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Crossman 2240 proves to be...
« on: February 23, 2007, 02:53:51 AM »
fun and pretty accurate. Cold, cold and colder got the best of me...so in the true spirit of cabin fever I set up an indoor range. Using NRA official 25 ft slow fire pistol targets I brought out a Co2 powered Crossman Mod 2240. The backstop is cardboard boxes filled with old magazines and such. After firing  the little single shot 22cal pistol I realized it had potential to be actually quite accurate for a 45 dollar pistol. But then a quick trip to the hardware store was rnecessary for some lighter springs to replace the manufacture's intense trigger spring. Once done the trigger pull reduced to maybe 2-3 pounds which was orignally up around 7 or 8 lbs. [even tried it with no spring and produced a dangerous hair trigger.. ;)] Using Meisterkuglen wadcutters this pistol will produce 10 shot groups covered by a quarter with the manufacturers rather crude sights at 25 feet from a sofa pillow rest. Actually, I think five shot groups might be down to a nickel covering them...alot of same holes and holes touching and a tendacy to vertically string [that couldn't be me ;)]. If I could just get a little creep out of the trigger and a little more weight towards the muzzle [the pistol is light wgt] I think this would be approaching a very good cabin fever remedy for most guys.

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Re: Crossman 2240 proves to be...
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2007, 03:12:11 PM »
Put a steel breech and muzzle break on it, tha will add lots of weight.
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Re: Crossman 2240 proves to be...
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2007, 06:51:30 PM »
You can buy a 2 foot long 2260 or 1760 rifle barrel from Crosman for around 12 bucks and make a longer, heavier barrel for your pistol. I usually cut them in two pieces to make two 11 1/2" barrels. That would give you more weight up front and more velocity too.  I've found Crosman 1760 barrels to be as accurate as the Walther Lothar barrels I've used and a whole lot cheaper.  Only problem for some people is it really helps to have access to a lathe and a good drill press for accurate crowning and drilling and counter boring transfer ports in the new barrel.
Here's a picture of a 1377 with a cut down 1760 barrel: