COVID Project...Crosman 1322 Medalist

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I'm bored, got looking through some old boxes and came upon an older style 1322 that I bought a lloooonnnggggggggggg time ago....lol. It has some surface rust, but seems to pump up and fire fine. I don't have any pellets to test unfortunately, Canadian Tire doesn't seem to sell pellets online, have to figure some other way to get some.

Anyways, is there any replacement parts or anything really to go wrong with these? Thought I might try some squirrel harassing...errrrr...hunting when the season is open. Anything else anyone could shed some light on this gun. Thanks.

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if just for basement fun, get the cheaper
if like the OP, you'd use it on squirrels, then the 22 is the one for having more energy at the same fps.

op, you can get 22 pellets on amazon
 
There’s an aftermarket part for nearly every factory part. Once you get into it the best things to do would be to replace the plastic breech with a steel one (left and right are made and there are repeater breeches also), upgrade to a flat top piston (less pumping), trigger job (YouTube can show you how or buy the replacement parts) and a possible brass screw recrown.
 
They are great air pistols. I sold a lot of my airgun stuff off but still held onto my 1322, 1377, and 2240 (.177 and .22). There are tons of upgraded parts you can do to it. Its pretty much the Lego of airguns. I'm not a fan of the shoulder stock but a lot of people like them.
 
Just Google Crosman Parts Canada.

I believe Gravel is a dist.

You really want a steel breach and for sure a new pump cup if it's super old.

There is ALOT you can do to Crosmans to up the power to be below 495 FPS in .22.

I used to be big time with airguns before I discovered gunpowder :)

Tons of videos on YouTube.
 
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7.62mm said:
I'm bored, got looking through some old boxes and came upon an older style 1322 that I bought a lloooonnnggggggggggg time ago....lol. It has some surface rust, but seems to pump up and fire fine. I don't have any pellets to test unfortunately, Canadian Tire doesn't seem to sell pellets online, have to figure some other way to get some.

Anyways, is there any replacement parts or anything really to go wrong with these? Thought I might try some squirrel harassing...errrrr...hunting when the season is open. Anything else anyone could shed some light on this gun. Thanks.

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Everything that you could ever need can be found here: ht tps://www.scopesandammo.com/ Eric is a great guy!
 
I have to agree with ditching the plastic breech and upgrading to a steel one.

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Just ordered pellets from Airgun Source, got a few different weights to see what it likes.
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That's a little like offering your cat caviar. It's all the same to the cat!
It's a Crosman. Putting premium pellets through it is like buying match ammo for the barn Cooey.

Lube the moving parts and esp. the pivot pins on the pump unit.
Dig around the web and you can find all sorts of info and all sorts of money to spend on it, and it'll still be a Crosman.
Crosman/Benjamin should still have the parts diagrams available for download.

Crosman were masters at parts bin engineering, they would use all sorts of parts from prior models, mix and match them, to make new(ish) stuff to sell. Usually their part numbers tell the story, as they used the Model Number of the gun it was first used on, as the prefix of the part number, so if you see a part that says 130-0001, for instance, that part was first used on a Model 130 pistol.
Lots of parts interchange across the similar products, because of this. They used a lot of different parts between all the different pump pneumatics that used the same size main body tube, including the 760 rifles and the 2289 carbines.
 
trevj said:
That's a little like offering your cat caviar. It's all the same to the cat!
It's a Crosman. Putting premium pellets through it is like buying match ammo for the barn Cooey.

Lube the moving parts and esp. the pivot pins on the pump unit.
Dig around the web and you can find all sorts of info and all sorts of money to spend on it, and it'll still be a Crosman.
Crosman/Benjamin should still have the parts diagrams available for download.

Crosman were masters at parts bin engineering, they would use all sorts of parts from prior models, mix and match them, to make new(ish) stuff to sell. Usually their part numbers tell the story, as they used the Model Number of the gun it was first used on, as the prefix of the part number, so if you see a part that says 130-0001, for instance, that part was first used on a Model 130 pistol.
Lots of parts interchange across the similar products, because of this. They used a lot of different parts between all the different pump pneumatics that used the same size main body tube, including the 760 rifles and the 2289 carbines.
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My old barn Cooey is worthy. No longer have a barn; shoot open sights with that cooey, and it's still winning matches.
 
I bought the 2240 for my COVID boredom project. I have been out of the air gunning scene for a while. I should have researched a bit more. I should have bought the 1322/1377 instead.
 
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