nice rifle but I think your dates are out as that's a cb9sv and they weren't made till 95
I see early transtionals that violate the serial number scheme and create confusion as to when it was made. Early Transitionals had a 6 digit number but they started the sequences over or maybe used old tubes they had and a lot of people come up with a 70's dating for a 90's vintage guns they did during the early and possibly some of the late transitionals. I believe this was due to using the tubes in stock that were from the early production Rockers when they produced the trasitionals. They often added a Letter to the begginning or the end to designate this variant but the Transitionals can be deceiving because of the 6 digit serial numbers taken at face value. Now you know way too much.
That makes sense. I have a 342 that has a serial number that says it's manufactured many years prior to Benjamin moving to Racine, yet it's stamped Racine, WI. ???
With that bolt housing, rear plug, safety and trigger guard, it's gotta be an early to mid '90s model.Thanks, Yrok! Though, I obviously fell hard for what I wanted to believe when I looked up the serial number, it is what it is. And, whatever year it is, it is in as-new condition and a new toy for me.
Is she holding air and shooting? Was she left with a pump of air in her before you put her away? Head to the local sports store or Walmart and get yourself some Pellgunoil. If they don't have any go to an auto shop and get non-detergent 30w oil. Couple drops on the pump cup/piston head, drop on the piston where the link from pump arm goes in, then a drop on the rivet on the forearm. Close the pump arm and a drop on the roll pin where the forearm connects to pump tube, the roll pin closer to the breech. Do some short pumps up and down to disperse the oil in the tube. Then pump up and fire a couple times. If all seals hold you should be ready to start shootings to your hearts delight!
That looks like a 1990 transitional gun to me.
If you got SS use that. Didn't think you had that so I just suggested something you could pick up today.
Very cool 8) here's a pic of my 77
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...I'm hooked again worse than ever. I've got to try to stop buying...
This is one mine.
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Looks like yours (except for the scope).
As stated above the holes on the right side of the receiver are for the Williams Peep.
The plate on the left is removed when you want to remove the bolt for proper cleaning of the barrel.
Under the plate is a allen screw that serves to cock the hammer when you operate the bolt.
Remove that screw and you can remove the bolt.
Simple.
To throw a bigger curveball into the mix. My 95 397P has the steel trigger, but totally different then the Dan, Benji, and 39x:so is it a Bloomfield or Racine gun ?
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Bloomfield.Just another piece to the puzzle.
This is one mine.
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Looks like yours (except for the scope).
And the trigger guard/safety. This one is the cast TG that came along sometime after '93, 'to ~97.
As stated above the holes on the right side of the receiver are for the Williams Peep.
The plate on the left is removed when you want to remove the bolt for proper cleaning of the barrel.
Under the plate is a allen screw that serves to cock the hammer when you operate the bolt.
Remove that screw and you can remove the bolt.
Simple.
Thank you, Frank! More good info.
( what exactly are the full markings on your gun ? )
From what I hear and have read Benjamin really had it together at the Racine factory and produced what's considered by many to be the best pump air rifles ever made. It's also harder to find Sheridan or Benjamin Racine made guns. That's a nice transitional Sheridan and you should hold onto it. Invite your son over to shoot some he may change his mind and want it someday?Racine Benjamin's are a little harder to find, but not so much Sheridan's because they were always made in Racine wis ( if it wasn't made in Racine, then it's just a .20cal crosman )
Bryan
From what I hear and have read Benjamin really had it together at the Racine factory and produced what's considered by many to be the best pump air rifles ever made. It's also harder to find Sheridan or Benjamin Racine made guns. That's a nice transitional Sheridan and you should hold onto it. Invite your son over to shoot some he may change his mind and want it someday?Racine Benjamin's are a little harder to find, but not so much Sheridan's because they were always made in Racine wis ( if it wasn't made in Racine, then it's just a .20cal crosman )
Bryan
Thanks, Bryan!
I will hang on to this one, but am tempted to pick up a late sixties or early seventies Blue Streak to keep it company. If I did that, I would probably send the older gun out to Mac1 for some TLC and the steroid treatment.
The last of the Sheridan designed rifles was the C-Series, which was replaced by the C9-Series in 1991. The C9 is a Benjamin design. The early ones, like yours, are of better quality than the later ones and are more popular with collectors. The C9 began with a new range of serial numbers beginning around 10xxxx judging from recent data. Serial numbers of C9-Series made by Crosman were of a different format. The box you have pictured is the same box which was used with the last of the C-Series rifles. Later C9 boxes are different. The butt plate on your rifle will have the SHERIDAN logo. Later rifles made by Crosman do not. Also, later models with the soldered in valve and Crosman style trigger assembly are designated C9A-Series.
Oops; correction, the later C9A-Series have the removable cartridge valve. The C9 will have the soldered in valve like the previous C-Series.
Little late on this one, but agree with the others. That's definitely not a 70s gun and at the very least a mid 80s gun because that's when they started to drill and tap for peep sights. Don't remember seeing a white line spacer on 80s guns, though, so also agree probably getting into the last of the Racine made guns in the early 90s. As a Sheridan fan, the important thing is that it is still a Racine made gun and not the later Crosman version. Also agree that $150 to $200 is a very reasonable price, all the more so for the condition, box and all. Should be a great shooter with JSB Exacts. Enjoy.
Whatever it's birth date, I have some JSB Exacts and will enjoy shooting it!
Hello, Joanie! Based on what I thought my son's age was when I bought the Blue Streak, I believed it had been purchased for Christmas '88 or '89. Knowing nothing about these rifles, when the serial number indicated it was a '75, I did not know any better. As soon as I posted the picture, knowledgeable people pointed out why that could not be so. Besides the many posts you see in this thread, I have had considerable discussion by PM with other knowledgeable and helpful members and learned a lot. I have come to believe 1991 is the earliest possible date of manufacture, and it could be even later than that. Whatever it's birth date, I have some JSB Exacts and will enjoy shooting it!My dad has a Blue Streak that appears to be the same as yours, he says he bought it in the late 50's. He apparently had another that he sold or bartered and then later bought the one he has now. It's funny what our memories keep and also what gets altered and\or mixed up in them. I knew from looking at his that it is newer than he "honestly remembers" and I am not going to argue with him about it. I just told him I wanted it when he was making a list of who will get what when he is done with his guns. That day was a hard day for him as he said "it's easier to die than to give up my gun collection" and I want him to own and enjoy them for as long as he can too. Yours and his are great Rifles and will still bring a lot of pleasure shooting them. ;D