A Couple of Dans; 1 to go

[Yng@hrt]

IIRC I mentioned somewhere that the Daisy 880 was as far as I intended to go with this hobby. How times have changed. The pellet bug bit & bit hard.

I’m knocking on the door at 60 & have never once considered a pellet launcher. Here in NM it’s something folks don’t talk about much or maybe they’ve kept it to themselves. Not exactly the manly thing to do back in the day; the bigger the better I always said & if it weren’t drawing blood at the shoulder, time to trade him in; touting those beasts up & down & back up again, only to have them thank you with punch or two, & an all day; Huh, huh, huh?  At my age “manly” can go… well you know. What I will say is that I’ve missed the hunt. This is what drove me to GTA. The word love is hard for me to use when it comes to material things. Let’s just say the 880 opened up a whole new world & will always be at the top of my list, even though she is so dad gum sensitive.

I did tons of research to find the next & FINAL pellet launchers. I learn quickly & at my age that’s more of a necessity than a gift. Everywhere I searched led me to a Dan. GTA has been a huge help!  Not once did anyone have anything negative to say about this model. I also leaned on a couple of folks pretty hard; Bill (avator) & Billy (Flint). What amazes me most is that neither one of these gentlemen has a clue who Marty is but still bent over backwards to help out & made sure I was pointed due North.
 
Which brings me to 19SHERIDAN57 (Thanks Bill & many others!) As with anything else, no matter what folks say I do my own research & reach my own conclusions. Again, just like the search for the gun, not once did I come across anything negative with respect to Steve. Everything was positive. I found that out first hand.  At this day & age integrity is a tough label to wear but with Steve, it’s a given (get-n pretty thick ha?). This Dan guru doesn’t have a clue who I am. I sent him tons of email-? & he answered every one as quick as these old fingers could dish them out; everything that has been said about Steve…divvy it up by 10. He is without question the go-to-guy for Dan’s. Thanks Steve!

I have never even held a Dan until yesterday. I looked at a rough ’73 at a local gun store. Nice wood/stock but the bluing was about 50 percent gone. I don’t think she’ll be going anywhere soon so she might be a good candidate for a “Copper”. Was very surprised how narrow, short, & light she was, & the balance was incredible.
 
At any rate here’s our first two;

I’ve noticed some folks name their guns so allow me to introduce the first one; “Val” (after my wife of...just a minute, leme go check…that’s what I thought…37 yrs). I thought of a few other names as well; “S Quad” (as in; Sheridan Silver Streak Survivor). “$ Quad” (self explanatory), “holy ^^it” (as in; what am I going to tell my wife?), & my favorite standby; “Missy PP”. In all seriousness, I think I found something special & at a fair price. I feel very fortunate & couldn’t be more pleased.

She’s a Silver Streak with a factory Williams. I purchased her from a nephew of the original owner who BTW was a pleasure to work with. She was born Sept. of ’69; still in her birthday suit, never been apart & just about as mint as they come. Complete with her original box & original owners manual. Never thought old card board could look so good.
 
Our second Dan is an outstanding example of; dang I can use that thing. It’s a beautiful ’75 Blue Steak survivor. The wood is what attracted me to her, plus there is no question she has been pampered. I haven’t given her a name yet because it isn’t mine. My oldest son made sure of that. On the plus side, all of them will live at Dad’s house so I’ll sneak her out a time or two.

Here’s a sneak peak. Just closed the deals today. Will post more pix once they arrive.       

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

WOW !    WHAT A NICE PAIR OF ACES THAT YOU HAVE !!!  .     My Best Wishes  -  Tom

[avator]

You're an animal !!!
Congrats !

[bantam5s]

Congrats man 👍
I was recently told by another member that my persistent praise and love of my blue streak may have been the final straw that pushed them into getting themselves a Sheridan, and that really made me happy.


BTW a lot of people shoit jsb pellets in their Dan's, but my gun likes the Benjamin brand pellets enough that I haven't bothered to try anything else. You may not get this lucky, but I consider them the first place to start.

[Rob112o]

Nice score Marty. Those 2 gems as your firsts. Can't get more lucky than that. Can't wait to see some updates when they arrive.

