How about a little game of 'spot the mods'
David your thread made me look this one up. I just finished Tom Gaylord’s 2006 article about this airgun. What a cool carbine and adult friendly. Like he said in the article, you will want both the first and second version. That trigger in version two is sweet.
The wood is Elm, the grain is very distinctive. Gaylord has been awesome for the hobby but he can be wrong at times. Why Elm in the 1950’s early 60’s? Dutch elm disease killed our elm trees and I bet elm wood was crazy cheap? Crosman always saving a buck. They had maple after WW2 because they bought government surplus. The 180 is one of Crosman’s classics. The essence of simplicity and performance. Got three my favorite is the Sears long stock.
I believe it would be easy to make a mount for the Benjamin 273 receiver sight similar to how I did the Wgrs-54 sight. Baker sells them. If I ever get a Benjamin 273, I'll try fitting it to the 180.
Quote from: Pellet Fun on January 21, 2022, 11:00:44 AMDavid your thread made me look this one up. I just finished Tom Gaylord’s 2006 article about this airgun. What a cool carbine and adult friendly. Like he said in the article, you will want both the first and second version. That trigger in version two is sweet.Personally I don't see why anybody but a true collector would need a 1st variant when they've got a 2nd with it's awesome trigger.I say this however never having shot a 1st variant, maybe the 1st variant trigger is perfectly decein it's own right.
Quote from: avator on January 21, 2022, 08:03:59 AMHow about a little game of 'spot the mods' How much 180 is even left here besides the stock and trigger group ?
Quote from: bantam5s on January 21, 2022, 12:52:26 PMQuote from: avator on January 21, 2022, 08:03:59 AMHow about a little game of 'spot the mods' How much 180 is even left here besides the stock and trigger group ?Only the stock. The trigger group is a 2260... I had a spare stock and thought it would be fun. BTW... did you notice the LDC? It's a modified C02 cart and does a surprising job at calming the bark.