Crosman Model 1377 American Classic

[@manocles8997]

Thanks for the video! I am now 57, but bought my 1377 in 1984 (SN# 884xxxxxx). I have killed more rabbits, birds, and squirrels with that than all of my other guns combined. My 1377 stopped making pressure in the later 90's and I took it apart, but internet wasn't around yet and I didn't know where to get parts. Luckily, I kept everything in a sectioned Plano case for all this time. I recently saw a post about the 1377 on Airgun Forums, so I searched and found the parts I needed on eBay. My gun is completely rust free and in excellent condition. Now it is also making great power and I can't stop shooting it. I have also went ahead and bought her some custom walnut furniture, fancy screws, and fiber optics sights because my eyes are crap nowadays.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Nice. Where did you get the custom walnut. I’m thinking of upgrading as my plastic is degrading.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

I like the Crosman 1377 airgun model that has the magnetic bolt that allowed you to shoot B•B's. I want to replace the barrel with a smooth bore barrel for better accuracy and more velocity !

[@beyondwatching1]

I happen to have purchased mine in 1984. Same model and box like you have. Still accurate and I added a Red Dot (Crossman) recently. Very accurate at 10 to 25 yards. Great Air Gun.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Nice to hear about all the original owner 1377 examples out there. Thanks for sharing.

[@danbgt]

I am 74 years old and have had a long history with these guns. I grew up in the 1950’s and 60’s. My constant companion was an old Daisy BB gun. I have no idea what model it was or where it ended up. But I must have shot millions of BB’s. I bought a 1377 in 1978 as a grown man. I still have it. It’s well worn and in need of a rebuild. I had an older brother that passed away in 2000. He was always into shooting. While going through his things I discovered a Crosman 760 Pumpmaster, a Gamo spring piston .177 rifle and a 1377 made in 1997. It is in perfect condition and still shoots just fine. It has the plastic breech. I recently purchased a new 1377 and have spent way too much money moding it. (Stay away from Buck Rail! 😂😂) The new gun is nowhere near the quality of the older guns. It’s still fun though. They’re great guns.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Nice to hear that airguns had a place in your youth and held that interest for your whole life. There is a simplicity to them that I love. Thanks for sharing.

[@garywhelansr5602]

65yr old here just checked my date on mine its Jan 77. But want to get it rebuilt to hand over to my grandson.

[@matrox]

In the late 60s I was shooting a Daisy model 99, in the early 70s I was shooting a Crossman Power Master 760 pump. Now thats a true classic. Don't make them anymore.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Yes, love these air guns. Thanks for tuning in!

[@WalnutandSteel]

great Presentation! I do want to add one more thing, after the 105/106 they developed the 130/137 and those ran from the early 50's to around 1970 or so

[@MilsurpGarage]

That’s in there……are you skipping ahead..??.. shame on you. Ha!

[@WalnutandSteel]

I watched every second!

[@MilsurpGarage]

I guess I edited it out. I had a whole timeline printout from Crosman that I went through but it was exhausting. You are correct....that gap was filled with a 130/137 and a 140/147 model. Thought I left that in.....

[@WalnutandSteel]

good stuff either way!

[@MilsurpGarage]

@@WalnutandSteel Thanks.....I'm going to show the Crosman timeline in the upcoming Crossman video planned for mid November. I'll be sure to mention them then!

[@miroslavkostic2533]

I really enjoyed this show, Crosman history, company development, world around back then...Thank you for making this fantastic presentation! I am 60y, new into air guns and I am doing 5m Airsoft-silencer-gel-target indoor practice. Thinking about doing the same with pallets I need to eliminate "Pufff- tuck!" effect. If I have .177 with the silencer and very heavy pallets would that help? (my home is all about glass sliding doors, mirror walls, cameras..)

[@MilsurpGarage]

Just remember the “Christmas Story” principle….you’ll put an eye out kid. They can and will ricochet everywhere. Use the garage for shooting…..like Nibs over at the Walnut and Steel channel. Thanks for tuning in.

[@stickom]

@@MilsurpGarage Hahaha, well said! (exactly what I thought)

[@125southernnh2]

I just rebuilt mine. Same vintage. First air gun I ever bought. Still shoots hard.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Love to hear about all the people that still have theirs from years ago.

[@trevorjameson3213]

Really great video, very interesting history on that model. And man I can tell you really used that old one a LOT, by the color being worn off the barrel and cylinder! That's a nice piece, it's great that you've kept it all these years. I have an old Benjamin HB17, I think I got it around '83 or '84, I was 17 at the time and really enjoyed it for many years. Still have it and it still works fine, but like yours, the color is worn off pretty good and the pump handle is a little sloppy now.

