Author Topic: Got a Blue Streak today! (Read 8497 times))

WECSOG · « **on:** February 04, 2016, 10:15:14 PM »

I picked up a nice rocker safety Blue Streak C today with Williams aperture sight, a hard case and partial tin of pellets. Good news: it shoots. Kinda. Bad news: it barely shoots. I can hear air hiss out the muzzle after I pump it. I put ND30 on the pivot points and piston, pumped it a few times, and have it standing in a corner. Contemplating how bad it's been. Maybe it will start to behave tomorrow.

I gave $75 for it. S/N is 515xxx. I think I might be fudging a bit on the pre-'80 thing.

bgmcgee · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2016, 10:45:24 PM »

You still got a deal on it. Even with a rebuild you're barely over a hundred in it. Nice find.

WECSOG · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2016, 11:13:37 PM »

Thanks! Yeah, I'm happy I got it.

aceflier · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2016, 11:19:12 PM »

Mine sat for 30 years in an attic and I've been oiling and shooting daily. It had a small leak out of the barrel 2 weeks ago. Last 3 days and no leaks and velocity climbing also. The seals may still be salvageable. Enjoy the new rifle. What year is it?

WECSOG · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2016, 11:32:10 PM »

Thanks, Tim. Hopefully mine will come back with oiling and shooting, too.
I'm not sure of the year. S/N is 515,xxx. Crosman gives a 1985 beginning sn of 437,801 and I think that is the year Crosman bought Sheridan. But it has the rocker safety and says "Sheridan Products Racine, WIS" and the zip code, on the right side.
The guy I bought it from got it as a gift from his uncle, who had typed out a sheet of instructions for how to care for it and shoot it. The uncle, who seems to know what he is talking about, says it was from about 1973. But that doesn't match what Crosman says about the serial number.

bbv13 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2016, 12:36:40 AM »

Man for $75 that was a great deal. I hope the ND 30wt oil work for you and it probably will considering the age of the rifle. I don't know the exact age of your gun but it's probably a Benjamin made Sheridan from the late 80's. 1985 serial numbers start at 437801 and I don't know where they ended? If they made 20,000 guns a year after that your gun would be an 1989.

Bryan

anuthabubba · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2016, 01:32:58 AM »

Itsa POS!!! I'll give yer money/$75 back for it.

My favorite vintage of rocker safety! Late '80s. They are drilled for a Williams (and it HAS one!), have the slim (reminiscent of the '50s models) fore end with that svelte beauty and solid build quality of the last (best?) of the breed.

What the heck, I'll give ya $85!

avator · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2016, 01:41:01 AM »

CONGRATS !!! $75? you stole that one. If that's your first I will bet another $75 that it won't be your last. I hope it seals up and comes back for you. If not, you still got a great deal even after the reseal.

Extreme · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2016, 02:42:42 AM »

Nice find!!! Add the oil to her and let her mold over night!! You should be ok in a few days!!! Hopefully info just pm me and I'll take her off your hands!!!

lol
Great Find Brother Man

Extreme · « **Reply #9 on:** February 05, 2016, 02:44:18 AM »

hold not mold!!!! Lol this darn iPad has a mind of its own at times. Lol

bantam5s · « **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2016, 06:07:07 AM »

Nice find !!!!!

longhunter · « **Reply #11 on:** February 05, 2016, 07:51:05 AM »

75 BUCKS!

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that's grand theft sheridan

. GOOD SCORE

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on a serious note, let it set, with the oil bath, over night. keep oiling it and shooting it. she may come around.

19Sheridan57 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:21:57 AM »

I hope it comes back to life for you !

WECSOG · « **Reply #13 on:** February 05, 2016, 09:49:18 AM »

Thanks guys! It's good to know I did the right thing, picking it up.

Habanero69er · « **Reply #14 on:** February 05, 2016, 12:48:58 PM »

Secret Sauce it, dry fire it 3-4 times, set it in the corner with 2-3 pumps in it over night. Good buy.

WECSOG · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2016, 01:36:36 PM »

She's coming around!

I've been following the advice you guys gave me; oiling, pumping and dry firing it. Dry firing pointed up, dry firing pointed down, occasionally firing a pellet. I can still hear the leak when I pump it and listen closely in the muzzle, but it's starting to shoot fine as long as I shoot within a minute or so of pumping. At 7 pumps it penetrates both sides of a steel soup can, and at 20 yards it swings the plates of my steel Crosman zombie target.

It has a longitudinal crack in the forearm, mostly towards the front. I guess it was there all along, but I didn't notice it until I heard it moving and it started opening more as it built pressure. I could probably inject epoxy into it, but I would really like to find a reasonably priced replacement.

Habanero69er · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2016, 02:31:45 PM »

Check with either Mac-1 or Dennis Baker. I see Baker has a forearm for sale on eBay.

My bad, that was a forearm for a Benjamin. But I'd still check with either of those guys.

WECSOG · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2016, 02:47:44 PM »

Thanks, Dave. Those are the sellers I was thinking about contacting, or perhaps Boyd's to see about a new one of high-grade walnut.

anuthabubba · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2016, 04:21:06 PM »

Post a pic and you might get suggestions for a home fix. Have CA'd small cracks for years as well as using very small brad/finishing nails on a few with only top of the small head of the nail showing.

39M · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2016, 05:08:47 PM »

Looks nice. Mines old as dirt with all the finish worn off the stock, but still shoots pretty hard.

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