Vintage Benjamin Air Pistols

Crosman's Revolvers Pt-2: SNR.357

I briefly owned a 4" Dan Wesson Co2 revolver in 6mm airsoft about 5 years ago, but sold it to a friend because I decided that I would rather have a .177 caliber version that shot steel or lead.


I ordered a refurbished Crosman SNR.357 Co2 pellet revolver for $60 from Princess last week and it just arrived today!
If it works perfectly, the it will be a half price bargain!

As far as I know, WinGun manufacturers the Dan Wesson & Crosman SR357 & SNR357 Co2 revolvers, so I have finally replaced that Dan Wesson from 5 years ago with  a lead slinging Saturday night special version of the same revolver.

The 2.5" SNR.357 interested me as soon as they were available, but I have been busy with other AirGuns, until I discovered the refurbished ones for sale at princess Auto.

There is a simple hammer spring mod that I plan to do, and hopefully it will increase the power.

I will update this post in the near future with any improvements I am able to make to this cool compact Co2 revolver.

UPDATE:

I fired a few rounds thru my chronograph and 5.4 grain Crosman penetrators hit as high as 395 fps and heavy gamo armour 9.6 grain lead pellets shot around 295-310 fps.

This is a fun Co2 handgun to operate.
Loading rounds is realistic, and adds a lot to the experience.

Umarex H&K USP .177 cal. NBB Co2 pistol

Umarex recently introduced a full blowback action version of the USP, but I still wanted to add the non-blowback version to my collection, mostly because it has the perfect magazine design for use with 7.4 grain "smart shot" copper coated lead BB's, and in some part because Princess Auto had them on sale for $39.99 + shipping for the month leading up to Christmas.

The H&K USP .177 cal BB pistol is a realistic looking & feeling replica air pistol.
It shoots fairly straight for a BB gun, and hits harder than the 400 fps rating.
I chronographed a few shots and three shots ranged from 398 fps to 415 fps.

The inner mechanical operation of the USP seems similar to the IWI Jericho 941/Swiss Arms SA941.

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