[@MilsurpGarage]

That was glued to me for years in a leather satchel I carried over my shoulder on my bike with a wrist rocket and a milk container of crosman copperhead bb’s and a paper bag of pachinko balls. A regular mercenary, no Budweiser can was safe. Thanks for tuning in.

[@dustinharrison3491]

I had to subscribe to your channel after going down History Lane with you!

[@MilsurpGarage]

Thanks for tuning in! Glad to have you.

[@Relaxbadkneeadventures]

I own my self 2 old ones i have a diana 2 post-war and a walther lg 55 with Tyrolean stock and double trigger.enjoy your classic beauty

[@MilsurpGarage]

There are four things in that sentence I need to do research on.

[@chriscaz1239]

Awesome video

[@MilsurpGarage]

Don’t finish the fight!

[@Relaxbadkneeadventures]

Nice great video.beautiful airpistol 👍😉🇳🇱

[@MilsurpGarage]

Thanks!

[@guaporeturns9472]

Had that exact one in about 1980-81…was in the 6-7 grade in Los Alamos New Mexico. Great memories. Edit:maybe 79

[@MilsurpGarage]

Very cool!

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@MilsurpGarage Yeah my “gun regrets” aren’t just limited to actual firearms…. I have air gun regrets , bow regret , knife regrets , old car regrets… the list goes on😂

[@RETAIN4REAL74]

Great vision man.I live in NZ and just brought a 1377 American Classic 177 pellet pistol brand new for 349.00$.Great Gun but a wee bit expensive but was worth every cent. Just Subbed😊

[@JohnFSmeltzer]

Wow .... if not a custom shop gun that's a lot .... I think they are still about $85 (U.S.) retail .... in the U.S.

[@fredbecht2808]

Great Watch!! Thank you.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@powerplay4real174]

If you got it repaired it would last a very long time especially if sone and over looked correctly. Have ot repaired by the guy who's offering to do it for free of you pay for shipping to & from. He is very skilled and knowledgeable of these hobby items. 💯⏰

[@MilsurpGarage]

It’s done, and he should be posting the video real soon. Thanks for tuning in.

[@eloyrodriguez6562]

Howdy from Corpus Christi Texas. Outstanding video 👍 👍 Are the parts interchangeable with the newer ones?

[@MilsurpGarage]

Thanks for the kind words. There may be some interchangeable parts, but it was a pretty extensive overhaul. When looking to buy parts, it specifies the model they are for which can give you an idea of any parts that are interchangeable.

[@johnndavis7647]

There was a guy who made a smoothbore 25 caliber barrel for his 1377 or 1322. That sounds like an interesting project.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Not a project you can post to KZbin.

[@johnndavis7647]

@@MilsurpGarage too bad

[@johnndavis7647]

All he did was find a piece of 1/4" seamless tubing and crown both ends and drill a hole for the air port. I think he had to turn down the ends a little to make it fit. It might be possible to order a 12 inch piece of 25/20 barrel liner from Brownells and use that for a barrel.

[@johnndavis7647]

I have the early one with the sliding breech cover. If the chamber seal fails it will blow the breech cover open when you fire it. . I have to replace the seal in mine.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Follow along in my videos…..a fellow KZbinr Walnut and Steel serviced it for us and I linked that video in my follow up. Thanks for tuning in.

[@rong4189]

I have one of those, where’s the best place to get a rebuild kit? Thanks!

[@MilsurpGarage]

I believe there are sellers on Ebay but it was the Walnut and Steel channel collaboration that led to my repair......follow my link to his video on the repair and find out where he gets the kits from. Thanks for tuning in!

[@WalnutandSteel]

Those are so easy to fix!

[@WalnutandSteel]

I am going to throw out an offer to repair this one for you for free. just cost you shipping to me. I will make a great video out of it!

[@powerplay4real174]

​@@WalnutandSteelI own couple you could fix and I'll pay for the repair. late 80's 357 and early 90's 2100 Classic .177 rifle

[@MilsurpGarage]

That would be awesome…..the cross promotion alone would be cool.

[@Johnny-jr2lq]

No my dad kept me very well stocked up on pellets bb’s and co2 cartridges. Shooting BB guns was one of the things that me and him enjoyed together in the summer. Well he enjoyed catching a buzz while I was plinking away. The 90s were a better time in my opinion

[@MilsurpGarage]

My experiences were much less wholesome......where I grew up plinking was a felony.

