The one that started the addiction

[egillman]

It was a first variant Crosman 760, followed by a Crosman 622.  The 622 sat in my closet for 40 years, until a few years ago I found it, rebuilt it,  and got re-hooked.  I now own 6 vintage Crosmans.  Great hobby!

[Motorhead]

Looking back at ones youth ... @ 1969-1970 pre teenager wandering the local woods with a Sheridan Blue streak.
Neither lizard or bird was safe from the recklessness ... Tho dad said Squirrels & Rabbits you better collect and take em home !!!

[Slinging Lead]

I was never allowed to have airguns as a kid  .

But my folks bought a Crosman 1377 to keep the woodpeckers from further destroying the cedar siding on our house. I wasn't allowed to use it of course (but did anyway when no one else was around.)

Fast forward about 30 years and I bought my first house. Squirrels had tried to destroy my queen Victoria agave so I bought myself my first airgun to take revenge, a Crosman 1377.

It didn't shoot too well with the bulk pointed pellets that came in the milk carton (I thought I was big time for using pellets instead of the BBs that my folks used.) So I went online for help. Tom Gaylord's blog pointed me to the Green forum and it was all downhill from there.

I customized it to make it into a 2289 backpacker with an 18 inch barrel from a 2260, Crosman steel breech, bugbuster scope, etc, etc. I was hooked. My next airgun purchase was a TX200.

I blame all the (blessed) airgun enablers for what I have become.

[Joekrooz]

I blame it on my brother in law.  A few years ago he pulled out a Gamo Big Cat at a barbecue to shoot some cans with my son.  I couldn't believe this new cutting edge break barrel technology ,wow, I need to get one of these,  Got one for myself, the rest is history.

[Gippeto]

Memories of misspent youth were formed around a Slavia 624, GAT pistol and a buddies Mk2.

A fellow on another forum showed his modded 1377, which brought to mind..."I have one of those!". 1322 phase 2 was modded with flat top piston, 24" barrel, steel breech, 2289 fore arm and the 1399 stock. Things seem to have snowballed since then....slippery slope indeed.

Al

[Smoketown]

Burned up more than a few Daisys ...  YAWN.

Then, I bought my Sheridan Blue Streak in 1966 - I still have (and shoot) her. 

SHE was the ONE that did it!!   

Cheers,
Smoketown