Handguard for Pumpers

[Frank in Fairfield]

Pumping the Bluestreak (and the 397/392 rifles) can be tiresome as the barrel makes a groove in the palm of your non-pumping hand.

Crosman used to sell a handguard for these rifles.

Keith at:::: quietman at yahoo dot com still does.

I received mine today.
It fits and works perfectly:



It looks good too!

[tennx]

Congrats...I have 2 and if I ever get a streak , u can bet I will have another....

[Habanero69er]

I've gotten a few of those from Keith for my 'Dans & 342s through Gun Broker. They do help with grip when pumping, plus gives a nice finished look.   

[kj]

why do people hold it there when pumping ?  i always held it at the grip area of the stock, seems to work fine for me. even on my 13xx's i just alays held it on the pistol grip. am i missing something here ?

peace
kj

[Habanero69er]

Holding the rifle close to your chest, better leverage holding it just behind the rear sight & pump arm.

[kj]

Holding the rifle close to your chest, better leverage holding it just behind the rear sight & pump arm.

oh, ok..thanks

[Rob112o]

why do people hold it there when pumping ?  i always held it at the grip area of the stock, seems to work fine for me. even on my 13xx's i just alays held it on the pistol grip. am i missing something here ?

peace
kj

I've come across many of Benji's and Dans with a cracked stock just above the grip. Just looking at leverage point it looks like it was caused from someone pumping the way you describe. I can't be certain as I've never cracked a stock. Than again I also don't pump like that.

[kj]

huh, never had a problem with wood or plasic stocked rifles pumping like that. always seemed the natural way to do it to me. perhaps i've been doing it wrong .

peace
kj

[vigilandy]

huh, never had a problem with wood or plasic stocked rifles pumping like that. always seemed the natural way to do it to me. perhaps i've been doing it wrong .

peace
kj

I pump my guns the same way.  Mostly synthetic stocks though. 

[tennx]

My 1994 397P manual shows holding just behind rear sight...but for me how I have gun sighted dictates how I pump it......

[vigilandy]

My 1994 397P manual shows holding just behind rear sight...but for me how I have gun sighted dictates how I pump it......

Good point.  I generally use a scope,  so I am limited to how I can pump the gun.

[amb5500c]

I usually hold the butt of the stock just above and between my knees, and lever the pump arm straight away from me and back. That way I am using both hands and can pump very quietly while hunting. I carefully use my fingers to cushion the pump handle from slamming shut on the down stroke. Been doing it that way since I was a little boy. It works either sitting or standing if you adjust the stock's position accordingly.
Richard

[TwiceHorn]

A couple of the felt dots or a felt strip inside the forearm really do cut down on the clacking and make it feel like you're being a little kinder to the whole apparatus.

I got a handguard recently and quit pumping from the pistol grip (I just habitually don't touch the metal on a rifle if I can avoid it, even when I know it's painted brass).  It has made things a lot easier.

I don't hunt, just mostly blast cat food cans across the back yard and hope to do some woods walking soon (blasting pine cones and whatnot), and I rarely have any desire or need to pump more than 3 to keep the noise down and ricochets and overshoots safe(r).

[bantam5s]

I hold my guns by the receiver as your basically applying force on the same spot from both sides ( ie the pump are and the receiver which your closing it onto ) and this makes it a lot easier to close especially if you want to quietly ease it shut during pest control.
I'm glad my '79 blue streak has its original hand guard as it makes pumping a whole lot more comfortable.

[johnnyfoos]

"why do people hold it there when pumping ?  i always held it at the grip area of the stock, seems to work fine for me. even on my 13xx's i just alays held it on the pistol grip. am i missing something here"

The amount of effort to pump a 13xx
and a Sheridan, Benjamin or
  Any of the High power pumpers
(Crosman Model One, Webely Rebel, Ect,Ect)

Is like Night and Day difference
You would also hold it in the better leverage place
Everyone that I've handed my Rebel to
 starts pumping from the grip then switches
  to the receiver by about pump 6.
And yes, each gun is usually done by the way it is set up,
I can put 8 to 10 into my 13xx's by the time somebody can break and load a break barrel, but I do hold those by the grip.

Just
sayn

[kj]

"why do people hold it there when pumping ?  i always held it at the grip area of the stock, seems to work fine for me. even on my 13xx's i just alays held it on the pistol grip. am i missing something here"

The amount of effort to pump a 13xx
and a Sheridan, Benjamin or
  Any of the High power pumpers
(Crosman Model One, Webely Rebel, Ect,Ect)

Is like Night and Day difference
You would also hold it in the better leverage place
Everyone that I've handed my Rebel to
 starts pumping from the grip then switches
  to the receiver by about pump 6.
And yes, each gun is usually done by the way it is set up,
I can put 8 to 10 into my 13xx's by the time somebody can break and load a break barrel, but I do hold those by the grip.

Just
sayn

did the same way on benjis and an old 140, started that way 100years ago on a 2100. never seemed like  any were hard to pump that way. maybe cuz i'm i a big guy. oh well, i guess do what feels right.

peace
kj

[avator]

I have Keith in my contacts. I have several of his guards. For pumpers that don't have them (like the P-17 pistols) I simply put on an old pair of Harley fingerless riding gloves with the padded palms.