ricksplace wrote:
Funny this old thread came up. I hadn't shot my 880 (the same one mentioned in this thread) in a long time, so I got it out a few days ago and it wouldn't hold air! I flushed it with 30wt nd oil, and Liquid Wrench Super Lube. It held air, but leaked down overnight. So I flushed it again. It spitted out some pretty dirty oil. Now it doesn't leak down and shoots the same as it always has. The gun has been shot a lot. Accuracy and speed has not changed. The stock is still tight in the wrist. The gun looks and shoots like a new gun.
I recently restored a 1987 Crosman 2100 classic. With a full power valve, it shoots a little faster than the 880 (about 40fps) and appears to be very accurate. The Crosman is a great pumper. With the metal receiver, it feels nicely balanced, has a nicer trigger than the Daisy, but has easily twice the pumping effort up to 4 pumps. Then it increases to 3 and 4 times the pumping effort up to 10 pumps compared to the Daisy. They both wear 4x32 scopes. I honestly can't tell much difference in accuracy, with maybe a slight edge to the Daisy. The Daisy shoots any pellet well. I can't tell about the Crosman yet. I can't say one is better than the other, but I can say they are both excellent, very different pumpers. So which one do I prefer? The Daisy (regardless of price).The Daisy is so easy to pump, I can shoot it for hours.
If you're trying to decide which one to buy, it won't matter. You will be pleased with either one, particularly if you have forearms like Popeye.
I'm keeping both of them.
Edit: Both guns are stock. The Daisy has the tape mod to stabilise the barrel. The Crosman does not.
Hey Rick. What are the comparison measurements on these rifles between the pump pivots and end of pump levers? I wonder if one has more leverage than the other. The Daisy is very easy to pump.