Don’t know. We would even try to get a straight small branch and cut a notch in it for the string and sharpen a point on it with our knifes. This family of BB guns has a completey different powerplant from the classic Daisy Red Ryder gun. There are several .22 rimfire models, and a 5.7mm Johnson Spitfire (a .22 caliber centerfire round based on the Carbine cartridge case) that is the grandfather/inspiration for the M16. But! It is fine for that. This is great! THIS CROSMAN M-1 CARBINE IS A PUSH BARREL SMOOTH BORE 22 SHOT GRAVITY FED MAGAZINE AND HAS THE 180 ROUND RESERVOIR CLIP . I need to write THAT report! Crosman Backpacker Model 1389 .177 BB Caliber Pump Air Gun Rifle 990329496 BROKE. My favorite was a single stick carved like a drumstick w/a piece of surgical tubing pushed over the end and a string tied around it to hold, other end of the tubing held a looped and knotted piece of braided nylon twine also secured w/a string to keep the knotted end inside the tubing. I was dealing with metal . Think about what you're going to post. Chiappa firearms currently makes a 22lr and 9 mm version , try Gunbroker, There is also an M1 Carbine version of the Ruger 10/22 as a distributor special , you can use Ruger 10, 15 and 25 round magazines which is an advantage, Bob—The reason that I took out the short piston for cleaning was that it was full of lead shavings. What about a barrel that’s not round on the outside diameter. It required a special wrench and it vise to to take it apart. And related to what Chris is doing. Or let go of it at a higher angle and send it flying out to a target way out in a feild. As for barrels,.. who knows. Oh and that’s why I didn’t choose the hunter model. Chris U You keep following him and fixing his mess ups. Second is a safety issue. The gun barrel flexing should happen pretty much the same on each shot naturally. Maybe it’s some type of Loctite or something they use. The thing is, I don’t even know what it looks like as I can’t even find a picture of one. It was not easy to clean, under combat conditions. Before that can be done we must determine Who is on first. We would use rocks and such as projectiles. Scope, pod, new rings, band,…. The Crosman M1 Carbine BB gun is of course based on the U.S. Army’s M1 Carbine from WW II. Not much play there, but there is some all the way around. I’m very curious to see what’s going on inside the barrel and what can be replaced. I can tell you it did not hurt as bad as being shot by someone at a paintball tournament. These early variations are easy to spot because the sides of the stock are flat, since they were basically cut from boards. THIS GUN SHOWS SOME WEAR BUT NO ABUSE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES . I have 5 1/8″ open space to the rear and 2 1/8″ to the front from factory position. I got my Crosman M1 one year ago at the Middletown gun show. This rifle is a pre-order item call us on 01263 731585 to place a deposit. But to be safe I added a few drops of Pelgun oil in it and I’ll let it set overnight to soak. When I turned 16 my Father gave me a M1 carbine and a X-Army Colt 1911. It does need to come out. Hi guys, here’s a simple one on YouTube, I remember an episode of This one is a first variant … Most ( if not all ) .45 ammo used corrosive primers. Daisy may have given lookalike airguns the name “Spittin’ Image” but Crosman gave us the most iconic BB gun of all time — the M1 Carbine. Shot a lot of 22 ammo though. Crosman 38t Pistol Parts 177 Pellet Oem Replacement Left Side Housing Lot 11. If the box weren’t there, the bb would just drop to the floor. While not the exactly the same, I believe this dovetails with what DavidEnoch wrote about lowering the rear sight rather that raising the front sight above the target. . I was in heaven. Do you think that the heat gun can get the glue soft? H. G. Donovan, project Doughboy, May 13, 1952. Thank you for this report! Looks like I have something to try the next time out. Be very careful . Hmm good question. These are wonderful, fun shooters, and though they were much maligned, they are still good rifles for close work. Oh, I looked up BB’s articles on the V305 and the M1 carbine before buying my V350. The firearm is my S’G’ collector’s gun that has a late-issue bayonet lug under the barrel. If only we could get the “trendy thing” back to putting that sight on everything. Just fix it and make it right. I tried the .25 M-rod at 70 yards, 33.95’s. Any cool guns? With that short of a barrel will I notice much of an improvement in velocity with the power pack plus kit? In the case of a firearm, it would add to barrel cooling due to the added surface exposure. What if that does change the harmonics in the barrel. Ok thanks. I may try that. All .30 carbine ammo was loaded with non corrosive primers. Those darn UTG’s got me plain *** spoiled! 