Baker is correct. 1992/93I'd lean more toward '93When you get a moment, would you mind posting a pic of the stamps that are located on the right rear of tube. Also can you verify that it has "BLUE STREAK" stamped on the right front of tube.
I responded about this gun on the other thread, but yes, probably 1993. Somewhere I have the exact dates of the crosman acquisition, but at some point in 1992, crosman began the process of purchasing Benjamin Air Rifle co. Once the sale was complete, Crosman eliminated the BARC. brand and created a new subsidiary called Benjamin Sheridan corp. which belonged to Crosman. So, guns stamped Benjamin Sheridan corp are guns that were made after the Crosman takeover and those guns probably start appearing very late '92 (again, I think I have more precise dates somewhere). However, until November '93, nothing changed about the manufacture of the guns. They were all still made in Racine by the same people who had been making benjamin and sheridan rifles for the last decade (with the exception of either a stupid heavy trigger spring and/or an additional/extra spring added to the trigger). in Nov. '93 they packed everything up and moved it to NY and started making them as early as Feb '94 with some new changes, blah blah blah. I could go on
in Nov. '93 they packed everything up and moved it to NY and started making them as early as Feb '94 with some new changes, blah blah blah. I could go on
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so how are you getting the date aside from just experiance?i was noticing the serial number iand based and what i had gathered from another thread where i had ask about one of my guns i would conclude a different date?could you elaborate?thanks pan
Quote from: xcalibur on November 03, 2022, 06:12:47 PMBaker is correct. 1992/93I'd lean more toward '93When you get a moment, would you mind posting a pic of the stamps that are located on the right rear of tube. Also can you verify that it has "BLUE STREAK" stamped on the right front of tube.Thanks a lot….I traded for this gun from a member awhile back….sweet shooter,,,didnt even have to adjust the peep @ 30 yards…Let me know if not good enough and I will break out the digital camera…
Flint... Can you post a link to your old thread where we were gathering dates / serial numbers for your records?That was a wealth of info but I can't find it now.
This is a long thread, but if you read through it I think you will know what year yours is from.https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=112577.0