Crosman 147 Back in Action

[c801tfd]

Well summer is almost gone and this has been sitting in pieces on my bench since April. I lost my before pictures but can tell you this Crosman 147M (November 1968) was in rough non shooting shape. When I got it had the following issues:

1. Lots of surface rust - will redo at some point but for now happy with how it cleaned up tonight.
2. The compression tube was warped/bent - This was a challenge but was able to true it up using a chunk of round steel a friend gave me to use in June.
3. Would not pump up or hold air - replaced pump cup with a Mac1 Flat Top piston and seal kit tonight, wow it came to life and now hold air with no leaks of air.
4. Elm stock and forearm were in decent shape just oil stained - In May I stripped it down, light sanded, applied Minwax American walnut stain then applied 5 coats of true oil, I really like how it turned out.
5. Cleaned the barrel to see if the rifling was still there, it was so even though the bolt has a magnet the past owner(s) appear to have shot very few if any BB’s with it.
6. I still have 2 items to get for it being a new screw for the bolt slide cover and a new flip safety.

Overall I am pleased with the result and will be testing it over the weekend for accuracy and velocity.

 

[KWK]

The wood grain looks real nice. I'm gonna hear some whining but I rather have this than a Sheridan. Wood and blued steel. When I was young I thought a Sheridan looked kinda like my little brother's tinplate Daisy. The Crosman looked more like one of Dad's guns.
GTA has a lot of pump gun conversation in "Vintage". This is mostly "high end springer and PCP Nation"

 

[holo07]

Wow very cool I did the some of the same repairs to a Crosman 140 over the summer. I love bring the old Crosman back to life.

 

[c801tfd]

KWK - Thank you for the compliment, my sons say the Sheridans look like shotguns while the crosmans look like rifles. However for me I like the looks of both. Yes I have seen the trend here is for higher end Springers and PCP’s, I have my share of nice springers but don’t own any of the modern pcp stuff, but I enjoy reading about it all.

holo07 - your 140 turned out nice, it looks to be a 2nd variant (steel breech and cross through stock safety). I have two 140’s as well my 2nd variant is a great accurate shooter after resealing and my 1st variant with the thumb cocking is a great shooter but needs seal replaced this winter.