Made in China for quite some time. They got around it by labeling their stuff built in the US.
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Crosman has let me down. Whats the point if its all made in China?
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That’s not entirely true though. While Crosman brand guns have undeniably gone down in quality, they also make Benjamins which are every bit as good as the Crosman products of 50 years ago.Obviously you missed Crosman's 'classic to plastic' devolution (my term for it) DEVOLUTION of the late twentieth century, when virtually all their guns were of PLASTIC, pot-metal and stamped-steel construction; literally disposable junk.
BTW, FYI and FWIW, far as I know all that garbage was built in the U.S. (decades ago)!
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I doubt anything is as good as 50 yrs ago. Everything today is use and throw away. cant even get a decent refrigerator
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Awe. Give it a little love. I bet you got a shooter after your “get to know your airgun tear down “ is done.
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I have three Crosman 1322's that must be about 5-10 years old. They don't say where they were made.
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I gave up worrying about where things were made a good while back. Made in China is a fact of life. They can make good quality merchandise but often just don’t bother. They know it will sell. I’ve been able to put together a nice selection of quality airguns, some new and a few ‘vintage’. don’t know where some were made but i won’t buy cheap crap products of any kind and if we hit a point where that’s all that’s available I just won’t bother. Many here, myself included, keep buying things just to get something new, retail therapy. When my grandfather passed he had one .22 rifle, one Colt revolver and that was it. He had what he needed and saw no reason for more. The .22 was rabbit control and the Colt was his side arm as a deputy and later what he kept close by while running a country store. At the end of the day, if the junk products simply don’t sell, they’ll have to do better or someone else will.
Rick H.
Rick H.
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As I recall, Crosman's classic to plastic CRASH AND BURN came after they were bought out (multiple times) by this or that conglomerate; whereupon the number-crunchers' knee-jerk reactions are almost invariably "make 'em CHEAPER!" Upon seeing HOW MUCH cheaper they made them in the 80s and 90s I figured Crosman was history; no way they'd survive selling utter garbage.
Then they started making PCPS; cheap ones at first. Then Maruders, 1701s and 1720s!
Not sure exactly how that came about, but do know it was largely with Hans and Ray Appelles' help.Those post-plastic-crap devolution Crosman PCPS are the most logical, easily worked on and souped-up airguns I've ever experienced; and can pretty much shoot with anything at any price. Hence, several times I've given Crosman credit for resurrecting themselves from the garbage-heap.
On a related note- after testing a Benjamin Model 342 MSP for an American Airgunner magazine article in the 1980s I was not only extremely impressed with it, but have wanted one ever since. Unfortunately the Crosman-made equivalent (Benjamin Model 392) went to a plastic trigger-block unit and walnut-STAINED hardwood stock, rather than walnut.
So I agree that it's not entirely true that ALL Crosmans of the late 20th century are plastic junk. A few aren't.
That stated, I do wonder if Crosman can pull off another miraculous resurrection after the latest devolution that is the subject of this thread. Have my doubts. However I'd be happy to help them...
For my usual consulting rate of $500/hour.
Because I'm SUCH a humanitarian!
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I bought one of their fill bottles and it literally blew up the first time I tried filling it.
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no they will just keep selling junk till the quality products price themselves out of the market .
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