NEW Crosman 362

[EdinGa]

Ed I look at it as a lot of fun to shoot plus very back yard worthy, it's going to be an excellent gun for red squirrels this coming summer, usually during the summer the time that you'll spot a red squirrel they're seldom that far away, I'll probably keep using my AEA semi and Challenger LS for squirrels up till the end of the regular squirrel season.  Possibly if it thaws good by March I might get out in the woods with it.

It's not what's needed for fast follow-ups for sure. That AEA is a pretty impressive rifle.

Both of mine are plenty accurate and I really haven't done much to the triggers yet. They have scratched the itch I had for a modern hunting pumper for sure.

[Wayne52]

It's the first new pumper I've bought in 45 years. The only other pumper I bought is a used Crosman 130 mainly because it was the first pneumatic gun I owned as a kid, it's a great little shooter too, just loves them wad cutters.

[Spooner]

Robert I did notice that from pumps four and five that it will come up a tad, I'm thinking that at eight pumps out in the woods that 25 yards it should be pretty darned close.  I just looked at the forecast and the next time it's going to be thawing will be Wednesday, I doubt I'll bring the pumper along because chances are the only good squirrel shots if I do see any are probably going to be at least 30 yards or more.  The snow is still really deep out there yet.

I would love to see some groups at 20+ yards. Yours seems to be really dialed in and you definitely got your aim right on the mark  . Same here weather wise but with less snow, cold though... just waiting, lol. Mine is tore down right now anyway awaiting a few small parts then I can get it back together and get back to it with the sighting in. 

[Wayne52]

In the eastern part of MI they never get lake effect snow like here in the southwest, I'm right in the snowbelt, lake Michigan is only 45 miles away.  The closer you get to lake Michigan the  worse it gets.

[Back_Roads]

It does not take long to give the gun 3 quick pumps and deliver a finishing shot, if you shoot like Wayne probably not needed often

[Spooner]

It does not take long to give the gun 3 quick pumps and deliver a finishing shot, if you shoot like Wayne probably not needed often

That's the thing I like most about this gun . It takes 10 pumps on my modded 1322 to get 510 FPS. This one... 4 pumps and 516! At 2 pumps it delivers 460 which is what a 1322 unmodified delivers at 10 pumps. Two pumps would definitely do the trick. 

Oh yeah... Wayne definitely has the center of the target locked in nicely! 

[Wayne52]

I only did one shot with it today but it was a good one.  My lunch came out of this can

[EdinGa]

These .25 Hunters make a big hole going in and coming out. I don't really expect them to expand at 500 fps, but I'm not sure they need to.

[TerryM]

  Thumped a starling with mine yesterday, 43 yards with six pumps.

[Firewalker]

  Thumped a starling with mine yesterday, 43 yards with six pumps.

Good shootin Terry! That Starling would have to be #20 for me to hit it with mine right now. I'll get it, glad you got it! 

[dhd]

It's the first new pumper I've bought in 45 years. The only other pumper I bought is a used Crosman 130 mainly because it was the first pneumatic gun I owned as a kid, it's a great little shooter too, just loves them wad cutters.

I'm new here. That picture of the Crosman 130 brings back great memories, my dad had one of these and I used allot.
That was over 55 years ago and I had forgotten what make or model that wonderful pistol was, thank you for posting a picture and jogging my memory.
Eventhough I'm now in my 70s, I recently have had the urge of getting an air gun for squirrel control and just ordered
a Crosman 362, steel breech,  UTG 3-12x32 AO Bug Buster, and a set of Leapers Accushot 1" Rings, High 9.5 - 11.5mm Dovetail from Pyramyd Air.
I hope the scope and scope mounts are a good pick for the 362 ?
I'm interested in using the longer probe bolt from the plastic breech assembly in the steel breech, as I've noticed others here have done.
I was wondering what size drill and tap I'd need so I could use the steel breech bolt handle on the bolt from the plastic breech ?
I may already have the correct size drill bit but probably not the correct tap.
This looks like a great forum and I've been reading all I can about the Crosman 362.
Bill

[Wayne52]

Bill once I ground off the riveted side of the C362 bolt handle with a dremel tool, drove it out with a punch, then used a #29 drill and tapped with a 8-32 tap.  Mine has the medium height scope rings on it but the high rings will make getting a pellet in easier.  I like keeping my scopes as close to the barrel as possible.

[dhd]

Wayne52
I wasn't sure what height rings to get.
What med. height rings are you using.

[Wayne52]

Bill I'm using UTG rings that came with my BugBuster, I've got the BugBuster 4-12X with the side parallax on mine right now, I did have the 3-9X like you ordered to begin with but considering how much I like the side parallax I put it on mainly for field use.

[Back_Roads]

 Medium rings should be usable, unless one has super big sausage fingers.

