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While shoveling for the third time this weekend, as the mind was wandering I remembered that I had an air gun pistol that I used to use to scare rabbits out of the garden years ago. I can't recall the last time I had shot it.

After dark and finishing the last of the snow removal from yesterday's final snow fall and digging it out of the stash location, I put a bb in it, pumped it a few times, took aim from inside the garage at my plastic mailbox, pulled the trigger and I'll be damned, it ricocheted right back into the garage. Woohoo, it worked and still fires, let alone is still fairly accurate.

Thought I'd challenge myself and took aim at something a bit further away. I'm the second house from the corner where a stop sign controls the traffic flow.

Pumped it a few more times, took careful aim and DING. Got it. It was louder than I thought it should have been so I quickly closed the garage door and went back inside smug as a bug.

Now I'll just keep it with the rest of the gang.

Being in town it's about the only thing I can shoot without getting in any legal trouble, I think.

I got a Daisy CO2 pistol I need to dig up and get some gas for !!

I bought a CO2 gas pistol for indoor use, but it was louder than the 9mm's I used to own, so it got sold quick quick.

Great story Bish. Did you feel like a 10 yr old after hitting the stop sign?

"You'll shoot your eye out kid"
Have fun, it's a great way to get in some trigger time and not break the bank.

RetiredSeabee wrote:"You'll shoot your eye out kid"
Have fun, it's a great way to get in some trigger time and not break the bank.

I saw him and he looked like a deranged Easter bunny.

daytime dave wrote:Great story Bish. Did you feel like a 10 yr old after hitting the stop sign?

Oh yeah!!!

Just standing in the garage door opening with it down at my side while cars would drive by made me feel renegade.

Tonight I took a good look at my air gun since I didn't really know what it was. Fairly impressed since I bought it back in the early 80s.

It's a Crosman American Classic 1377 pump style pistol.

I went looking for some reviews on YouTube and all of the videos were showing one with a traditional style bolt action design with a lever. Mine was an earlier version apparently before that as it doesn't have a lever but just a breech cover that rotates and then pulls back the breech pin. (I have no idea what I'm talking about, there.) I also have only shot BBs through it. No pellets that I recall or at least I don't think I have any currently.

I found it's also highly modifiable which is intriguing but it's doubtful I'll put any mod money into it.

Sorry I don't have any pictures to show. I left my phone at work today. That was a first.

Hopefully I can get some pictures in the next several days.

Thanks for reading.

Pictures as had been said.





Sorry this one is out of focus.

That looks like a whole lotta fun, Bish.

How many times do you have to pump it to get a good shot?

Only 5 for normal shots within 70 feet.

Any more distance than that I will go up to 10 pumps at most.

That's neat - you get to shoot and have a gym workout at the same time!

My guns are making my guns get bigger.

I dug my Daisy CO2 BB pistol out and got some gas and BBs today. It's been a while, but hopefully she still works. It'll tear up a beer can at 25'
I'll tell you later about why the gun was put up from my stepson's act of stupidity about 10 years ago

Those are very nice. Thanks for the pics.