Daisy 880, not sure how many cans and chipmunks succumbed to the bb’s I fired from this gun. I recently replaced it with the new plastic receiver model but it is still as much fun as I remember.
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What was your first Pellet Rifle?
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When I was a boy back in the mid to late 70's, mine was an old crossman pump action but, I don't recall the model anymore.
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My first was a Crosman 2100 when I was about 8 years old in the early ‘80’s. I got a Crosman 1377 shorty after.
I remember thinking back then why doesn’t Crosman make a rifle that was like the 1377.
Well 35 years later I got one of the first Crosman 362’s to come out last week. It’s exact what I wanted when I was a kid.
I’m just waiting on the steel breech.
I remember thinking back then why doesn’t Crosman make a rifle that was like the 1377.
Well 35 years later I got one of the first Crosman 362’s to come out last week. It’s exact what I wanted when I was a kid.
I’m just waiting on the steel breech.
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Two firsts I guess, first I shot and first I that was actually mine. My father bought this Daisy 1894 lever action BB gun in about 1971 and later gave me a Daisy El Dorado when I was about 12, I still have both of them.
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It was 46 years ago and don't remember which model, just that it was an inexpensive Marksman break barrel that for a 12 year old was great for knocking cans off the back fence and shooting things I shouldn't have been...lol.
Fast forward 46 years and needing a quiet way to rid the yard of a raccoon, bought my first new break barrel in all that time. Been a roller coaster since then and while I downsized, I still have 28 from various makers...lol.
Fast forward 46 years and needing a quiet way to rid the yard of a raccoon, bought my first new break barrel in all that time. Been a roller coaster since then and while I downsized, I still have 28 from various makers...lol.
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My Dad got me a Sheridan Blue Streak with scope for my 7th birthday. What was he thinking?
I could barely pump the gun, but spent many a day hunting in our 1.5 mile Ravine behind the house.
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My grandfather had a Daisy Power line 880, that I learned to shoot with. I later received one for Christmas one year. Many squirrels were taken with those guns. When I was a kid, my job at my grandparent's house was to keep my grandfather's pecan trees "squirrel free".
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Firearms beat air by a few years for me. My first pellet gun was just five-ish years ago. (and I'm 55)
About 100k pellets fired since then. Instantly became my 2nd favorite hobby.
(And 100s of hours and thou$ands of dollars in an education to make me a better shooter/instructor.)
About 100k pellets fired since then. Instantly became my 2nd favorite hobby.
(And 100s of hours and thou$ands of dollars in an education to make me a better shooter/instructor.)
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In 1969 for my 14th b-day Dad gave me this Benjamin 347 & a tin of Daisy Bullseye Brand .177 pellets. It took the place of the old model 25 Daisy I got on my 8th b-day. Still shoot it every now and then but iron sights are a thing of the past for me.
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BSA Meteor .177 growing up in north island New Zealand shooting rabbits, hares, Californian quail & plenty of I shouldn`t of!
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My first was a Crosman, couldn't tell you the model. It went away for a long time after shooting out some of the neighbor's backyard lights.
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The Crosman 760 Pumpmaster was my first air rifle. I also owned a Benjamin 397, but the Crosman 2100 was my favorite multi-stroke pneumatic.
As for spring piston rifles I had a used Crosman 6100 (old style Diana 45). I sold that one, but a few years ago found one on the classifieds. I replaced the spring and shortened the barrel. Mac-1 recrowned the muzzle and installed their Gen II brake. I plan to keep this one.
As for spring piston rifles I had a used Crosman 6100 (old style Diana 45). I sold that one, but a few years ago found one on the classifieds. I replaced the spring and shortened the barrel. Mac-1 recrowned the muzzle and installed their Gen II brake. I plan to keep this one.
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Crosman 760 Pumpmaster which unfortunately I do not own anymore. It was like this 
The second was a Sheridan Silver Streak
I shot the daylights out of both guns.
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The second was a Sheridan Silver Streak
I shot the daylights out of both guns.
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Me too on the Crosman 760. Before that I had a Daisy BB lever action, similar to a Red Ryder. At the same time as the Crosman 760 I had a Crosman revolver, the Clint Eastwood style. Both the rifle and revolver were stolen from me in the early 80s. I have no idea what happened to the first Daisy.
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The RWS 45 was my first pellet rifle as well and that's the one that set its hook in my gut and I'm an airgun addict with no apologies!
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On Christmas in 1970 a Bluestreak with a Williams peep replaced my Daisy. Starlings already hated me from the Daisy, something they have remembered over the last 51 years.
The Sheridan opened up a new world. My neighbor and I had exclusive access to the pasture on the north end of the hill. We'd grab our rifles and the dog after school, not coming home until the bull horn wailed. I learned enough about ground squirrels that I did my Ecology Merit Badge on their impact on the ecosystem. On rainy days the stock came off and got another coat of Beachwood Casey's Tru-Oil followed by steel wool, well over 30 coats, beautiful. Tim McMurray refreshed it in 97 and it's still going strong.
