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   Snag to Leon Fisk   
   Re: Air pistol update   
   17 May 25 17:50:45   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/17/2025 4:27 PM, Leon Fisk wrote:   
   > On Sat, 17 May 2025 17:16:43 -0400   
   > Leon Fisk  wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >> No, that's a myth from what I've read. It might have a smooth bore. I   
   >> don't know about this particular Crosman...   
   >   
   > Appropriate manual (per your year guess) and parts pdf's can be found   
   > here:   
   >   
   > https://support.crosman.com/hc/en-us/articles/203542970-1377-O   
   ner-s-Manual-EVP-1981-1998   
   >   
   > It claims to have a rifled steel barrel in user manual. I'd try some   
   > different pellets, see how they fit. I've accumulated quite a few   
   > different brands and styles of .177 pellets. Some fit in the barrel   
   > really loose, some snug and others really tight. That's why you try a   
   > variety of them in your gun and see what works best with it. It can   
   > vary from batch to batch of the same brand/style too🙂️   
   >   
   > Some pellet barrels are choked on their ends too, similar to a shotgun.   
   >   
      
      I have several different pellets/manufacturers . I'll measure some   
   and see if any particular brand runs slightly larger . The barrel is   
   rifled , but I can't tell what shape the rifling is . I'll do some   
   accuracy testing once I get it shooting well .   
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