I always kept my childhood things. Being a middle child I think that helps, my brothers have nothing. Still have lots of my toys. Anyway I've always kept this one in a safe place. Long ago I had this serviced at a Crosman Service Center here in town. Got it out recently and no pressure. Just finished resealing it and back in business! I think it's a first variant but not sure. If you can see a number on the barrel band you are better than I am.
My childhood 760 Powermaster. I think first variant but not sure.
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Yours is a good one , It,s a classic, That,s when they made a great little BB gun. The New 760 is not so good,( IMO ) feels very cheaply made.
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That brings back fond memories of roaming the woods at our summer home in Maine when I was a little kid. It was the early seventies and I had no idea what fpe and ballistic coefficients were but every "safari" with my 760 was an adventure.
Mine was all metal and wood like yours unlike those plastic things they make today. I don't remember why but I preferred shooting bbs out of it instead of pellets. I'm not sure what ever happened to it. It's probably still up there buried in the closet.
Mine was all metal and wood like yours unlike those plastic things they make today. I don't remember why but I preferred shooting bbs out of it instead of pellets. I'm not sure what ever happened to it. It's probably still up there buried in the closet.
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Wow. That's a fine example!
If the tang (stock where it fits into the back of the receiver) is square instead of round, then it's the very first model.
My older brother got one for Christmas in '67 and shared it with me on occasion. He traded it off before I got a chance to own it, so I spent over fifty years looking for another like it. Finally found one close enough to make me happy. It feels like he's with me every time I shoot it.
Cheers,
J~
If the tang (stock where it fits into the back of the receiver) is square instead of round, then it's the very first model.
My older brother got one for Christmas in '67 and shared it with me on occasion. He traded it off before I got a chance to own it, so I spent over fifty years looking for another like it. Finally found one close enough to make me happy. It feels like he's with me every time I shoot it.
Cheers,
J~
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That looks like the first bb gun I ever got to shoot at a campground around 1970. It belonged to some older boys whose families also camped at Surfside at Sandbridge every year. I had to buy the BB's to be allowed the privilege of shooting it some when they weren't using it. I learned the value of the barter system early on.
Fond memories indeed.
Fond memories indeed.
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I would ride my bike around with it across my handle bars.
That would draw out a swat team today.
That would draw out a swat team today.
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I remember them well...in the mid 60's...a couple of my friends had them...wood pump handle and wood butt stock...I wanted one in the worst kind of way...my parents wouldn't even hear me out...mom said "you'll shoot your eye out" dad said "your old enough to use a real gun", I spent a lot of time with my friends though! I also remember all the Crosman ads in the Sears & Roebuck and Montgomery Wards big catalogs...I actually bought two of the Smith & Wesson pump up guns in 1977 (77A's) when I got put of the navy...I didn't take care of them it was just easier to buy another one at "'Wards", looking back they were very nice well made guns...think they were about 100. bucks...as much time as I spend on airgun sites haven't seen much about those S&W pumpers...I was an idiot for not taking better care of them!
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Here's a catalog page from that era -1967. Sears, Penney's and Montgomery Ward's catalogs were available online at https://christmas.musetechnical.com but I'm not sure if there's a copyrights dispute as the site no longer works. Boys Life magazine used to be available as well.
J~
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The 760 was the first air gun I paid for with my own money. Got it at the local Western Auto store in '73 or '74. Not sure which version it was. It had the squared off wood forestock.
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Got this one a few weeks back from a local online auction. I saw the square tang and knew it would be mine. Some other guy thought the same thing and he ran me up but i prevailed! It's very nice and dated 67 on the barrel band.
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That's a nice one. Congrats! I haven't found a square-tang yet.
You could pump the early ones up to 25 times but you didn't get all that much velocity out of the effort. I need to chrono the '70 that I have and see how it does.
If you post about it over on Gateway to Airguns you'll get a good response. Seems most of the vintage collectors use that site. There's a lot of vintage-knowledge to be had there. It's not so springer oriented.
J~
You could pump the early ones up to 25 times but you didn't get all that much velocity out of the effort. I need to chrono the '70 that I have and see how it does.
If you post about it over on Gateway to Airguns you'll get a good response. Seems most of the vintage collectors use that site. There's a lot of vintage-knowledge to be had there. It's not so springer oriented.
J~
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Great find, love the 760. I've got one with the later wood handle. Found it in the garage behind a washing mch (that also didn't work). Had five pellets jammed in the barrel and blown seals. Cant quite figure the date code though. Anyone wanna take a shot.
Treefrog, were you on ocmoto by chance?
Treefrog, were you on ocmoto by chance?
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That looks to be a double-stamped 1 and a 5. That would make it a January of '75 model. I think they were doing the wooden semi-triangle forearms at that point. I have one like it, but it's a bits of others put together gun.
Yeah... You got me. I really miss the rides and friends I made there. And In-N-Out...
Ride safe,
J~
Yeah... You got me. I really miss the rides and friends I made there. And In-N-Out...
Ride safe,
J~
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Is it Jeff aka Snapshot? Your avatar gave you away. I was Day6 on there. Those were good times.
I think this wood handle is a one year wonder. Maybe a reject design over the 1st variation handle?
I think this wood handle is a one year wonder. Maybe a reject design over the 1st variation handle?
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