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Crosman 766 American Classic
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Average Ratings for Crosman 766 American Classic

  • Accuracy4.6 stars
  • Handling4.6 stars
  • Value for Money4.4 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.6 stars
  • Overall Rating4.5 stars

19 Reviews For Crosman 766 American Classic

  • acese Rank: Lance Corporal 24th Nov 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Accurate & quiet. Great value!!

  • Guest 5th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    Very hard to assemble once taken apart. No instructions as to how to put the rifle back together. I will have to take a simple product to a repairman. Other guns I have had success in break down and assembly. I also had experienced jaming of BB's and getting them to load into chamber. This is a 1975 - 1978 model.

  • CHFTN55 13th Sep 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Inherited from my uncle, this 1976 air rifle, with a little oil and TLC shoots like a champ. With a little 4x target scope, gets quarter sized 5 shot groupings at 20 yards with regularity. Easy to pump, I use 6-8 for target shooting, wadcutter diabolo pellets are very accurate. Less accurate with BBs (I presume because the barrel rifling has less effect and they are lighter), but still acceptable groupings, if less accurate to center.

    What a find!! Lot's '0 fun!

  • Guest 11th Jun 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Wow..great memories shooting the Crosman 766 American Classic. My friend and I used to go out plinking for hours. Very accurate very reliable. Of course that was in the late 70's.

  • Guest 5th May 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Crosman 766 American Classic has good aim

  • Guest 30th Apr 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    My 2 older brothers purchased a Crosman 766 American Classic and gave it to me for a Christmas present back in the early 80s. My friend had the Crossman 760 and I now had the Crossman 766 American Classic and there was no comparison on which was better and more accurate. It was so accurate that I could hit sparrows in the trees at 75yrds with ease and my only sight adjustment was that I had to line the target on the right side and down about 1/16th and I would hit the sparrows every time. The se ...

  • Kimm742 Rank: Staff Sergeant 17th Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    What a superb little gun. Single shot on pellets, or magazine-feed on BBs.O.k. the furniture is plastic and not super-grained de luxe walnut, but a plastic stock and fore-end are light weight, which means fast handling and target acquisition, and no fatigue. The hollow stock also serves as a magazine for several hundred BBs, feeding them straight into the receiver.
    A pneumatic that doesn't need CO2 cartridges, stirrup pumps, or bottles of compressed air- just pump the fore-end and you're ready ...

  • Guest 9th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Crosman 766 American Classic is exactly tyhat...a classic. Ive owned for for nearly 30 years and its has never failed me. I find it great to use on varmints. There is nothing bad anout this air rifle.

  • Guest 2nd Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Good for all around shooting i got it for my 14th birth day in 1981 and all that i had to fix was the seal once

  • Guest 21st Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I had one of these back in the '70s and it was my only airgun for awhile (I'm now up to nearly 50 airguns).

    I scoped mine and is was death on rabbits and squirrels, killed a truckload of small game with it, to include big bullfrogs as well as two crows one morning at what I thought was a nearly impossible distance (a good 50-70 yds, I just held high and dropped them with silver-jet pellets).

    I didn't have a chronograph back then, but felt that it was doing well over 700 fps. Loved the old gree ...

  • Guest 29th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Crosman 766 American Classic is very powerful and very very powerful with a Taco 4x20 scope. It has a slow rate of fire but it's a great gun. I've had one for over 3 year and i think it's excellent.

  • pcmcgeough 17th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I've had this since early 70's when I was 13 and was shooting it recently with my 8-year old son until a seal finally went out (30 years later). Noticed the new 2100 model looks like the same gun, so might have to buy a new one for my boy. Will see how easy it is to fix the seal first though... Great gun.

  • Guest 5th Mar 2008

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    The Crosman 766 American CLassic is really light and a great shot. I found it pretty accurate and powerful. I good all round gun that i would recommend to everyone.

  • ajvenom Rank: Field-Marshal 6th Jul 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Mounted a Tasco 4x15 scope and it was a killer for small pests like rats, crows and other small pests with a good shot. I wouldn't recommend for squirrels and rabbits etc...only about 8-9 ft/lbs at best.

  • JamalDog87 Rank: Lieutenant 16th Sep 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Well i saw it use for 30$ and i got it. Well i did kill a raccoon with it at 10 yards, but i have not made any other kills with it. I put a 3-9x40mm on it but the thing still shoots high at 30 yards and i shot a rat target at 65 yards on a rest and it did a little better. It all right but i would get a 2200.

  • dgjhetrsejklry 18th Apr 2006

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Crosman 766 American Classic is an oldy I mean it is a real piece of art.

  • caeraravel 24th Aug 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Gosh I just love the Crosman 766 American Classic, it's a little beauty.

  • JACK ZUNINO Rank: Lance Corporal 4th Nov 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I received the Crosman 766 American Classic for my 13th birthday back in 1981. It was my very first gun ever and I used to shoot it every weekend in my backyard as a kid for many years. Twenty three years later... I still have it although I had to replace the seal once just a few years ago. At about three pumps, I used to hit those little film capsules every time at around 50ft and with 10 pumps(Maximum)it would blow holes through "1/4 plywood. I plan on restoring and reblueing The 766 American ...

  • witch13 Rank: Staff Sergeant 15th Oct 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Just got a Crosman 766 American Classic pump up, it's built well and it's a pump so I can vary the power unlike other single cocking air guns. Yes it's got plenty of power too; also the stock & forearm are wood so it won't break like the plastic ones you get now. This one is in mint condition, I don't think its been used before, it cost more than most air guns in its range but if you want quality you have to pay for it. well it's lasted since 1979. Hope this has been helpful.