Crosman 362 Review

A few weeks ago I purchased a Crosman 362. Here's a humble review of what I thought. I might do it in a couple of stages, and try and be a bit more specific on certain parts. Bear with me, I ain't no pro reviewer./

This is a multi pump, .22 cal single shot, airgun.
I really like this type of platform, simple, accurate, easy to work on, and since I have a 1322 and 1377, I thought this would be a good buy.(Photo shows it with a supressor that I made for it, but I hadn't taken a photo in stock form)



First impressions out of the box were good. It handles and shoulders well. It has a comfortable and light, but substantial feel. It has the typical plastic crosman breech complete with peep sights. The trigger is slightly different to the 13xx and 22xx platforms.

Pumping action is very positive, and the handle locks into place nicely once charged up.

First couple of shots were very surprising. The trigger, although heavy, was quite crisp and predictable. There was no recoil, as expected, and it felt like a pcp. The instructions say to pump it a maximum of 8 pumps, as apparantely if you pump it more, the valving just doesn't empty the whole air charge. This was what I found, and so I would think there is room for modding the transfer ports to allow more airflow, resulting in a power gain. Personally, I was happy with the power, and for plinking 4 pumps is plenty.

Using 14.5 grain RWS pellet,
4 pumps = 501 fps, 8.88 fpe,
6 pumps = 577 fps, 11.75 fpe
8 pumps = 619 fps, 13.55 fpe

I found the peep sights quite good. Cheek rest was the perfect height, and even with my older eyes, I shot a couple of very good groups. This group was shot at 15 m, using peep sights.



I noticed the pellet probe has been modified from the older style too. Photo shows a slimmer, longer probe with the older style brass one just below.



I have more info to this review, but I will cover that in the next post.

have you noticed any improvement in loading with the newer probe or do you think its just to seat pellet deeper.
How much play was in the pump arm?
Great first overview Looking forward to more. 22

Do you sell those Paul? Pm me if you do

Nice. Be keen to see how trigger mods go.
How much pellet drop you get while testing it at different pumps be great too.
This is great stuff awesome 👍

Yes, breech is std Crosman as we know it. You will see that I have upgraded mine to the steel breech already, as I will eventually put a scope on it. So all your spare Crosman parts will work.

@Pauly5, any further updates on this rifle?  I wonder how it compares to the Cannon 737 and 808Magnum...

I was playing around with the 362 this week. I plan on modifying the valve body soon and I think it will benefit from longer dwell time on the hammer, and just a touch bigger TP.