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Unlocking The Mystery Of The Benjamin Sheridan H Series Pistol

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Yng@hrt:
Trying to keep tabs on these models with respect to changes is getting more & more confusing by the minute. Here are 4 examples, 3 silvers, 2 are mine, 1 I lifted from eBay, & 1 blued owned by Terry (dv8eod).
 
The most confusing to me is Terry’s although I re-read Billy’s post from another thread & the reason his looks so different is because his is the Crosman HB Sheridan frame; that mystery solved. The other mystery is Terry’s H9A’s serial number. If you look at his & the one from eBay (both Bloomfield made) they are both 9 digit numbers but placed on opposite sides of the tube. The other distinct difference between Terry’s & the other 3 is the Warning stamp at the muzzle end. When did this change take place?
 
As for mine, I’m not quite sure what to make of the H9’s serial number. According to Billy production began in ’83 although if I go off of Crosman’s dates of manufacture it dates to ’73. My question is; can these models go off of Crosman’s date of manufacture? If not is there a method for dating these models?

Last, if anyone comes across this thread & you have one of these models please post pix similar to the ones below.

Thanks.

Hoosier Daddy:
Just chiming in hoping to learn about these myself.

north country gal:
We've run into this same hodgepodge and inconsistency of dating, labeling and parts with Benjamin-Sheridan 397Ps and 392Ps in guns just after Crosman bought out Benjamin/Sheridan in the early 90s up until these models morphed into the current versions. Seems like Crosman was building these "transition" 397Ps and 392Ps at times, with old Benjamin/Sheridan inventory on a sporadic basis, mixing in some of their own parts as they went.

As for serial number dating for the old Benjamin-made Benjamins via Crosmans supplied data, it's been sometimes iffy for me. Not sure how much of the Benjamin-made Benjamin data managed to get saved when Crosman bought out Benjamin.

Here's my E. Bloomfield H9A in 177, so definitely a Crosman era H9A, serial number N00764919

 

Rob112o:
The one nickle is 95 the blue is 06. The R marked refurb is an early model that's still indicating the transition to a new company. Hence the limited warning and the lack of dating w/ the serial #. It's very similar to the Benji 39x rifles in the early 90's transitioning from the early 39xP w/ a serial number with no dating and minimal warning. To a 392PA w/ the P trigger group still soldered valve more warning and a date. To 39xpa w/ the cartridge and P style trigger more warning and dating. To 39xPA w/ trigger house w/more warning and dating. These H/H9A are the counterpart to the 39xP/39xPA rifles.

20cal:
One thing that seems to be confusing you is the model designation. The model H, or H-Series was introduced in 1982. The model H9, or H9-Series, was introduced in 1991. All the Benjamin/Sheridan models had design changes in 1991 and the "9" was added to the model designation. The new models also started with a new serial number range having the same 6-digit format of previous models, which causes some confusion. The serial number format was changed in 1992.

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