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Backyard Marksmanship
| REVIEW: Crosman 1008, first impressions |
fluzwup (M/oklahoma) |
6/8/00 10:01 am |
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Well, I finally decided that I was getting a lot
more accurate than the Daisy smoothbore 693, so
yesterday evening I purchased a Crosman 1008B with the
cheap Crosman red dot sight. Here are the specs: CO2 powered "semi-automatic" repeater, may be fired single action or double action Patridge sights, rear adjustable for elevation and windage 8 shot capacity, pellets only, .177 caliber 4.25" rifled steel barrel Manual trigger block safety The 1008 is a copy of the S&W 10xx pistols, which are large frame, single stack guns. The grip is pretty close in size to a 1911 with a flat mainspring housing. The wraparound grips are sharply checkered. The trigger was a sliding trigger, like a 1911, but with a longer pull. Being mostly plastic, the gun is very light, especially when compared to the S&W 1006 I've handled, which was all steel and made a 1911 seem light by comparison. The safety a crossbolt type, and is mounted over the middle of the trigger guard. The safety is a trigger locking type, which means it will lock the gun with the hammer down or cocked. The gun came with 2 8 shot clips, a red dot sight, a cheap but childproof trigger lock, and two keys. Accuracy was pretty good; I could shoot rapid fire groups of about 1" at 6 yards. It was dark when I was shooting, so I haven't done any in-depth accuracy testing, but this is more than good enough for action style shooting; the trigger isn't really good enough for bullseye shooting. The iron sights were pretty good, with a nice, high front blade and a well defined rear notch. There is a 3/8" dovetail along the top of the barrel shroud for scope mounting. The red dot scope was a bit too bright, even on the low setting, for use at night, which caused the dot to blur. |
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| REVIEW: Crosman 1008, cont. |
fluzwup (M/oklahoma) |
6/8/00 10:03 am |
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To load the gun, you push forward on a knob on
the top of the slide near where the ejection port is,
and the barrel and clip assembly hinge upwards on a
pin near the muzzle. The 8 shot clip (really a
revolver cylinder) sits on a pin under the barrel, and the
revolver mechanism is all located in front of the
cylinder, and swings up with the barrel. Once a loaded clip
is in place, the barrel is pushed down until it
latches. The cylinder rotates counterclockwise, but due to
it's small size and light weight, loading a partial
cylinder and getting it indexed correctly takes some
care. The grip of the 1008 didn't seem to fit my hand well, which is odd, because I'm a big fan of the 1911. Two things that reall bothered me were the flat back of the grip, and the squared off edges under the rear of the trigger guard. The flat grip mean the gun wanted to point too low, which made sight acquisition (especially with the dinky red dot) difficult. The trigger guard rubbed the knuckle of my middle finger, which made firing uncomfortable after a few rounds. Since the frame is plastic, I might see if I can do something about that by grinding off a bit of plastic and rounding it off. The trigger on the 1008 was very odd. The hammer spring was very light, so the DA pull wasn't heavy, but it was very "busy" because of the revolver mechanism. Even in single action mode, the gun has a long trigger pull, because the trigger advances the cylinder, not the hammer. If you're careful, then in SA mode you can pull the trigger back to just short of sear release, then pause, and the final break is pretty nice--just don't pull the trigger halfway back and stop, or you might skip a round in the cylinder. As I shoot more, I'll post updates to the first impressions. |
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