2) 2 barrels 1 fluted, 1 not, (same weight) (non-fluted has smaller OD than the fluted),.. the fluted barrel will be stiffer, but not because of the fluting,.. but rather the increased diameter. That’s a huge difference. And it works!!! A Crosman M1 Carbine. It is a smooth 1# if I had to guess. And yes I would say do more testing with the barrel band loose on the barrel. And real easy to make. Hope was to shoot no band, prove ok and then drill out the band on the barrel side. Playing war and Cowboys and Indians was a big thing when I was a kid. The .30 caliber M1 carbine is a much maligned weapon but it is a sweet shooter. It’s whisper quite, powerful enough to penetrate tin cans and targets at about 30 feet. Now as the way your thinking. The time has come ,and the technology is here for a select fire co2 M2 Carbine. And ok maybe your gun is good enough for what you got it for. Get the best deals on Crosman BB Air Rifles when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. Black Opps Tactical Gas Ram.22. It is a Crosman M1 Carbine BB gun. 1) Is gluing at that location common? This one is in … That’s kind of a generic term. At 100 yards, once it’s sighted (and if your eyesight is good), you can punch out 2 inch groups all day. What if the gun does get more accurate. Then we will all know. We would stick the revolver in our pockets like it was our holster. Good think I was pointing this rifle upwards when this happened and not at a window or person. Buy, Sell, and Trade your Firearms and Gear. Thank you. Really though, I think that the barrel is too thin and too long to go unsupported. MASH was probably one of my favorite programs to watch when it was on as a series. I don’t have his contact info, but you should be able to find him through Google. I also have a question. Lost the front sight somewhere along the way, but it still shots hard. Maybe the extra length on a free floating barrel would help the harmonics for a particular weight and caliber and velocity pellet. I ordered one in .22 with the 10.1″ Crosman barrel as the longer barrels just looked too ungainly. Look on Gun Broker. But not probably as hot as a torch. Not much difference, but would have to give the lead to the set screw being in. You could even save costs by adapting the magazine from the Thompson submachine gun. The Crosman M1 is mainly a replica of the U.S. M1 30 caliber carbine. $228.44. It adds leverage and speed. I was given a WW2 M1 last year–manufactured in late 1942 by Inland, a division of GM. They layed out MASH units and such. Images, manuals, catalogues and other ephemera of vintage - Crosman - airguns and ancillary products. Bob, just speculating but I think, from what I’ve read, that the Army was willing to trade the short-range effectiveness of the .45 ACP round for the lightweight, higher capacity, and accuracy of the .30 round. Once you got use to the sling you could hit targets right out in front of you basically like a sling shot. I rarely shot them the 45 or M1 as Ammo to expensive. It is a spring-piston design, but there is more. I don’t think the U.S.M.C. Throw in a kid,.. and it sounds like a recipe for something not so good. Crosman Arms Co Wood Stock Model 120 .22 Cal. ID, OD, wall thickness,.. stack it up however you want. Pretty easy to make something that will aid in throwing a projectile with the force of your arm and hand. Now it shoot OK. I am aware that there was an article in Gun​s & Ammo in the 60’s if I recall correctly that rechambered it to a wildcat cartridge that boosted the muzzle energy equivalent to that of the. Obviously you were looking for (what if) the gun got more accurate. And we are fortunate that BB technology has advanced since these guns were new. Chris or buldawg knows that better than me what material that threaded muzzle peice is. Care should be exercised to