I personally don't think that whoever designed that current abomination deserves a single hint of respect, what they did is not respectable in any way and I wish it didn't exist.There's no way they would ever try to make them better, because their purpose these days is just to be something extremely cheap for a kid to use for a couple years till they lose interest.I think the market for youth airguns may be dwindling , airsoft has probably taken a lot of that market share because kids may be more interested in shooting at each other than they are at cans and paper targets.
Wendell: that gun you have is by far the nicest 760 made... is all the airgun most people need. tweak it and it will surprise you. only the trigger will remind you of its humble beginnings, but decked out as yours is, im sure you already know that
what is so different? they went back to single loading, which is good (hated those 5 shot magazines), and extended the front forearm to give wee ones more leverage. cleaned up the hump on the back and streamlined the stock. everything else is 760 standard fare...