my dads "400" he was pretty surprised to see it working again

[tilbertscott]

i had it restored for a great price shows you that these were ment to stand the test of time it is in very good shape and i know how to take care of it now too i've got the manual downloaded to my phone just for references. it brings a tear to my eye knowing that this is going to be passed down to my son one day and so on!

[jward681]

Looks great. Awesome that you were able to bring the gun back to life and continue the history of the rifle to include your son. Enjoy

[Petey]

HAppy SHootin!
Petey.

[aack73]

very cool indeed.

[Ckistner]

Thanks for sharing.  I love hearing these type of stories.  Just curious, how old is your dad now and how old was he when he had the gun as a kid?  It would be cool if he had a picture of him as a kid with this gun. Kind of a before and after.

"Props" for restoring a classic,
Ck

[tilbertscott]

Haha my dad aint the picture taking types if you know what I mean. .. he's 61 he got it probably in 1960 it's an earlier crosman model the guy that fixed it was a cool old man too but the real thing is that this gun was just about the only thing that my dad had that was his before his father passed when my dad was only 17. So its just sitting pretty in the corner and doing it's purpose that way I will maybe put up a couple more pictures since people out there like it. It's hard to post pictures because of the 200 kb picture size limit sorry

[Ckistner]

Haha my dad aint the picture taking types if you know what I mean. .. he's 61 he got it probably in 1960 it's an earlier crosman model the guy that fixed it was a cool old man too but the real thing is that this gun was just about the only thing that my dad had that was his before his father passed when my dad was only 17. So its just sitting pretty in the corner and doing it's purpose that way I will maybe put up a couple more pictures since people out there like it. It's hard to post pictures because of the 200 kb picture size limit sorry

No problem.  I understand.  As far as pictures go, there is a free software package called Gimp that you can download.  It's like a poor mans PhotoShop.  It makes it easy to open hi-res pics and them scale them to a lower resolution so the file size is small but the picture quality is still good.  Thought I would mention.

Take care,
Ck

[Kurushu]

I bought a new Benjamin Trail XL1100 and have been tinkering with it. My father started talking to me about pellet guns and shooting in general. Before I knew it I had an old Benjamin 310 in my hands and then he handed me the Crosman 400. I haven't shot the CR 400 so I have no idea if it works or not. The Benjamin does work.  Do you know when these guns were manufactured? My father has started handing down his collection of "powder" and "air" guns to me. I would like to do a similar restoration to the CR 400. I'll go shoot it and see what shape its in. It looks beautiful and practically unused, so maybe it is still good or maybe the seals and rings are all dry rotted by now. Any info about the CR 400 would be appreciated.

Pete

[Ckistner]

I bought a new Benjamin Trail XL1100 and have been tinkering with it. My father started talking to me about pellet guns and shooting in general. Before I knew it I had an old Benjamin 310 in my hands and then he handed me the Crosman 400. I haven't shot the CR 400 so I have no idea if it works or not. The Benjamin does work.  Do you know when these guns were manufactured? My father has started handing down his collection of "powder" and "air" guns to me. I would like to do a similar restoration to the CR 400. I'll go shoot it and see what shape its in. It looks beautiful and practically unused, so maybe it is still good or maybe the seals and rings are all dry rotted by now. Any info about the CR 400 would be appreciated.

Pete

The Benjamin 310 was manufactured between 1940-1969 and the Crosman 400 was manufactured between 1957-1964. 

Ck

[tilbertscott]

I had it restored and yes it is an earlier model from about 1957 it is fun to shoot but it seems a bit awkward because it's such a small rifle but it is very powerful from the guy that restored it he turned up the power just a little bit treat it like any other co2 Crossman pistol or rifle use pellgun oil for your co2 and don't over tighten the screw cap used flat head match style pellets and make sure you never lose the clip do not store with the bolt handle closed because that will smash the o-ring so just store it with the bolt handle open and your o-rings will last for a longer time

[Kurushu]

I bought some Co2 cartridges today and I have a tine of Gammo Flats that dad gave me with the gun. I will inspect it and oil it according to the above advice and then shoot a few rounds to see how she does. It is in beautiful looking condition, but I have no idea how the internals are. Seals could be dry rotted. I appreciate the info

Pete

[tilbertscott]

Just so you know because you just may not there is a low and high power to this gun just when you pull it back do it to the first click you will notice two settings and don't load two pellets and don't back the co2 cap off and re tighten it your bottom co2 won't want to come out which is my predicament right now...again anyway there's all that I got it out by taking the stock off and smacking it a bit with a 2x4 lol but umm you can switch what side the safety is on if you care about that. See mydad was a lefty I want to refinish the stock but we got rid of the surface rust on the outside lube the clip this is a beast its like a disco honestly I find the disco to be similar in size the first time I saw one.

[robert w]

i have 2 -400's 1 is a j.c.higgins . i need to reseal both of them . its a someday project . they were the cats meow in their day multi shot pellet guns . if you had 1 you was the bad boy in the neighborhood

[Kurushu]

Do any of you have the spring loaded magazine that attaches to the left side?  Just curious. I'll test it this week and pay attention to the power setting on it. I have to take out some nutters in my garden sooner than later and the Red Ryder just makes them mad...

[Oldcrossman]

I have the original mag for my early model 400,the rifle cycles best with Hobby flathead pellets.
I like the little yellow enamel pip(nice touch Crosman) that sticks out of reciever when a pellet is loaded.
Great little old Crosman.
Ray.

[amb5500c]

Very cool that you got your Dad's old gun back in working order. Keep it forever.
Richard

[Bill L.]

My 400 is my favorite rifle. BnA has repo magazines.