Plastic rifles are Pitiful.....until you shoot one. -Trivia

[LarryS]

Wandering thru a swap meet this Saturday I found a newer Crosman .177 (nearly all plastic) slide cocking smooth bore rifle. Of course the "Peddler" said it worked. On cocking it and firing it I could tell from the piston sound that the barrel was blocked but I bought it anyway for $5 U.S. with intentions to fix it for my Son in laws grandson of 11 so both could shoot at the same time with different rifles.

Upon disassembly, a plastic gear was stripped which rotated a B-B autoloading port. This also blocked the chamber from expelling air into the barrel. After removing all the B-B autoloading stuff out of it I planned on making it into a weak powered muzzle loader.

Not having any 0.177 BB's.... I placed a 0.177 pellet in the muzzle end (with skirt down of course), and used a "ground flat" large nail to start the pellet in followed by a stiff piece of large wire to push it the rest of the way down until it "clicked" into the retainer at the bottom. I did not have the right size brass rod to make a "Ram Rod" for it. (they can do that).

Anyway... I cocked the gun and walked around the garage to aim "over the barrel" at my aluminium garden shed 40 feet away expecting to see the pellet flop around on the ground about midway.

Whoah!! big-time surprise!! That pellet blasted out the barrel in a straight blur...... and whacked the hell out of my shed with a big dent!. I estimate a +400 FPS shot. Good thing I didn't shoot my shoe(which I have done before to test weak BB guns)..... Plasic may be pitiful...but I would have been too......AFTERWARD. -LarryS

[ABshooter]

SHOOT YOUR SHOE?!?!? WHAT ARE YOU? STUPID?!?!?!? Have you read a single book on guns?!? Number 1 rule: do not aim your weapon at any person or pet. Man!! Give the government more reasons to ban guns!!!






Ah, sorry for going crazy, but really, don't shoot people. BTW, how do you test them? Big sting that goes away fast=300-350 fps? Hole in shoe and foot=650+? Basicaly the more it hurts the more powerful? Or maybe the bigger the bruise, the more powerful? Or is it not that soficitcayted? When you bleed to death from shooting yourself, you will win a Darwin Award, and the title will be:



SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT. LITERALLY.

[perrypan]

My PowerMaster66 with US version valve can have more than 650FPS with BB. And it can create very good pentration to a thick hard wood board. For sure plastic BB airgun still has some life.

[LarryS]

Try it with a Daisy Red Ryder. It's not that bad. Hit between the toe joints and the raise of the foot. Leather shoes only with tongue. Or as an alternate... the side of the shoe in the same area.

A quick way to evaluate a Daisy(only) spring gun when no other means is at hand to determine power.

Whats to lose? you have 120 small bones in each foot.... whats a couple of 'em?

Other way is to always carry 3 of your favorite comic books in the back pocket to test penetration..... through two....OK. Through only one.... heat & quench the spring. Two and 1/2 comics..... best it will ever do.

Last thought..... when your rifle breaks... it's a disaster. When YOU break..... your body will heal itself.......

But if a little pain bothers you a lot..... don't do it. -LarryS