Crosman 760 Pump Master Variable Pump BB Repeater/Single Shot Pellet Rifle
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Description of Crosman 760 Pump Master Variable Pump BB Repeater/Single Shot Pellet Rifle
The Pumpmaster 760 is known for its short stroke, high compression pump action giving shooters of all ability levels an sizes fast easy firing. A reservoir holds up to 200 BBs and for pellets, there is a convenient 5 shot manual clip. The maximum velocity is up to 625 fps (feet per second) with BBs, and 600 fps with pelletsThe Crosman Pumpmaster 760 has been one of the most popular air rifles on the market since it was first released in 1966. A full-scale replica of a pneumatic rifle, it's known for its short stroke, high compression pump action, providing shooters of all ability levels and sizes easy firing. Its ammunition reservoir holds up to 200 BB rounds, the BB magazine carries 18 rounds, and there's a handy five-shot manual clip for pellets.
Specifications
- Pump action power source
- 0.177 caliber
- Muzzle velocity up to 600 FPS with pellets and 625 FPS with BBs
- 2.75-pound weight
- 33.5-inch length
- Steel barrel material
- Fiber optic front sight
- Elevation adjustable rear sight
- Cross bolt safety
About Crosman
In 1923 in Rochester, New York, Crosman was founded as Crosman Arms Company. From its inception, Crosman's principal products were airguns and airgun ammunition. During the 1950s, new accounts included Sears Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Western Auto, all of which sold Crosman's products under their respective brand names.
In 1966, Crosman introduced its own Crosman brand airgun, the Crosman Pumpmaster 760, which has sold more than 11 million units to date. Crosman Corporation is now an international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of Crosman pellet, BB, airsoft rifles and pistols, Copperhead ammunition, and Benjamin pellet rifles and ammunition.
Sports reviews of Crosman 760 Pump Master Variable Pump BB Repeater/Single Shot Pellet Rifle
Customer Review: Pleased owner
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I just got this a walmart today this is my first pellet rifle. It is easy to pump, and fm to shoot. I found it very easy to sight in the gun.
GREAT!
Customer Review: Great BB Gun
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I've had one of these since the mid '70's and it still works great. Not as good as when it was new, but still has plenty of power.Customer Review: plunker
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
this is the second crossman rifle i have owned and it an excellant pellet gun and very accurate at close range up to 35 ft.Customer Review: Good for Beginner Shooters
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
Crosman 760 Pumpmaster
Specifications - The Facts
-Manufacturer: Crosman Corp.
-Caliber: .177 cal. steel BBs OR .177 cal. pellets
-Action Type: Bolt-action
-Powerplant: Multi-pump Pneumatic
--The air rifle is charged by pumping the rifle (opening and closing the forearm). Pumping the rifle
pressurizes an internal reservoir that is used, when the trigger is pulled, to push the BB/pellet out.
-Barrel: 16.75 inches
-Rifling: none, smooth-bore
-Magazine: 15 BBs (Internal) OR 5 Pellets (Pellet Clip)
-Front Sight: Fiber Optic
-Rear Sight: Notched Sight, adjustable for elevation
-Trigger: Single-stage
-Stock and Buttpad: Plastic
-Scopeable: 11mm Dovetail Rail
-Overall Length: 33.50 inches
-Length of Pull: 13.25 inches (length from trigger blade to the buttpad)
--A person's length of pull is found by measuring the distance from the inside of the elbow to the
index finger's second joint. (The person wants a rifle that has a same or very close length of pull.
This determines how well the gun fits the person.)