preserve the plastic stock, which can break if not protected. These are a replica of the U.S. M1 30 caliber carbine. Later. So now here’s another one. Thank you for your informative and well researched reply to my question. I hope that Crosman will make one, using the 10-77 action. £158.99. As much as I knew about Crosman at that time I thought CO2 gun were all they made. What if you have a barrel band at the breech and then another forward that you could adjust forward or backwards. It looks and even operates like the original. Like the M-rod? For discussion purposes do you see what I mean. Looking forwards to more. I added up and divided groups to get an average. I can’t recall the M1 Carbine being commercially sold in a caliber other than .30 Carbine. And what I just mentioned. That way the gun is held down solid and any type of barrel movement will be shown. Firearm Discussion and Resources from AR-15, AK-47, Handguns and more! Chris U I tried locating the name but didn’t have any luck. Just some thoughts prior to “jumping in there”,…. I can think of a few things adl could stand for. But we would pretend we where stalking up on somebody for a ambush. But that hold the gun down on a rest as if you have it in a gun vise. We would go as far as cutting off a branch from a tree and skinning the small twigs and bark off of it. At least on the left side for my left trigger finger. In our neighborhood we regularly had BB gun wars wearing goggles and lots of layers of clothes in the winter. I have always been amazed by spear and javelin throwing. And in the Pacific theater it did become the weapon of choice for the front-line due to the short barrel and lightweight characteristics of both the rifle and ammo. Either missing or not working. Soldiers or Indians or cowboys. Got the heat gun from work. Or is the round barrel stronger? Well worth the time of some simple adjustments. Being a repeater, I am surprised that the cocking method and a magazine feeding bb’s existed in the same platform. The rear sight is one of the most exceptional parts of this BB gun! Well if it’s bumping the barrel band. up for auction is an old vintage crosman m1 carbine bb air rifle. Basically two strings tied to a pouch. This BB gun is very hard to cock, even for adults. But the side hole is slightly further back from the BB feed hole. Kind of like a built in artillery hold if you think about it. Can anyone recommend to me someone who restore this rifle so that it fires with the power it should and safely? And thinking about it. That is another reason I wanted M1 Carbine so bad! But the other part of the job was shooting his M1 to make sure a area was secure before they started their surveying. Pelletier, I was as ignorant of airguns as the next guy. Images, manuals, catalogues and other ephemera of vintage - Crosman - airguns and ancillary products. Can anyone help? Cobalt327 Shortly after Crosman also offered a darker plastic stock. I mean really?,…. YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO GET CHEAP PRICES PRODUCTS HERE.Crosman M1 Carbine Bb Air Rifle And Edgun Matador 22 Air Rifle On Sale . They have the Maximus with that peice that’s threaded so things can be screwed on. Depth of flute and width of flute I’m sure changes the strength of the barrel. Red Loctite takes heat,.. but once applied,.. it comes off like butter. I’m just glad I got this piece working as it should, and it’s is a very cool vintage item it have as well. This “champagne-cork” effect adds something to the velocity, I believe. Been out of pocket! . And again would it be a more accurate barrel because of strength than a round barrel. . Thank you sir, Springfield Armory M1A Underlever Pellet Rifle, Powered by WordPress. What is too long of a unsupported barrel length. But I managed to get the lever installed, and the barrel swapped out. Just think how good your going to be. These Crosman rifles with solid wood stocks were manufactured between 1967 and 1968. The Crosman M1 is a BB caliber push barrel spring piston smooth-bore with a twenty shot gravity fed magazine and solid wood stock. I love quirky mechanism’s. That makes the M1 carbine a collectible that can also be shot. Is this true? It’s my belief that the difficulty of cocking is what lead to the eventual demise of the gun. There is more to come, as this will be a