Unlocking The Mystery Of The Benjamin Sheridan H Series Pistol

[msurf]

Adding to the mystery..picked up this mint .20 cal a month or so ago.  Literally seems like it had hardly been shot.  Serial #500705458

A Racine gun based on the serial number right ?

No Sir!  it is a Bloomfield NY gun.  Man this thing is hard to pump, but I understand it is quite common.  That and it being pretty much brand new.  I know that as I actually chaffed a little paint under the pump arm from pumping.  Was not there when I first got it.

[bantam5s]

Adding to the mystery..picked up this mint .20 cal a month or so ago.  Literally seems like it had hardly been shot.  Serial #500705458

A Racine gun based on the serial number right ?

No Sir!  it is a Bloomfield NY gun.  Man this thing is hard to pump, but I understand it is quite common.  That and it being pretty much brand new.  I know that as I actually chaffed a little paint under the pump arm from pumping.  Was not there when I first got it.

It definately looked like a boomfield example to me, but the serial number threw me.

For some reason I read 5007, obviously may of 2000.

[msurf]

Adding to the mystery..picked up this mint .20 cal a month or so ago.  Literally seems like it had hardly been shot.  Serial #500705458

A Racine gun based on the serial number right ?

No Sir!  it is a Bloomfield NY gun.  Man this thing is hard to pump, but I understand it is quite common.  That and it being pretty much brand new.  I know that as I actually chaffed a little paint under the pump arm from pumping.  Was not there when I first got it.

It definately looked like a boomfield example to me, but the serial number threw me.

For some reason I read 5007, obviously may of 2000.

Ah, thanks for that, I wasn't sure of the year.

[AirJunkie62]

Hey, what about the original Racine made H series pistols ?
You do know there's the model H  pistols, then the crosman made H9 pistols right ?

No these did not jump from "H" pistols to Crosman made "H9" pistols. To summarize what Billy posted who is pretty much an authority;

- The H (HB) was introduced by Sheridan in '82 & ran thru '90. Mostly all blk with a few customs in nickel.
- In '90 the Sheridan E was offered in nickel.
- In '91 Benjamin & Sheridan consolidated & offered the H9 which ran thru '93.
- It wasn't until '94 that Crosman entered the picture & offered the H9A.

So I ran across this .20 cal "H9" and purchased it. The serial number is on the left side of the gun and starts N94, so I'm figuring November 1994 for a manufacture date. My confusion surrounds the third & forth bullet points indicating "H9" was made thru 93 and the H9A started in 94. Also, it seems the .20 caliber is tougher find over the 177 & 22 calibers. Am I wrong?

[bantam5s]

Hey, what about the original Racine made H series pistols ?
You do know there's the model H  pistols, then the crosman made H9 pistols right ?

No these did not jump from "H" pistols to Crosman made "H9" pistols. To summarize what Billy posted who is pretty much an authority;

- The H (HB) was introduced by Sheridan in '82 & ran thru '90. Mostly all blk with a few customs in nickel.
- In '90 the Sheridan E was offered in nickel.
- In '91 Benjamin & Sheridan consolidated & offered the H9 which ran thru '93.
- It wasn't until '94 that Crosman entered the picture & offered the H9A.

So I ran across this .20 cal "H9" and purchased it. The serial number is on the left side of the gun and starts N94, so I'm figuring November 1994 for a manufacture date. My confusion surrounds the third & forth bullet points indicating "H9" was made thru 93 and the H9A started in 94. Also, it seems the .20 caliber is tougher find over the 177 & 22 calibers. Am I wrong?

Sadly Marty was apparently banned, he seemed to be a great guy so I have no clue what he did or anything though.

This is a Racine made pistol right ?


Maybe the 1994 H9a introduction year is true, but just barely and it didn't start till December?
That is If these letter prefixes to signify the month like I for some reassumed.

[bantam5s]

Heres my H9A .22, dated D98 which is odd because there was a 398 dated H9A posted earlier in this thread.




I wonder when exactly the change was made from Benjamin style serial numbers to the 3 digit Crosman serial numbers.

And am I wrong in thinking that the letter was for the month?

[AirJunkie62]

Hey, what about the original Racine made H series pistols ?
You do know there's the model H  pistols, then the crosman made H9 pistols right ?

No these did not jump from "H" pistols to Crosman made "H9" pistols. To summarize what Billy posted who is pretty much an authority;

- The H (HB) was introduced by Sheridan in '82 & ran thru '90. Mostly all blk with a few customs in nickel.
- In '90 the Sheridan E was offered in nickel.
- In '91 Benjamin & Sheridan consolidated & offered the H9 which ran thru '93.
- It wasn't until '94 that Crosman entered the picture & offered the H9A.

So I ran across this .20 cal "H9" and purchased it. The serial number is on the left side of the gun and starts N94, so I'm figuring November 1994 for a manufacture date. My confusion surrounds the third & forth bullet points indicating "H9" was made thru 93 and the H9A started in 94. Also, it seems the .20 caliber is tougher find over the 177 & 22 calibers. Am I wrong?

Sadly Marty was apparently banned, he seemed to be a great guy so I have no clue what he did or anything though.

This is a Racine made pistol right ?


Maybe the 1994 H9a introduction year is true, but just barely and it didn't start till December?
That is If these letter prefixes to signify the month like I for some reassumed.