-Weight: 2.75 lbs
-Safety: Crossblock Safety
-Function: Plinking/Fun
Overview - First Impressions
The first impression is that (from an adult's perspective) this is a small rifle. Weighing less than 3 lbs and measuring only 33.5 inches, this rifle is about a quarter of an adult air rifle by weight and three-quarters of an adult air rifle by length. However, as a young shooter (as I was at the time I got it), it was perfect. The rifle comes with a nice and bright, green fiber optic front sight and a notch blade rear sight. This allows the rifle to be easy-to-aim and easy-to-shoot. However, the sights are not "competitive target-style" sights, making it slightly hard to shoot small 10-meter competitive air rifle targets (with a total diameter of 45.5mm and a 10-ring diameter of 0.5mm). The rifle is a multi-pump pneumatic, meaning that I needed to pump the rifle several times to build up the air pressure needed to fire a pellet/BB. The pumping effort is easy for pumps 1 through 5; however, the pumps 6 through 10 are a bit strenuous for younger shooters (since adult supervision is HIGHLY recommended, an adult can do pumps 6-10 easily). BBs are to be loaded into an internal hopper inside the grip (containing about 100 BBs), and BBs are then fed into a magazine (containing 15 BBs) by tilting the rifle forward and flipping a switch to keep the BBs from rolling back out from the magazine into the hopper. After checking that the chamber and the BB magazine are empty, pellets can be loaded into the rifle through an external 5-shot pellet magazine clip. If you want to accessorize, the air rifle can accommodate a scope or red dot sight, mounted on the 11mm dovetail rail.
Testing - How does this perform?
-Chronograph Test
--With 7 pumps, the average (of 10 shots) muzzle velocity is 503.0 fps. (Hi: 526.5fps; Low: 488.0fps;
Spread: 38.53 fps, Std. Dev.: 13.92)
--A decent speed for this type of air rifle.
-10-Meter Target Test
--With 10 shots at 10 meters (with 7 pumps), the center-to-center group size is 1.01 inch (approximately a half-dollar coin). (This is with pellets, which are always more accurate than BBs.)
--This accuracy is more than enough for plinking tin cans or hitting large bulls-eye targets.
-Energy Calculation
--With a 7.9 grain pellet (at 7 pumps), the muzzle energy is about 4.44 foot-pounds or 6.02 joules.
--This is too weak for any type of hunting. (A gun needs to be at around 12 foot-pounds to cleanly take
down small game.)
Lasting Impressions - Things to put on the backburner.
Some things to note are that the rear sight has no windage adjustment, meaning that you can only "zero" for elevation. And I also wish that the pumping forearm was slightly longer for leverage so younger shooters can pump it easier.
I have owned this air rifle for approximately 10 years, and it still performs as if I just bought it yesterday. It is important to follow the instructions carefully to keep the rifle in working condition. The minimum number of pumps is 3. Pump any less and there is a risk that the pellet/BB does not leave the barrel. The maximum number of pumps is 10. Exceed 10 pumps and there is a high risk of damaging the seals inside the reservoir, permanently reducing the amount of pressurized air that the reservoir can hold. This air rifle can shoot either BBs or pellets, but never both simultaneously. This rifle is not designed to be an Olympic 10-meter air rifle, so, do not expect "same-hole" groups at 10 meters. Rather, this air rifle does great at knocking over cans and punching holes in targets. Lastly, a couple drops of air gun oil (I use Crosman's "Pellgun Oil") in the pump mechanisms (as explained in the manual) will extend the rifle's life.
Recommendation - What I think...
The 760 Pumpmaster air rifle was intended for plinking and fun, and I do not expect it to do more than what it is intended. And it does what it is supposed to do very well. With the 760 Pumpmaster, my first air rifle, I learned a lot about safe rifle-handling and marksmanship skills with it. Along with its affordable price, I highly recommend this air rifle to any beginner shooter. (I got it from Wal-Mart.)
NOTE: Air guns are not toys. I've known people who have been seriously hurt by air guns. As always, treat air guns as if it is loaded and ready to fire. Parents, if you teach your children to shoot safely and responsibly, then they will have a lifetime of fun and enjoyment.
Customer Review: Pull the Trigger on Family Fun
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
Seeing as how my boy had just turned 4, I figured it was high time he got acquainted with a firearm. Wanda wouldn't let me get him my first choice (Heckler and Kotch .444 Rhino Stopper). Seems she thinks it's "too much gun" for him. Whatever, as long as she's paying the trailer note, I guess I have to live by her rules.
