I got out four of my favorite vintage CO2 pistols to shoot over Labor Day. They are fun plinkers ,especially, when shooting empty water bottles. They all have the perfect amount of energy to make a water bottle really fly with a pop from the report and impact. These vintage air pistols are accurate enough to keep them rolling past 35 yards. The Crosman Mark II (black handle) and S&W 79G are both .177 and the Crosman Mark 1 and Crosman 600 are in .22.
The first thing you notice when you pick up one of these iconic CO2 pistols is their weight, being all metal with the Smith over 40 oz and amibidextrous. They do have interesting features with two power levels depending on how you cock the pistols(except the 600), and have adjustable sights and triggers. All of my copies are earlier renditions that have been resealed and get over 60 shots per CO2 powerlet except the 600, which is a true 10 shot semi-auto and gets 30 shots per powerlet. There is a book written on the 600 alone.
Having gone to the darkside with PCPs from 10 meter target rifles to big bore with AirArms, Daystates, and RAWs inbetween, why would anyone want these vintage airguns that are somewhere between 57 and 37 years old? Simply put they are fun to shoot, collect and is a whole different conversation concerning the wide aspects of airguns.
