sheridan steroid treatment easy to spot?

[aaronmach1]

My buddy recently bought a silver streak that he thinks has the steroid treatment. I dont know how to tell neither does he. Is there an easy way to tell, or would it have to be torn down to know?

[wjjones]

A Steroided Streak requires you to cock the gun before you can pump it.   Try pumping it without cocking it first-If it makes a kind of farting sound and it doesn't feel like any pressure was added, then it has likely been Steroided.  In some cases, the Steroided guns have a black metal plug on the end of the pump tube (mine does). 

[longhunter]

with the gun open, you should be able to see an adjustable piston, as well. also, look at the bolt o ring. if it's white, it's on of mac1's. combined, these things would all add up to a steroid.

[Habanero69er]

+1 on the farting sound & it should dump all it's air with 10 pumps.

[aaronmach1]

thanks guys for the fast response. I am hoping to meet up with him this weekend and check it out.

[Habanero69er]

 I stand corrected, it should dump all its air with fewer than 12 pumps.

http://mac1airgun.com/steroidbenjaminsstreaks.html

[kelvinator]

Seems like I read here once somewhere that Tim has a specific way of orienting the slots of the roll pins on the end of the pump tube when he reassembles a pumper. May not be specific to steroids though, just a way for him to know if it's a gun he's worked on before possibly?

[DD789]

 This should help right is steroid Silver Streak     Left is stock 392

[aaronmach1]

thanks that looks pretty obvious!