Author Topic: What kind of wood - Crosman 160/167 (Read 896 times)

Dand · « **on:** January 11, 2005, 09:38:18 AM »

I picked up an old Crosman 160/167 wood stock as a spare for my QB 78. With a little fitting of the barrel band, and trigger group plus removing about 1/2 inch of the forearm end to clear the reservoir cap, it fit great. Its a little banged up but a refinish will fix that. And for only $20 shipped from Numrich Gun Parts it seems like a good deal.

But I'm wondering, anybody know what kind of wood Crosman used for these stocks? Kinda looks like ash but I don't know my woods real well. Mainly I'm just curious. Thanks

coopershooter · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2005, 02:19:28 AM »

i think it,s beach!

dave · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2005, 11:43:52 AM »

Most of those older Crosman guns were maple. There were some made of elm, but usually those were the "customer guns", ie the ones sold at Sears or Montgomery Wards.

coopershooter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2005, 03:43:46 AM »

make sure the safty arangment is the same! the inletting around the trigger guard is diffrent! as i have both the qb77 and crossman 160, and there not the same stock!

Dand · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2005, 06:41:13 PM »

Cooper, like I said above, with just a little filing of the trigger group area, I got an easy fit. But had to inlet the barrel band as the QB 78 band is positioned about 3/16 to the rear compared to the barrel band inletting of the stock. And the stock was a tad bit long so it was hard to get a grip on the reservoir cap. But hmmm - haven't reinstalled the safety to check rotation and clearances. Hope that isn't a big oops.

Finished sanding and contouring the stock last night and stained it this afternoon. Trying for the Winchester reddish look using BW Casey water base walnut stain with a bit of yellow and red food color added. Turning out pretty red right now. May go over it with an oil base walnut stain once dry.

BTW once I had the wood sanded down to 220 grit then scrubbed with #0000 steel wool the wood started looking more like maple than ash - but I'm still not sure. Seems pretty soft and very white for maple.

I might post a picture if this all comes together like I hope. Plan to use BW Casey Truoil. Really only want a working stock but its fun to try sprucing it up a bit while I'm at it.

The bigger chore ahead is finalizing the original stock into a semi-3 position style stock proportioned to my 6 yr old. Got the basics glued together and rough formed. Have to get the butt shortened in 1 inch increments so I can add and subtract as the boys grow. Still a lot of work to do there.

And I think I need to send the gun off to COTuned or another tuner just to make sure the seals and valves are working smoothly.

Sure am having fun with this but my 6 yr old is starting to get impatient to shoot it.