Crosman 760

[Mortblanc]

I have numbers!

The 5 grain steel Daisy BB shot is going 580 fps 5 feet from the muzzle for 3.74 ft/lb energy.

The Crosman .177 wad-cutter pellets of 7.9 grains are going 520 for 4.75 ft/lb energy.

Now we should compare to other well known guns.

The Daisy Red Ryder BB gun and all the lever cocking BB guns from Daisy use the same power plant and it gives 275 fps average speed for .84 ft/lbs energy. I know that I have killed hundreds of starlings and black birds with those shooters.

My favorite old style BB gun was the Daisy M25 which gave 350 fps and was probably the strongest Daisy power plant made. It gave 1.65 ft/lbs energy.

That is stepping down so probably step up one notch. The old favorite Weihrech HW30/Beeman R7 pushes a standard 8 grain .177 pellet at 620 fps from the add copy and some tests say it is actually 650. That is either 6.83 or 7.5 ft/lb depending on the number you use.

But the HW30/R7 costs $300US !!

All the other selections I can find here in the US are either weaker in performance or jump directly to the "magnum" power levels.

For $100US I can buy Crossman, Ruger, Umerax, Gamo 1000 fps gun. Those same guns would be available to you at 12 pound limits for less cost than the "better brands", some of which are owned by the less respected cousins.

With Gamo owning BSA and Umarex owning Walther, Diana and RWS ad building the Ruger air guns, and Beeman and Weihrech being partners one never knows what to expect.

Plus they all have Chinese production outfits