WOW, and I thought my set of three was a big deal. Great job collecting.
I have a thing for 150/157s! 150 BLACK grips 1st Variant 150 BLACK grips 1st Variant 150 BROWN grips 1st Variant 150 White Marble grips 2nd Variant with PK Shooting Kit- Steel Case 150 BLK 2nd Variant 150 Gray Marble grips 2nd Variant Wards Shooting Outfit - Steel Case 150 2nd Variant Cardboard Box Home Shooting Set - Steel Target 150 Gray Marble grips 3rd Variant re-blued 150 Wood GRIPS 2nd Variant 157 1st Variant Brown grips D.T. Fletcher Collection Second type 1 variation with box and manual 157 1st Variant Brown grips 157 2nd Variant bulk fill 157 Gray Marble grips 2nd Variant
Two new "Shooters" looking to seize the market on Crosman 150's (and 157's)! Seriously, NO disrespect, real or implied - just humor. Glad you have them and appreciate them. These are much nicer than 2240's (notwithstanding the 22xx modding hobby). Crosman should never have discontinued them. I prefer these late versions with better sights and the one-piece breech and barrel.Congratulations on these finds!
The 150 has been on my radar for a while now, but I've never really looked for one.I think the sliding breech cover and seperate cocking knob is holding me back.A snag free bolt is definitely the way to go for a pistol, but the Benjamin pattern with rear knob bolt is much much better.The sliding cover on my 140 is also kind of annoying to use.Why would Crosman go from a standard rear cocking bolt on the 105 to a sliding cover bolt and rear cocking knob that adds an extra step to ready the pistol ?Variable power is the only advantage, but the seperate cocking knob was pointless once they did away with the variable power.I'm sure if I ever have the opportunity to snag one for a good price I could grow to love it, but between the 150 an or Crosman Eb22 from the 90's I'd probably rather have an eb22 but the 150 is probably something I have a much better chance of affording.
Quote from: bantam5s on May 12, 2021, 02:33:07 AMThe 150 has been on my radar for a while now, but I've never really looked for one.I think the sliding breech cover and seperate cocking knob is holding me back.A snag free bolt is definitely the way to go for a pistol, but the Benjamin pattern with rear knob bolt is much much better.The sliding cover on my 140 is also kind of annoying to use.Why would Crosman go from a standard rear cocking bolt on the 105 to a sliding cover bolt and rear cocking knob that adds an extra step to ready the pistol ?Variable power is the only advantage, but the seperate cocking knob was pointless once they did away with the variable power.I'm sure if I ever have the opportunity to snag one for a good price I could grow to love it, but between the 150 an or Crosman Eb22 from the 90's I'd probably rather have an eb22 but the 150 is probably something I have a much better chance of affording.I, of course, do not know why Crosman made the change. It might be related to cost of production, obsolescence of a piece of production equipment, availability of new equipment, better performance, greater reliability minimizing warranty cost, or, perhaps, a combination of several reasons. All three of my 150 series guns have variable power, and I consider it a terrific feature.