft case for your new 'beast'...available on Amazon for about $25.00 or thereabouts. When I order a new air rifle, I get one of those coming so it won't be chilly when I'm not shooting it!After you get your new 392, feel free to get ahold of me...I'm not too far from you in that I live in Satanclaritatrafficlighthell...I've got mine set up just perfect, and it's pretty much out of the box! I got a good 'un...I installed the Williams peep sight, and for this rifle, in my opinion, there just isn't any other rear sight to consider! Very intuitive, very accurate, but the bad news is that there are reports that this sight isn't being manufactured until late spring or early summer, but you might want to check around a bit, I'm certain there are retailers out there that have a stock of them. I'd get on that ASAP if you're considering going this direction. Good luck with your new toy!
Will, Did’nt know if you were aware of this, but the 392 does’nt have to be cocked to put a pump of air in it for storage.I just mention this as you mentioned de cocking.As far as de cocking when pumped up to shoot, then yes, have to remove the hump as you knew.One thing about the iron sights on mine.... I had to “ crawl “ as far forward on the stock as I could to use the existing irons or the peep sight.It works, but the current stocks are a bad design for iron sight work.I hope the new synthetic stocks will be an improvement in that regard for both irons and scope.I have the high over the breech mounts on mine, and while super stable, they’re so high I have to set the scope back as far as possible to get my cheek on the highest part of the stock to get a cheek weld and be able to see through the scope.A low as possible scope base is the answer, as in the mac1 your getting. It should be worth every penny in that regard.I intend to get one for mine.I do like how i’m Able to leave my peep sight mounted with the high bases though.... ca’nt see through the peep with the bases I have, but can leave them on and sighted in for back up.I will say the accuracy of the 392 makes up for any complaints I have with stock design on the new ones.Much harder to pump than the 880’s you have, but worth the effort on trigger pull lol.I’m thinking of getting one of the new synthetic stock 392’s when they hit the market and “ maybe” send my wood stock version in to Mac 1 for the steroid treatment.Hope you like yours as much as I do mine.
Hey guys, thank you so much for your info ... ya that Mac1 mounts looks very nice .... if I get in the market to scope this gun, that is the mount I would get ... It does look much better than anything else out there !!wll
How do you pump a 392 with the scope mounted ? I have the original Sheridan Intermount ( it did cause barrel separation ) but I do not use it anymore. Sheridan fixed my Blue Streak back in 1976 and I have used open or peep sights since. The newer style mounts still look like the pumping is hard with a rear mounted rifle scope. The pistol scope mounted up front probably helps, but I do not care for how it looks.
I didn’t see any store bought mounts I liked so I built these mounts for my 392. The scope is long eye relief. I could have went lower to barrel but decided to have more clearance to load pellets.
I agree, at least early on. I thought the look was terrible until I purchased my first IA mount & familiarized myself to this unorthodox style of shooting. Sight acquisition is immediate & unleashes the full potential of these extremely accurate models (vintage), & quite frankly I think the look is pretty cool. On the other side of the coin, I can see younger AG folks with their excellent eyesight (in most cases) siding with the more traditional sights. What I will say is I have tried the traditional scopes & mounts & cycling a pumper in this matter is difficult; worse, it jeopardizes the integrity of the air tube & barrel.