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From: Leon Fisk <lfiskgr@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Air pistol update
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 17:27:51 -0400
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On Sat, 17 May 2025 17:16:43 -0400
Leon Fisk <lfiskgr@gmail.invalid> wrote:

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>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-Owner-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=F0=9F=99=82=EF=B8=8F

Some pellet barrels are choked on their ends too, similar to a shotgun.

--=20
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids  MI