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Airguns by Make and Model => Crosman Airguns => Topic started by: Ronno6 on March 21, 2024, 09:58:52 AM
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I acquired a new production Crosman 2100.
As ALL old parts were tossed in the dumpster, I need to know if the new parts from across the pond will be backward-compatable.
I have not opened it up as yet. but have a few observations.
1. The clearances between the forearm and the plastic "clam shells" at the pivot end have been opened up, quite a bit.
2. The pump operation is not nearly as smooth as it used to was.......
3. The pump rod is now ALL plastic; not all aluminum as the Legacy; not even half and half as it was in the U.S. made 2100's.
4. The bolt is difficult to operate. It requires concerted effort to close, and once it is, the heel of the charging lever
snaps into the slot very securely. So much so that it requires a manual depressing of the heel in order to allow cycling of the bolt.
I mentioned this to Crosman and was advised that this is a common complaint, caused by over-tightening the receiver screws,
pulling the receiver halves together and binding the bolt. However, I loosened them up and snugged them down lightly, and
there was NO change in bolt operation. ..........
That is as much as I know at present. More findings to come as I get inside the critter.
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I would wager that alot of that will get better with use. Plastic wears alot faster than metal. :o
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The bolt on mine was extremely hard to operate as well, so I decided to snap off the breech cover and I put some super-lube on the other parts.
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My experience with several Legacy 1000's and a 2020 production year 2100 is that the cocking handle is pretty stiff when new. They break in to be one finger operable with time.
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I acquired a new production Crosman 2100.
As ALL old parts were tossed in the dumpster, I need to know if the new parts from across the pond will be backward-compatable.
I have not opened it up as yet. but have a few observations.
1. The clearances between the forearm and the plastic "clam shells" at the pivot end have been opened up, quite a bit.
2. The pump operation is not nearly as smooth as it used to was.......
3. The pump rod is now ALL plastic; not all aluminum as the Legacy; not even half and half as it was in the U.S. made 2100's.
4. The bolt is difficult to operate. It requires concerted effort to close, and once it is, the heel of the charging lever
snaps into the slot very securely. So much so that it requires a manual depressing of the heel in order to allow cycling of the bolt.
I mentioned this to Crosman and was advised that this is a common complaint, caused by over-tightening the receiver screws,
pulling the receiver halves together and binding the bolt. However, I loosened them up and snugged them down lightly, and
there was NO change in bolt operation. ..........
That is as much as I know at present. More findings to come as I get inside the critter.
Hmmm have not shot my new 2100 but maybe 50 times, some of the symptoms have "wore in" I will have to shoot it some more tomorrow and take a closer look. Been a bit since shooting the Legacy also, Ill do a side by side wile I fake being snowed in tomorrow. :)
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My experience with several Legacy 1000's and a 2020 production year 2100 is that the cocking handle is pretty stiff when new. They break in to be one finger operable with time.
I bought a legacy 1000 to swap all the parts into my 2100 instead of getting a seal kit and going through that trouble, and cocking the bolt felt like I was going to break the gun as did pulling the trigger.
I went ahead and did that bit of work to the bolt as well as swapped in my 2100 trigger components and removed a part that I could not for the life of me determine the purpose of.
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I went ahead and did that bit of work to the bolt as well as swapped in my 2100 trigger components and removed a part that I could not for the life of me determine the purpose of.
I'd like to see that part.......
My internal exam of the new 2100 showed parts that appear to be about the same as those in the U.S. made guns.
The bolt fits very tightly in the leade, much more so than the US part that I tried there.
I believe that new parts, should they ever be available, will replace arts in the U.S. made rifles if needed.
It depends now on what parts they make available and when......