Look at this old thing I found :-)

[jdanvers]

A Crosman "Storm XT" - was helping a friend clean out a basement and came across it. He said I could have it if I really wanted it. ( "... you really want that thing?" he asked kind of incredulously - lol ) It was a bit rusted and man when I stared pulling patches though the barrel - was that dirty!

Anyway - long story short - I just fired a few rounds of jsb 10.3's through it across my chrony down in the basement. They were the last 11 I had in that particular tin so this was a good excuse to use them. 

*Very* first observation - the trigger on this thing is god awful!! ( lol!! ) I'm guessing it's not adjustable but - who knows - maybe it is. I don't see any visible adjustment screws - haven't *really* looked yet though. Short, dinky little barrel - maybe 17-18" long. Noisy little thing too . . . It had that scope on it.

So anyway - first shot across the chrony - kapow!!! 1072 fps. Yikes!! ( lol ) "Oh my . . . not gonna be able to hit the side of a barn with this thing" I'm thinking. Surprisingly enough though the remaining 10 shots were a (again - surprisingly flat and pretty consistent) 775, 764, 775, 761, 770, 765, 767, 763, 743, 770

Huh.

I may have to put a target up ( on a large piece of cardboard ) to see if it will in fact hit the side of a barn - weather supposed to be a little warmer on Sunday (central upstate NY)

 

[JadedC]

The crazy high first shot sounds like dieseling. Regardless nice little find! Should be a nice plinker or short range small game taker.

 

[Glenroiland]

Looks like it cleaned up nicely!

 

[jdanvers]

@jadedc - yes on the dieseling.

@glenroiland - the wood stock was (is) in surprisingly good shape considering it had just been sitting down in that basement for who knows how long. I did rub it some with whatever I was able to find in the house after I brought it home. I used one of those green "brillo pads" to knock off some mold or mildew and then found some murphys oil soap (?) under the sink in the kitchen. Parts of the metal (barrel and scope) still have some light rust ... but I can make that go away too.

 

[Buffalobill]

I have one of those, it's an enjoyable gun to shoot.