Im not sure why some say theyre having a hard time getting accuracy from their 362s. Mine settled down and shoots pretty good. As ln 1" or less at 40 yds.Last night i finished assembling a 147 i bought at the Kalamazoo show. I converted it to 22 with a 362 barrel ($15 from crosman) that i cut to replicate the original barrel. All the porting is drilled out to 5/32".Today i changed the bolt Oring and adjusted the piston length about .080 to contact the valve. Holy smoke, is this gun powerful! 8 pumps is TOUGH! LOUD, flat shooting to 50 yds, and very accurate with crosman h.p.s., It's a real gem! I'm going to have to get out the chronograph and compare it to the 362. And i have yet to open up the 362. It will get the full hot rod port and polish this winter.
Ed, i know theyre different, but this is a new platform, Crosman is supposedly making their barrels in house now. If this is true, the tooling should be new, the quality should be consistent. Whatever the case may be, i was more or less wondering out loud. Seems strange to me is all.
EdinGa.The 2289 Drifter is a nice accurate little gun,, not pellet picky, quick handling super light, the stock bag when it has 150 .22 pellets in small mylar bags,, makes the Drifter balance very nice. With a BR LDC,, squirrel fart quiet..NVak