So, I was down at the TG&Y the other week looking at holiday sweaters and noticed they had just gotten in some new air rifles. I've never been too impressed with an air gun. Always seemed a little bit on the tenderfooted side to me. Really, what's the biggest animal you can drop with a BB? Field mouse? Skunk? Maybe a housecat or two? The way I see it, when you need to bring down a deer or put down a rabid beagle (Old Yeller Style), you need something that'll take care of business right. The FIRST time.
But with Wanda's "NO ELEPHANT GUNS IN MY HOUSE" policy I decided on this little Crosman. Buddy, as sure as my name is Lonnie, I was impressed with this little pea-shooter! What it lacks in velocity, it more than makes up for in sheer squirrel-shreddin' stopping power. Here's how our first outing went...
I got up at my usual 1:00am hunting time. After about a ten-minute grunt session in the bathroom (coffee always tears my stomach up), I went into Heath Jr.'s room and kicked him outta bed. It was time to hunt! We lit outta there around 1:30 and made the grueling 15 yard walk to the tree stand I had built him for his birthday. It was pretty still out that morning and the only sound we could hear echoing through the park was Wanda's snoring over in the trailer and my backfiring stomach. I tell ya, it was truly one of them father-son moments you always hear Yankees jawin' about on TV. (proud)
We were havin' ourselves one of them real good times up in that tree, gigglin' and such. I was just about to honor Jr.'s request and break wind to the tune of the National Anthem when, lo and behold, I saw one of the biggest squirrels I've ever seen jumpin' around on a tree limb about fifteen yards out. It was a gift from the man upstairs. Directly, me and Heath Jr. put on our gamefaces. It was serious business. Go time.
Since the squirrel was so close, and we didn't want to spook him, I immediately went into the series of hand gestures I had taught Heath Jr. to use in case of emergencies. We had a pretty sophisticated sign language worked out and all the boys could communicate silently if they ever needed to. (it came in real handy when Wanda painted the town with all them rubber checks, and we all had to live out in the woods that year) We could say all sorts of things and nobody would ever know we was communicatin'. We could silently say things like, "Have them dogs been fed?", "Where's my magazines?", "What happened on Cagney and Lacey last night?", "Got any cigarettes?", and "What do you think Orson Welles' motivation was for puttin' that Coleridge poem into the opening sequence of 'Citizen Kane'?"
So, I gave Heath Jr. the sign to get the gun ready. After he got her pumped up, we just sat there, watched, and waited. That little grey rascal must have jumped from limb to limb of every tree in that little trailer park. I had never seen anything like it. The whole time, me and the boy were gettin' more and more excited. I was so beside myself, I thought I was going to drop my joint.
Then it happened ... that furry little bugger jumped right on the tree we was sitting in. Buddy, you coulda heard an acorn drop. The varmint had landed. We were about to be able to take my favorite shot--point blank. I tell ya, it works on man, beast, and machine alike. But how were we going to get him to come right up to the barrel of that gun? We was in a quandry and my wheels started turnin'. After a few seconds, I came up with it.
I just eased the cigarette outta my mouth REAL slow and slid it right into the barrel of that gun like loading up a cannon with a cannon ball. I figured since a squirrel is naturally curious, that he might hop down to investigate. I gave Heath Jr. the sign to stay steady with his finger on the trigger and wait. (we called that one the State Trooper Handshake) Sure enough, that little rascal hopped down on the tree stand with us and hopped right on the top of that gun. Me and the boy was gettin' so excited I thought we was going to soil ourselves. (I did)
I still remember that little tail a swishin' and a fannin' as he pranced down the barrel of that gun to see where that smoke was a comin' from. I couldn't help but think this was what life was all about, as he put one of his big ole squirrel peepers up to the end of that barrel and Heath Jr. pulled the trigger on him ...
(three days later I was still pickin' squirrel fur outta my beard)
I highly reccomend this gun. It has provided hours and hours of fun for the Gentry family.