Crosman “Canadian Boy” the rifle that inspired the 760

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Courtesy of Leonardj.

The Canadian Boy was developed by the Canadian Crosman factory in Dunnville, Ontario. The gun was built on the short stroke pistol action of the model 130, to create what was intended as a youth oriented rifle. These guns were not built in great quantity, and due to the intended market, they had a low survival rate, making locating a good specimen today, very difficult.
Crosman saw the value of both the concept, and the design, thus continued it's development to eventually become the Crosman model 760.



I was inspired to make my own conversion after watching a YT video by AirgunsNirvana. I highly recommend any 13XX owner to do this project, it’s fun and it tightens up your groups a bit
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[1377 pistol, 2260 parts, custom stainless steel sear(original sear was barley engaging hammer)]


 
Looks more like a cross between a 160 and 180 Pellgun modded into a pumper. Just for reference, here's a pic of my 160 Pellgun variant 1, 1955-56.

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And my 760 Powermaster variant 1, June 1970;

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I just acquired one of these oldies and was wondering .. the barrel seams smooth . Do you have a rifled barrel with first variant? Also I have it in pieces do you suggest any power mods for these? Thanks