[Wayne52]

I was actually up in my Attic shooting a numbers target with mine right around 7:30 this morning, it's a fun gun to shoot and tinker with no doubt.

 

[Keepingitsimple]

  Thumped a starling with mine yesterday, 43 yards with six pumps.

6 pumps? I'd have used 8 pumps with a little holdover. I sighted my 362 in the same way I sighted in my 392.3 pumps for 10 yards. That way 8 pumps is good for 35 yards POI, elevation wise.

The other day I was looking out at my bird feeder that is set up 22 yards from my back door. My 362 is sighted in at 20 yards with 5 pumps using CPUM's. I was thinking my 362 is accurate enough for 20 yard hosp shooting.

I harvested 43 hosp's last year using my homemade C1389, (what others here call a 1377 carbine). It's incredibly easy getting half inch groups with my 1389 at 20 yards.

Thing is? If the RWS 8.3 pellet hits low and impacts the feeder I can repair the hole with a little wood paste.
A CPUM from the 362 hits it and its liable to blow it apart.

Maybe I'd better scatter feed on the ground to attract pests if I use the 362 for them, huh? 

[Spooner]

  Thumped a starling with mine yesterday, 43 yards with six pumps.

6 pumps? I'd have used 8 pumps with a little holdover. I sighted my 362 in the same way I sighted in my 392.3 pumps for 10 yards. That way 8 pumps is good for 35 yards POI, elevation wise.

The other day I was looking out at my bird feeder that is set up 22 yards from my back door. My 362 is sighted in at 20 yards with 5 pumps using CPUM's. I was thinking my 362 is accurate enough for 20 yard hosp shooting.

I harvested 43 hosp's last year using my homemade C1389, (what others here call a 1377 carbine). It's incredibly easy getting half inch groups with my 1389 at 20 yards.

Thing is? If the RWS 8.3 pellet hits low and impacts the feeder I can repair the hole with a little wood paste.
A CPUM from the 362 hits it and its liable to blow it apart.

Maybe I'd better scatter feed on the ground to attract pests if I use the 362 for them, huh? 

Yeah... as hard as the 362 hits... would probably do some damage. 

same here... bird feeders at 21 yards and my 1377/1322 carbines do 1/4"-1/2" groups. The 362 was doing 3/4" - 1" before I tore it down again for more upgrades. I did find that the barrel band bolt and the top set screw had both come loose so I am hoping to see those groups tighten up once it is back together, we'll see? CPUM's and the H&N 5.53's and 5.55's did the best originally, but 5.55's were a little tight going in.

[Keepingitsimple]

  Thumped a starling with mine yesterday, 43 yards with six pumps.

6 pumps? I'd have used 8 pumps with a little holdover. I sighted my 362 in the same way I sighted in my 392.3 pumps for 10 yards. That way 8 pumps is good for 35 yards POI, elevation wise.

The other day I was looking out at my bird feeder that is set up 22 yards from my back door. My 362 is sighted in at 20 yards with 5 pumps using CPUM's. I was thinking my 362 is accurate enough for 20 yard hosp shooting.

I harvested 43 hosp's last year using my homemade C1389, (what others here call a 1377 carbine). It's incredibly easy getting half inch groups with my 1389 at 20 yards.

Thing is? If the RWS 8.3 pellet hits low and impacts the feeder I can repair the hole with a little wood paste.
A CPUM from the 362 hits it and its liable to blow it apart.

Maybe I'd better scatter feed on the ground to attract pests if I use the 362 for them, huh? 

Yeah... as hard as the 362 hits... would probably do some damage. 

same here... bird feeders at 21 yards and my 1377/1322 carbines do 1/4"-1/2" groups. The 362 was doing 3/4" - 1" before I tore it down again for more upgrades. I did find that the barrel band bolt and the top set screw had both come loose so I am hoping to see those groups tighten up once it is back together, we'll see? CPUM's and the H&N 5.53's and 5.55's did the best originally, but 5.55's were a little tight going in.

Last week a humongous flock of blackbirds and grackles blew through my neighborhood. I look out the window and there were at least 100 birds on the ground and the tree's. Grackles were vacuuming the food out of my feeders. I started to grab my 362 then, but decided to go with the proven bird killer laying beside it, (aka my 1389).

I took out what I thought was a grackle leader barking orders to the other birds at about 30 yards with a RWS 8.3. It fell like a stone. It was likely a scout though since the whole flock took off simultaneously at once. Just like in the movies / Tv shows. It was awesome. You could hear it. There might've been over a thousand birds in that flock.

[Firewalker]

FYI:

It's illegal to kill grackles: According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, all wild birds that migrate through or are indigenous to Texas are protected from harm. ... According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website, the common grackle is one of the birds protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.Sep 25, 2017