[@powerplay4real174]

Air rifle was the original sniper weapon baxk in the Black Powder Rifle years and really was the original Forst Rifle in American History. 😊

[@MilsurpGarage]

Interesting. Never really explored much on the history of air guns. I’m going to check it out.

[@miteco1]

4 bbs = mini shotgun, 5 bbs max. 11 pumps, wide pattern

[@WalnutandSteel]

Now your playing my song!

[@MilsurpGarage]

So funny, I had no idea we were having this meeting of the minds, my next video is on something you’ve just recently covered. Completely by coincidence, I promise.

[@WalnutandSteel]

Look forward to seeing your deep dive on whatever it is. Have you had the opportunity to handle a Winchester 74 yet? I just recently picked one up and it is a 22 short edition. Really cool

[@MilsurpGarage]

@@WalnutandSteel I have had several “attempts” to acquire one of those but it never happened. They look interesting.

[@FredCabau]

Merci super vidéo 👍🏻

[@MilsurpGarage]

Thanks for tuning in.

[@michaelhodge8132]

Me and my five friends had it. I still have it at my mother house. 😂

[@MilsurpGarage]

Get that thing out and have some more fun with it!!

[@Relaxbadkneeadventures]

And yes i subscribed 😏

[@MilsurpGarage]

Thanks for tuning in and for the sub. Did you see the rebuild on this model on the walnut and steel channel?

[@Relaxbadkneeadventures]

@@MilsurpGarage no missed that one on nibbs channel.that guy makes so many videos i can’t watch them all 😂😂.i’m sure you like my oldies.i have them on my channel.the lg 55 has a diopter very cool.have a great day greetings from a cold grey rainy 🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@MilsurpGarage]

@@Relaxbadkneeadventures Heres the link through my post.... kzbin.infoUgkx69rj5XOCmF3vA1ExSCDhMRkt2pscyA6H I will definitely check out your channel.....thanks for letting me know.

[@ozzfest78]

Id like to buy to keep wild cats out a yard . But im afraid it mite kill it ha. Ther pretty powerful

[@MilsurpGarage]

Just a few pumps and you can have a very mild shot. Do you mean wildcats or "wild cats"....like housecats?

[@ozzfest78]

@@MilsurpGarage ferrule cats bad

[@ssm445]

$50 .... dang, I have to spend more like $150 for the plastic version in Germany.

[@MilsurpGarage]

Don’t you have really nice Beeman air guns in Germany?

[@ssm445]

@@MilsurpGarage That'd be the Weihrauch HW40PCA then (known as the Beeman P3 in the US), which is $180. Short barrel pistols are fine with me, and I will eventually get the HW40 (just for it being Made in Germany and sub $200 lol), but I really do like the longer barrel on the 1377! The 1377 will arrive tomorrow, I am excited to test it.

[@MilsurpGarage]

@@ssm445Nice. Let me know how you like it.

[@danbgt]

Wow! I just bought a new one here in Texas. It was $43.00 on Amazon.

[@ssm445]

@@MilsurpGarage well the trigger needed some fixing, and overall this thing is just skewed to a degree I can't get the iron sights to work properly (which seems to be a common theme on the 1377 as of forum discussions, and even with the model I got as a replacement). If they could fix the sights, it would be a nice gun actually. Shoots hole in hole, just some inches to the side with the back sight in extreme position. For that price point, I can get a beat up FWB mod. 65 and that one runs circles around the Crosman in every single aspect you could come up with. The 1377 will stay in the collection as a testament to american made air gun standards though 😄(just kidding...!).

[@isaiahglynn3622]

In Canada, we have a 495fps regulation, which is stupid, but so is everything about are government and gun restrictions

[@MilsurpGarage]

Unreal.

[@學店戰士]

I just fix mine if anyone have the rubber wear problem I can help

[@MilsurpGarage]

Do a KZbin video!

[@matrox]

Canada sucked even back in the day.

[@MilsurpGarage]

I had a feeling...... Thanks for tuning in!

[@powerplay4real174]

😊 That looked like it has been upgraded or came from the custom shop. What a awesome gift to get from your Dad in the 80's it already has a steel breech and that's the first one I have seen with a magnet pellet guide probe. 🥷🥋🥷

[@MilsurpGarage]

No...the breech is plastic....its an early phase 2 but yeah, that magnet was cool back in the day to stop the BB from just rolling down the barrel. They cancelled the BB recommendation right after this.