complete 3-part test. https://trainers4me.com/Backyard-Games-Crosman-2240/ They also offer a $99.99 two stage trigger for the 2240… you name it, they sell it. So my question is this: why not make a carbine to replace the 1911 handgun in .45 caliber? I am not going to tear into it. Chris U You mean you ain’t got a second job to support your hobby yet. The US Armed Forces are pretty smart, most days. I can move the band fore and aft, no problem. When he died there were only two things that we had to work to settle: who got his indestructible cast aluminum BBQ and who got the M-1. No luck on getting the LDC adapter off despite substantial heat. Williams did invent a carbine of his own and submitted it to the Army for consideration, but it was too late. It was a beautifully conceived gun but it had its problems. I had an armorer take it apart and clean and oil it and check the springs, etc. Now I remember. Thanks to B.B. Here the barrel has been pulled back and the gun is now cocked. The rock or whatever was used would have a big arched trajectory. Someone please pass that suggest on to Umarex! And then now we start changing how the pellet engages the rifling. But that’s what we was thinking when we was kids. Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited. You pulled the “triple dog dare” on me,… I have to try it now. Hope it works! Steve. Actually, David Marshal “Carbine” Williams didn’t invent the Carbine. 175 calibre BB firing Air Rifle. I also have the real thing in three different calibers! Speaking of MASH units. If stuck do you think some penetrating oil might free it up? You pulled THE “what if” card on me????? Fire the gun and we if the needle on the he indicator moves. When I saw that it still had the magazine, I knew that it had a place in my collection —–Ed. You seem to be revisiting my childhood, Tom. It was also the first air gun I had that would embed a BB in a 2 With the arrival of the Mauser 712, Uzi and now the MP 40, we should be seeing the M2 Carbine, Grease gun , AK 47,SW44 and finally , the king , the Thompson. And gluing common? Buy, Sell, and Trade your Firearms and Gear. I would have passed it up, last year. And now back to harmonics and accuracy. It does seem to be that way don’t it. I have too many EE listings so this listing has fallen out of the bunch that I can manage to mark as sold. Imagine that !!! The article I read said that (exterior) fluting, however it is done,.. is a common topic for misconceptions. I just looked it up on Wikipedia this AM and was just passing along what I had learned since neither of seemed to know for sure. Thanks Good memories. After loading a couple of bb’s, I went to cock the gun with the barrel facing up. I would be very interested to hear about the .22 rimfire version​. This is a hard to find copy of the ... £ 250. Not to thin. No doubt the V-350 is alot more BB gun! Erma made the most common rimfire. I pulled the top off the S500 to protect the other vital parts and went after the shroud with a propane torch until it cracked loose and unscrewed . And what does it matter if the barrel is long or shorter. Ya’ll enjoy the weekend and the airgun show tomorrow. This was not easy at all. x4 instead of just bouncing off. Pretty cool. I’d even settle for decent open sights w/o the “benefit” of F-O! One was was to push the muzzle against something hard like a tree trunk. Then bowing it and tying a string on each end. First, it shoots with almost no power where it can’t even penetrate a thin card board box at about ten feet. It was made by Remington Rand. BB In U.S. Military service from WWII through the 1970s, the legendary M1 Carbine is now available as a CO2 powered .177 caliber BB replica. Docteur Ralph Then,.. we will go from there. ——-Ed. Barrel stiffness would dictate the length. The Crosman Carbine rear sight is very similar to the firearm sight. Holding the barrel rigid might pick up on other things the gun does when firing. Either way, much reduced to what is 60′-80′ above. Locating a 9/64 steel ball? On the flat of the barrel you’ll see the BB feed hole, and on the side you’ll see a slightly smaller hole. You will enjoy it! So when the BB retainer ball is inserted into this hole, it protrudes slightly into the bore of the barrel, and will not allow a bb to pass. 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