Nope, not Racine. On the right side of the gun its imprinted Benjamin Sheridan  Bloomfield N.Y. & zip code.  I also have a 1996 H9A HB17 where the "Benjamin Sheridan" marking is on the left side of the pump tube under all the other printing.

Thanks for responding.

[AirJunkie62]

Hey, what about the original Racine made H series pistols ?
You do know there's the model H  pistols, then the crosman made H9 pistols right ?

No these did not jump from "H" pistols to Crosman made "H9" pistols. To summarize what Billy posted who is pretty much an authority;

- The H (HB) was introduced by Sheridan in '82 & ran thru '90. Mostly all blk with a few customs in nickel.
- In '90 the Sheridan E was offered in nickel.
- In '91 Benjamin & Sheridan consolidated & offered the H9 which ran thru '93.
- It wasn't until '94 that Crosman entered the picture & offered the H9A.

So I ran across this .20 cal "H9" and purchased it. The serial number is on the left side of the gun and starts N94, so I'm figuring November 1994 for a manufacture date. My confusion surrounds the third & forth bullet points indicating "H9" was made thru 93 and the H9A started in 94. Also, it seems the .20 caliber is tougher find over the 177 & 22 calibers. Am I wrong?

Sadly Marty was apparently banned, he seemed to be a great guy so I have no clue what he did or anything though.

This is a Racine made pistol right ?


Maybe the 1994 H9a introduction year is true, but just barely and it didn't start till December?
That is If these letter prefixes to signify the month like I for some reassumed.

Nope, not Racine. On the right side of the gun its imprinted Benjamin Sheridan  Bloomfield N.Y. & zip code.  I also have a 1996 H9A HB17 where the "Benjamin Sheridan" marking is on the left side of the pump tube under all the other printing.

Thanks for responding.

Now, looking at past sales on the _Bay site, I located a couple of "H9" labeled Benjamin Sheridan which were serial numbered as late as Sept. 1995. The one listed for the Sept. 95 was issued out of E Bloomfield N.Y.   Maybe Crosman was using up pump tubes already imprinted?

[AirJunkie62]

So beating a dead horse here...... This "H9" was on the Bay. The Serial Number started 594 (May 1994) but is marked Benjamin Sheridan Racine WI.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Just an FYI...
Yng@hrt (Marty) wasn't banned, he left on his own accord deleting many of his informative post before leaving.

[bantam5s]

Just an FYI...
Yng@hrt (Marty) wasn't banned, he left on his own accord deleting many of his informative post before leaving.

That's a shame.

Someone told me he was banned for some reason.

[bantam5s]

Hey, what about the original Racine made H series pistols ?
You do know there's the model H  pistols, then the crosman made H9 pistols right ?

No these did not jump from "H" pistols to Crosman made "H9" pistols. To summarize what Billy posted who is pretty much an authority;

- The H (HB) was introduced by Sheridan in '82 & ran thru '90. Mostly all blk with a few customs in nickel.
- In '90 the Sheridan E was offered in nickel.
- In '91 Benjamin & Sheridan consolidated & offered the H9 which ran thru '93.
- It wasn't until '94 that Crosman entered the picture & offered the H9A.

So I ran across this .20 cal "H9" and purchased it. The serial number is on the left side of the gun and starts N94, so I'm figuring November 1994 for a manufacture date. My confusion surrounds the third & forth bullet points indicating "H9" was made thru 93 and the H9A started in 94. Also, it seems the .20 caliber is tougher find over the 177 & 22 calibers. Am I wrong?

Sadly Marty was apparently banned, he seemed to be a great guy so I have no clue what he did or anything though.

This is a Racine made pistol right ?


Maybe the 1994 H9a introduction year is true, but just barely and it didn't start till December?
That is If these letter prefixes to signify the month like I for some reassumed.

Nope, not Racine. On the right side of the gun its imprinted Benjamin Sheridan  Bloomfield N.Y. & zip code.  I also have a 1996 H9A HB17 where the "Benjamin Sheridan" marking is on the left side of the pump tube under all the other printing.

Thanks for responding.

I'm sure the box is original to the gun but obviously it depicts a pistol with the Racine adress on it which is why I assumed it was a Racine pistol.

The only explanation would be Crosman as always using up left over parts as they've pretty much always been known to do.
Sometimes I wonder by even bother trying to date a Crosman gun, I've had at least 3 Crosman guns so far that didn't match up to information.

[msurf]

Just an FYI...
Yng@hrt (Marty) wasn't banned, he left on his own accord deleting many of his informative post before leaving.

That's a shame.

Someone told me he was banned for some reason.

Man that is no good, he had a lot of great info.  Any idea why he departed??

[avator]

Nothing to see here... let's move along. 

[19Sheridan57]

   Let's see some more pictures !

[AirJunkie62]

   Let's see some more pictures !

Recently added to my Benjamin Sheridan collection.   

[msurf]

Ho...Nice!  Want a shiny one like that!

[1900colt]

Here's what I believe is a first year,  1982 production gun.

[1900colt]

Factory polished brass H9
Crosman built gun... if it were not for the box,  I don't know how you can tell these apart from a regular gun that someone may have stripped.

[Hoosier Daddy]

^KEEPER^

I would rather have that than a nickel version!