I don't shoot it much anymore. Age has made it uncomfortable to pump for more than a few shots. It's still a joy to thwack an unsuspecting blackbird in the palm tree that's 53 yards from our deck. The rest of the time it's an ornament, resting in a hallowed spot behind my guitars which are at an arms length from my chair. I've been through five amazing dogs with my Bluestreak, having it in my field of vision is a constant reminder of the blessings we have shared.
The Sheridan opened up a new world. My neighbor and I had exclusive access to the pasture on the north end of the hill. We'd grab our rifles and the dog after school, not coming home until the bull horn wailed. I learned enough about ground squirrels that I did my Ecology Merit Badge on their impact on the ecosystem. On rainy days the stock came off and got another coat of Beachwood Casey's Tru-Oil followed by steel wool, well over 30 coats, beautiful. Tim McMurray refreshed it in 97 and it's still going strong.
I don't shoot it much anymore. Age has made it uncomfortable to pump for more than a few shots. It's still a joy to thwack an unsuspecting blackbird in the palm tree that's 53 yards from our deck. The rest of the time it's an ornament, resting in a hallowed spot behind my guitars which are at an arms length from my chair. I've been through five amazing dogs with my Bluestreak, having it in my field of vision is a constant reminder of the blessings we have shared.
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I was about 9 or 10 in the mid-80s and my dad got a Daisy 880 (multi-pump pneumatic) in trade for something. He set up a little target range in the basement and it was a big event for us to shoot it together. He locked it up somewhere and we were not allowed to shoot it without him around. It was really The Family Air Rifle and not mine per se.
Several years later, I got a Crosman 760 Pumpmaster that was my own. It was not as good a gun as the Daisy 880, but that 880 was made before Daisy really started getting cheap. It had a metal receiver and the plastic stock was very nice.
I was really after top accuracy so I shot almost nothing but pellets through that Pumpmaster. Little did I know it was a smoothbore. No WONDER it shot BBs at least as well as pellet.
Meanwhile, my brother had saved a bit more money and bought himself a 66 PowerMaster, which was a bit more powerful and had a rifled barrel, and he shot nothing but BBs through it. I remember he also got one of those horrible 4x15 scopes with it, and I could see the BBs corkscrewing downrange.
I killed a lot of birds with that PumpMaster though, and that was really the bug that never let go of me.
At work this week, I just sold a break-barrel that I didn't want to let go of to a colleague to get him into airguns. It's a tuned Stoeger X20 S2. He likes plinking with his .22 rimfire, but ammo gets expensive and the noise and all that stuff. (he has land, but also a family) He is delighted to be shooting cans at 25 yards for so cheaply, but doesn't take it seriously as a hunting tool.
My daughter (9) has a Daisy Buck (shortened Red Ryder) for her first airgun. It's the only one around with a short enough length of pull for her tiny body. I can't wait until she gets a bit bigger and can shoot my HW30s. She has the challenge of being right-handed, but left eye dominant, so she's just shooting lefty now; she's young enough that she picked it up with no problem. My fiancee had her first airgun shooting experience. She too is right-handed, but left eye dominant and shoots lefty. She likes shooting the HW30s, but finds it hard to cock. I had her try PCP, but she things the scope is too hard to use.
Several years later, I got a Crosman 760 Pumpmaster that was my own. It was not as good a gun as the Daisy 880, but that 880 was made before Daisy really started getting cheap. It had a metal receiver and the plastic stock was very nice.
I was really after top accuracy so I shot almost nothing but pellets through that Pumpmaster. Little did I know it was a smoothbore. No WONDER it shot BBs at least as well as pellet.
Meanwhile, my brother had saved a bit more money and bought himself a 66 PowerMaster, which was a bit more powerful and had a rifled barrel, and he shot nothing but BBs through it. I remember he also got one of those horrible 4x15 scopes with it, and I could see the BBs corkscrewing downrange.
I killed a lot of birds with that PumpMaster though, and that was really the bug that never let go of me.
At work this week, I just sold a break-barrel that I didn't want to let go of to a colleague to get him into airguns. It's a tuned Stoeger X20 S2. He likes plinking with his .22 rimfire, but ammo gets expensive and the noise and all that stuff. (he has land, but also a family) He is delighted to be shooting cans at 25 yards for so cheaply, but doesn't take it seriously as a hunting tool.
My daughter (9) has a Daisy Buck (shortened Red Ryder) for her first airgun. It's the only one around with a short enough length of pull for her tiny body. I can't wait until she gets a bit bigger and can shoot my HW30s. She has the challenge of being right-handed, but left eye dominant, so she's just shooting lefty now; she's young enough that she picked it up with no problem. My fiancee had her first airgun shooting experience. She too is right-handed, but left eye dominant and shoots lefty. She likes shooting the HW30s, but finds it hard to cock. I had her try PCP, but she things the scope is too hard to use.
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