Well another vintage airgun is finished. Crosman V-350 slide action bb gun. Received a lot of three. two made around 1963 and a Sears and Roebuck variant made later in the 60"s. This is the Sears gun I have completed. The other I will also do. And am sending the third to a friend.
I have provided a picture of the Crosman variant I have just started to restore for a comparison.
Tested it after a good going over. Have not chony yet but think it will be around 400 something fps. Shot a tennis ball in the back yard 10 or so times with steal bb's. Will be testing some lead ones also.
My Crosman V-350 slide action bb gun that I recently restored. it was made in the 1960's and was in pretty rough condition. look at it now.
This is a variant made for Sears and Roebuck. I also have a earlier Crosman version I am restoring now.
The V350 is a very powerful BB gun from the 1960s. mine average 370 fps after rebuild
It later got updated into the V3500 but also into one of Crosman’s most classic BB guns,
The M1 Carbine.
This family of BB guns has a completely different powerplant from the classic Daisy Red Ryder gun. Though it has a spring-powered piston, it uses a poppet-type valve that stores compressed air until it blows open violently.
The velocity is indicated by the model number 350
Model V350 Spring Air, BB, barrel slide action repeater 1961-1969,
The Sears Model is a Crosman V-350 made by Crosman for Sears, a spring-piston 22 shot BB repeater with a slide cocking barrel, and one piece wood stock.They were manufactured between 1961 & 1969.
, Model M-1 Carbine Spring air, BB barrel slide action repeater. First variant. Rifle
1966-1967, Model M-1 Carbine. Spring air, BB barrel slide action repeater. The detail in this variant is great.
Second variant, plastic stock Rifle 1968-1976,
Model 3500 Slidemaster Spring air, BB barrel slide action repeater. 1970-1973 it was basically the same rifle as the Sears Roebuck variant V-350.
After 1973 this series of rifle was no longer produced. Probably because of its cocking of around 40 lbs made it a safety concern. Normally kids would have to use a palm over the muzzle or press it onto something to cock.
A quick glimpse into the past.,
@septicdeath I have one of these V-350 Crosman Sears Roebuck guns with the wood stock. Received it for my 10th birthday in 1967. I’ve had so much fun with this gun over the years. My most noteworthy shot came while plinking around with some friends down at a creek near where I lived. My friends and I were always looking for things to compete on to see who was the best shot. I was standing on a sandbar with my cocked gun ready at the hip. Along comes a bumblebee flying slowly in my vicinity around 10 feet away. Without even raising the gun to my shoulder, I took a casual shot at the bumblebee, and to my amazement, it dropped out of the air! I couldn’t believe I had hit it shooting from the hip. I walked over to where it had fallen, and picked up the bee’s body. Wouldn’t you know, I had shot its head, clean off!
My other famous (or infamous) shot that I’m now ashamed of was hitting a robin in the eye at about 75 feet. It didn’t kill the bird immediately, so I went over to try to finish the job, but found that I was out of BBs. The bird was flapping on the ground, and I felt horrible. I had to finish the job with a shovel. That was the first, and last animal I ever killed with a gun.
(My gun is the third one from the top in the photo above.)
@septicdeath Do you know where I could obtain a rear sight for a Crosman/Sears V-350? Mine’s been gone for decades, though I’d love to obtain one to restore the gun to its original setup. Thanks for any info you can point me to.
@septicdeath Do you know where I could obtain a rear sight for a Crosman/Sears V-350? Mine’s been gone for decades, though I’d love to obtain one to restore the gun to its original setup. Thanks for any info you can point me to.
I believe one of these will work