The Crosman Recruit is a pellet rifle not a pellet gun. If you want to see how the rifle is assembled then see the link below for the diagram.
The rifle will fire without a pellet, but over time it will ruin the air chamber and air piston inside the chamber. When you pull the trigger the air piston slides forward inside the air chamber compressing the air behind the pellet. At the last moment it actually slows down as the pressure builds and fires the pellet. Without a pellet in the loading port the piston has no resistance and just slams against the stop. This will eventually ruin the rifle.
See the link below for the Owners Manual for the Crosman 1077 air rifle
It's a Crosman 764sb air rifle.
Any type of small game. squirrels or other rodents. I suggest you use "Hunting Pellets." These provide a quick clean kill.
Any type of small game. squirrels or other rodents. I suggest you use "Hunting Pellets." These provide a quick clean kill.
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It would help if you stated the model number. Crosman made several pellet rifles for Sears. You need to provide more information.
The Crosman 1077 is far superior. For two reasons. It is a true Pellet rifle and has a rifled barrel that makes it more accurate. The Recruit is a BB / Pellet rifle with a smooth boar barrel. The 1077 is modeled after the real Ruger 1022.
The Model 160 rifle shot a .22 Pellet using C02 as a charge.
Crosman still has some parts available for this model. See the link below.
Go to ( See the link below ) and find your parts and owners manual for your gun or rifle. Crosman keeps a web page for older airguns.