$10.00 Crosman

[Acapulco]

I was in the area today and had some time to stop in 1 of my honey holes.

Saw this Crosman 760 for $10.00... and bought it.

This variant has the wood pump handle with plastic stock.
Dob -  May  '75.

Cleaned her up, pumped her up,  and she fired. Gun was able to punch a can at 10 yrds.

[Back_Roads]

 Sweet find and price !

[DIAMOND]

You didn't buy it, you stole it! Congratulations! Beautiful find and amazing price. The condition looks great!

[threesuns]

Wow! Awesome deal/find!

[Back_Roads]

 The one in my sig cost me $25 and I had to put it together 

[TennX]

Nice score….I bought similar from a neighbor lady,($20) who was cleaning out her home…. Wont hold air…put it in a closet…

[Goose]

Excellent find at a great price!

I have a slightly later model that I paid $10 for.  It was so rusty I call it Tetanus.

J~

[bantam5s]

I was in the area today and had some time to stop in 1 of my honey holes.

Saw this Crosman 760 for $10.00... and bought it.

This variant has the wood pump handle with plastic stock.
Dob -  May  '75.

Cleaned her up, pumped her up,  and she fired. Gun was able to punch a can at 10 yrds.

Can you tell me the 1st 3 of the SN and the date code stamped into the plug / barrel band ?
According to crosman the date code SN didn't start till July of '75, but I do have an April '75 gun with matching dates in the SN and on the plug and am trying to determine when this really started.
My gun could be a coincidence/ fluke,  unlikely but possible.

[Acapulco]

I'll take a look tomorrow night and post findings.

[Acapulco]

[bantam5s]

Does the barrel band / plug have 55 on it ?

[Acapulco]

I don't see a # stamp.

[bantam5s]

I don't see a # stamp.

It might be very faint, but should be there on the front looking down from the muzzle.

[Acapulco]

[bantam5s]

Interesting, it's clearly not there.
Maybe Crosman stopped that stamp a little while after introducing the serial number date codes, or this one just missed that step ?
I haven't seen another with the dual date codes like mine to know whether or not it's a fluke, but I'm thinking it was likely dropped by the end of April.
I still don't know when the serial number date codes actually started though.
Crosman just says after July of '75 a gun will have it, they don't really say it wouldn't before then though.
To me " after July " means introduced in July, but who knows what that means to them.

I don't think there's another airgun out that that's as inconsistent in details as the crosman 760, so many examples out there contradict everything.