Sheridan c 495000

[mnbob]

Been gone for a long time. Nice to see the site is still up.
Elderly neighbor has a problem with Sheridan C9.  He pumped it up with a .20 pellet but it would not fire.  I took the pellet with cleaning rod.  I now have pumped up unit with no way to relieve pressure. The trigger is not in cocked position so will not fire.   Bolt slide opens/closes smooth.
Any help or ideas to release pressure and possible problems appreciated.

[bantam5s]

Been gone for a long time. Nice to see the site is still up.
Elderly neighbor has a problem with Sheridan C9.  He pumped it up with a .20 pellet but it would not fire.  I took the pellet with cleaning rod.  I now have pumped up unit with no way to relieve pressure. The trigger is not in cocked position so will not fire.   Bolt slide opens/closes smooth.
Any help or ideas to release pressure and possible problems appreciated.

Is the bolt lug broken off ?

To release the air pressure, you'll want to remove the trigger safety rear cap and spring...etc then use a wooden dowel or brass punch and small hammer to hit the striker.
You may have to strike it a couple times.

[RBQChicken]

Are you lifting the bolt (counter-clockwise, looking from the rear of the gun) and then pulling it back until it locks in place with a click?  If you're not familiar with these guns, you may be surprised that they take a bit of effort to pull back all the way to cock them.  It's probably an inch and a half pull or so until the thing clicks and is cocked.  I'm not at home right now so I can't look to see how far back you actually have to pull it.

[bantam5s]

Are you lifting the bolt (counter-clockwise, looking from the rear of the gun) and then pulling it back until it locks in place with a click?  If you're not familiar with these guns, you may be surprised that they take a bit of effort to pull back all the way to cock them.  It's probably an inch and a half pull or so until the thing clicks and is cocked.  I'm not at home right now so I can't look to see how far back you actually have to pull it.

Good point.
He said it opens / closes smooth, and now that you mention it that does make it sound like maybe he isn't cocking it back all the way.


Definitely disregard my 1st response for now.


If you're pulling the bolt back all the way back ( if there's room to load a pellet, then the bolt is all the way back ) and still nothing then that means the lug screw under that cover plate on the side is probably missing or broken and the striker isn't actually being cocked back.

[19Sheridan57]

   As RBQ stated, many times people don't know to pull the bolt back hard til it clicks. I have had a couple of buyers who wanted to return their Sheridans back to me because they didn't knock it. Try above before disassembling.

[SpringerGuy]

Hi

I agree with Randy.

Randy