Crosman Pumpmaster 760 Pink -Girlie gun!

More and more younger girls seem to be getting interested in shooting (mine is only 5 years old and is having one of these for Christmas having played with one at a friend's house) and whilst it doesn't have to be in pink, it does seem to be the colour they like at these ages....The princess rifle is what she calls it. Having had lots of families in the shop recently we decided to get some new things in stock.

Crosman claim to have sold 12 million of these since the 1960's so it is a tried and tested model.

This is the Crosman Pumpmaster 760


So for £69.99 what do you get?

First of all it's fairly well built but is very much plastic in its construction. Don't expect to be throwing it around and it too last too long. Having said that, at this price it is to be expected and provided you treat it right it shouldn't break. The plastic construction also makes it really light and easy to hold.

The internal resevoir holds 200 metal BBs and is easy to fill, with a button that locks them in position once filled. Alternatively you can use the 5 round rectangular manual feed magazine and fire .177 lead pellets.

 

Pumping is fairly easy up to 3 or 4 pumps (Kids can do it). This is more than enough for plinking. If you want to use a higher ftlbs for pest control, then you simply pump it 10 times, It does get harder to pump as you go, which is no bad thing if you want to stop the kids using anything too lethal. Anything more than 10 and there is a pressure release valve to prevent it going over the UK limit of 12ftlbs and to stop it from breaking.

A simple cocking mechanism loads a BB with a magnetic 'grabber' to ensure it loads snugly. It's then ready to fire. It also has a manual safety switch on the trigger guard. The trigger itself isn't too bad and the whole thing works well with the iron sights. No jams or any problems after 50 shots.



It has mounts that can take accessories such as a scope and Crosman also do it in black if the pink isn't your thing.




Compare this with a CO2 or standard break barrel air rifle and you will be dissapointed, but with the pumping system you are allowing kids to charge it themselves easily and the cost of not buying cartridges is also quite welcome.
As a first airgun for the under 12's this is a really nice gun. (or just something for us to play with in the garden!) 

These are in stock at A Different Calibre.

Remember to teach safe shooting under supervision, these are not toys and children shouldnt be left alone with them.