Thanks a lot. That painting and artwork comes from three videos I did on the 100 yr Anniv. edition of the Crosman 362. My 362was just really well done. Still my favorite all time air rifle. The craftsmanship on the walnut was great, and the gun just felt well built. Everything was tight...I'm sure you know what I mean. It inspired me to paint again. I had not painted anything in 10 years. When I retired from the Army 15 years ago, I had to do something with my GI Bill money (I already had a degree) so I decided I wanted to paint....just seemed like the thing to do. So, I took two years of JC, had enough hours to get probably an AA in Art. Much of that was in drawing and painting. Then I tried my luck. Won a contest or two, but never could get customers, so eventually just quit. That Crosman 362 brought it all back. And guys like you encouraging me to keep painting in this book, keeps me painting these air rifles. So, yeah, I am serious when I say "Thank You." Anybody else reading this, same to you.
@@brianwilke592 man, that is awesome. You for certain have a talent for it. Dont ever give that up. Its a real breath of fresh air, and seeing your talent used in our "sport" is rare. Your air rifles truly look like photographs. First time ive ever seen anything like it. A true gift. I look forward to seeing more. Have a great rest of the weekend.
Brian I have one also and to me the scope is ok. I shot mine at a wood back board and it has power to tear into the wood. Glad to see you finally are using the gun. I have a lot of fun and the time since I'm retired is shooting most of my 225 guns. I don't mod any of mine my M4 is my favorite....Doug In Ohio
Nice review Brian. I bought a Crosman Fire at Academy this summer which I believe is the same gun with a slightly different stock. Its been great! Very accurate and smooth with the gas piston. It was doing so good I invested in a better scope. The trigger also accepts the RC bearing mod so I did that and its now just over 1lb.
5:43 man, your artwork is amazing. Incredible attention to detail and information. Great friggin work!!
Thanks a lot. That painting and artwork comes from three videos I did on the 100 yr Anniv. edition of the Crosman 362. My 362was just really well done. Still my favorite all time air rifle. The craftsmanship on the walnut was great, and the gun just felt well built. Everything was tight...I'm sure you know what I mean. It inspired me to paint again. I had not painted anything in 10 years. When I retired from the Army 15 years ago, I had to do something with my GI Bill money (I already had a degree) so I decided I wanted to paint....just seemed like the thing to do. So, I took two years of JC, had enough hours to get probably an AA in Art. Much of that was in drawing and painting. Then I tried my luck. Won a contest or two, but never could get customers, so eventually just quit. That Crosman 362 brought it all back. And guys like you encouraging me to keep painting in this book, keeps me painting these air rifles. So, yeah, I am serious when I say "Thank You." Anybody else reading this, same to you.
@@brianwilke592 man, that is awesome. You for certain have a talent for it. Dont ever give that up. Its a real breath of fresh air, and seeing your talent used in our "sport" is rare. Your air rifles truly look like photographs. First time ive ever seen anything like it. A true gift. I look forward to seeing more. Have a great rest of the weekend.
Cheers Family! Congrats on your new air rifle, looking forward to seeing alot more of it!
Thanks, Hank!
Brian I have one also and to me the scope is ok. I shot mine at a wood back board and it has power to tear into the wood. Glad to see you finally are using the gun. I have a lot of fun and the time since I'm retired is shooting most of my 225 guns. I don't mod any of mine my M4 is my favorite....Doug In Ohio
Thanks for the comment, and the continued support Doug. 225 guns....wow, that's more than my Grandpa had back in the day.
Nice review Brian. I bought a Crosman Fire at Academy this summer which I believe is the same gun with a slightly different stock. Its been great! Very accurate and smooth with the gas piston. It was doing so good I invested in a better scope. The trigger also accepts the RC bearing mod so I did that and its now just over 1lb.
Thank you for the complimentary review!
I have one and it works very well
looks like you can get easily $100 of fun out it.
Sure can. When you think about it, there's a lot of bang for your buck with this one.