Chinese Shanghai Model 62 Pellet Rifle

[usabaker]

I've been looking for a Chinese Military TS45 pellet rifle as a companion to my SKS collection. I haven't found one yet but did find this Shanghai Model 62 in .177 cal. Cheap ar $12.50 US. But have no clue what I'll do with it.

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[rcathey]

I had a Polish rifle almost identical to this. Fun little rifle for plinking in the basement.

[Aragorn243]

They are crap. Bought one from Harbor Freight years ago because it was cheap and would be fun to plink. Can't hit anything with it. Mounted a scope on it and it's like a five inch group at 20 feet. Not sure it's this exact same model but very similar.

[usabaker]

They are crap. Bought one from Harbor Freight years ago because it was cheap and would be fun to plink. Can't hit anything with it. Mounted a scope on it and it's like a five-inch group at 20 feet. Not sure it's this exact same model but very similar.

I think the ones at Harbor Freight were the Lever-type, I bought one too. The accuracy wasn't so bad on the one I had, but the seals sucked and it eventually they deteriorated. I don't even remember what I did with it. You got me curious so I went out and shot it. My Leupold range finder told me I was at 10 yards (30 feet/9.144 meters) after I figured out where the rifle was hitting, I was able to shoot this 1 3/8" group.

I has the sight set as low as they could go and at 10 yards it was hitting 2 1/2" to 4" low. I was aiming at the black dot on the top. I used the Shoot-N-C target because my eyesight sucks at that distance and I wanted to see where I was hitting.

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[Daan Kemp]

There is a reason they are cheap. However, I think it good value for money for very inexpensive shooting.

Horrible trigger, so-so sights, not very accurate but at about two meters it is excellent for teaching kids to shoot. They just have to see holes in a newspaper size target to be happy. Keeps them busy as long as you can cock and load. Teach them safety at the same time.

I have a lever action one that still does good service, sorted out some problem doves with it yeas ago.

[Aragorn243]

Dug mine out after posting and it is the lever type under the barrel. Was coated in heavy dust so I haven't touched in in a long while. Should get rid of it, it's taking up space in that corner where I never look.

[browningautorifle]

Hard to believe they aren't accurate at all, I had one when I was young and we took sparrows regularly with it. Picked tomatoes for the local farmers to earn the $16 CDN to buy one at Canadian Tire at the time. That was about 1970/71.

[Daan Kemp]

Call them airguns. There are very powerful airguns used to take big game.

[USGI]

Horrible trigger, so-so sights, not very accurate but at about two meters it is excellent for teaching kids to shoot. They just have to see holes in a newspaper size target to be happy. Keeps them busy as long as you can cock and load. Teach them safety at the same time.

I agree totally! This ones's a Crosman 760 (less than $20) and my 4 year old Grandson learning to shoot. He's a senior in Engineering now at OSU. We still shoot together, but not as often as I would like. - Bob

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[StratA]

I've been looking for a Chinese Military TS45 pellet rifle as a companion to my SKS collection. I haven't found one yet but did find this Shanghai Model 62 in .177 cal. Cheap ar $12.50 US. But have no clue what I'll do with it.

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I had one that looked very similar to this but is was a Baikal, made in the USSR. I no longer have it (misplaced during one of many moves). I bought it in 1988 or 89 at Canadian tire. It wasn't a tack driver but good enough to hit soup cans from 15 to 20 yards