[Yng@hrt]

Thanks Tom, Bill & David (I'd recognize those pooch's anywhere), Rob (think their both headed out West today).

[19Sheridan57]

  Thank you for the nice comments. I am glad that myself, & others on this great site, were able to help you.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Outstanding Marty!
Those sure are some good lookers Nice of your oldest the leave the Blue to keep ol Silver Val company!

[Yng@hrt]

You r welcome Steve (neat pic of shorty).

Scott- Thanx. BTW; I've enjoyed following your thread "Well... I did it... 'Dan HERE!" Amazing results. Thanks for sharing.

[TimmyMac1]

Model designation for a Silver streak Factory gun fitted with a Williams 5DSH peep is a CW. The CW and CBW(blue with 5DSH)hand gaurds are slightly longer so to mask the set points of the factory open sight on models made before the Rear Sight on wedges versions.
You could buy a CBW or CW straight from Sheridan and you would never have any issues with solder joint separation of barrel & Tube.
The factory rear sight fitted to wedges is the culprit. Anyone with a sight on wedges should knock it off, stretch it out and fit it with much less stress to the solder joint. If there has already been a separation I glue the rear sight in place rather than fit it to the wedges and give the solder joint the chance to fail again.
Factory weaknesses besides the solder joint would be the Front Die Cast Plug that cannot avoid eroding each time a pin is driven. Upgrading the plug to the Mac1 Steel front plug gives it a pin hole that cannot be eroded regardless of the number of front end services.

Picture shows a steel front plug and the Round Vise that holds the tube when pins are driven.

TimmyMac1

[Hoosier Daddy]

^ One of the (if not THE) local experts on these old Beauties...

[avator]

I've heard a little more, behind the scenes, about this Silver... Ya'll wait til you see this beauty.
Hey guys, should we tell Marty about the Super Grade A or should we let him keep some of his money?

[Hoosier Daddy]

SHA-WING! 

I saw one for sale on Gunbroker... 

[Yng@hrt]

I've heard a little more, behind the scenes, about this Silver... Ya'll wait til you see this beauty.
Hey guys, should we tell Marty about the Super Grade A or should we let him keep some of his money?

Yup; http://ujays.net/registry.html

What about double-O 20 on this same registry? Wonder who owns that beauty? 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Hey Marty,
 Just in case you don't have it, here is a link to a free .PDF download of Sheridan's service manual covering all the models.
http://ujays.net/repair-manual-v4.3.pdf

[19Sheridan57]

SHA-WING! 

I saw one for sale on Gunbroker... 

and ummm , it is not on there, now .

[Yng@hrt]

SHA-WING! 

I saw one for sale on Gunbroker... 

and ummm , it is not on there, now .

 

[Yng@hrt]

Hey Marty,
 Just in case you don't have it, here is a link to a free .PDF download of Sheridan's service manual covering all the models.
http://ujays.net/repair-manual-v4.3.pdf

Good info Scott. Filed it. Thanx

[Yng@hrt]

Model designation for a Silver streak Factory gun fitted with a Williams 5DSH peep is a CW. The CW and CBW(blue with 5DSH)hand gaurds are slightly longer so to mask the set points of the factory open sight on models made before the Rear Sight on wedges versions.
You could buy a CBW or CW straight from Sheridan and you would never have any issues with solder joint separation of barrel & Tube.
The factory rear sight fitted to wedges is the culprit. Anyone with a sight on wedges should knock it off, stretch it out and fit it with much less stress to the solder joint. If there has already been a separation I glue the rear sight in place rather than fit it to the wedges and give the solder joint the chance to fail again.
Factory weaknesses besides the solder joint would be the Front Die Cast Plug that cannot avoid eroding each time a pin is driven. Upgrading the plug to the Mac1 Steel front plug gives it a pin hole that cannot be eroded regardless of the number of front end services.

Picture shows a steel front plug and the Round Vise that holds the tube when pins are driven.



TimmyMac1

Good info. Something interesting to check once she gets here. But that photo...ouch.

[avator]

SHA-WING! 

I saw one for sale on Gunbroker... 

and ummm , it is not on there, now .

 

Oh no you didn't !! ??