Looks more substantial than the newer ones
Nice find, but it's not a 1982.Did you serial number date it or something ?Those are the solid styrene stocks of a 1971-1974 2nd variant self cocker, and the date in the serial number didn't come into use till June of 1975.A 1982 gun would have a zamak receiver, but it would be a manual cocking plastic bolt, the stock would be a hollow abs with a white spacer and should say Coleman on the butt plate, the forearm would be the grooved type. Btw some of these 2nd variant guns have been made with rifled barrels.I love my 2nd variant, the stocks are a little heave but the solid styrene is very durable.
82 is the month and year...8th month of 72.
Could be someone replaced parts and still weren't happy. Lots of possibilities.Also, they were known to use prior variant parts until supplies ran out. Seems like the right date would have been stamped on the end cap tho.
Don't know if they stamped the caps when making them or during assembly. I just know they transitioned between variants. They went from wood to the styrene to cut costs. They surely wouldn't waste the savings over a date stamp. Interesting that you have to remove a little finish just to see the date code. I had no idea it was even there until another member told me.
The gyrations on these guns must be endless. Since we have been discussing this, I pulled out a few of my solid synthetic stock models, I have one with a date cap of 72, but it has a scope rail (my other 72 does not), also the bore is really strange, it has 4 grooved lines symmetrical to each other vs. spiral rifling, I have never seen that. I have one that the receiver is a "Revalation" made for western auto, that one also has a scope rail. Bantam5S, thanks for the tip on using a little tape for a spacer on the stock, that really works well, they're always tightened so much they are not flush with the receiver. I have rescued, and bought so many of these, they always restore up nicely if all the parts are there. I actually had one somebody painted without dis assembling it, I cleaned all of the paint and gave it a new coat of appliance black and it looks new.
Quote from: CENTURION on September 08, 2017, 09:24:17 PMThe gyrations on these guns must be endless. Since we have been discussing this, I pulled out a few of my solid synthetic stock models, I have one with a date cap of 72, but it has a scope rail (my other 72 does not), also the bore is really strange, it has 4 grooved lines symmetrical to each other vs. spiral rifling, I have never seen that. I have one that the receiver is a "Revalation" made for western auto, that one also has a scope rail. Bantam5S, thanks for the tip on using a little tape for a spacer on the stock, that really works well, they're always tightened so much they are not flush with the receiver. I have rescued, and bought so many of these, they always restore up nicely if all the parts are there. I actually had one somebody painted without dis assembling it, I cleaned all of the paint and gave it a new coat of appliance black and it looks new. That's strange, the 2nd variant guns are all supposed to have the scope rail receivers.I guess that's just another example of crosman using left over parts.I've never heard of a barrel like that, do the lands twist at all ?Btw my tip was to use some bike inner tube rubber, not tape but if it works it works.That revalation example sounds cool, not that it means much just different and cool because of it.
I had a flat top pump piston with the o-ring in my supplies, put it, and a new quad seal in one of my old 760's and man did that breathe new life onto the thing. It was shooting and holding OK, but a little weak, now it's smoking for a little gun. That piston kit from MAC 1 is a nice set-up for these, I think it makes filling the gun more efficient, it's a little harder to pump. but takes a lot less pumps to get power.