What is it that makes Sheridan rifles so highly praised?

[Duckfish]

Ok , but don’t you think she needs a Benjy to keep Dan company?
They are cousins after all.

[airgunaut]

Ok , but don’t you think she needs a Benjy to keep Dan company?
They are cousins after all.

LOL, are you selling one?

I’m happy with the Blue Streak.

[TerryM]

 I have four Benjamin pumpers from late 40s - mid 80s, great shooters with easier-to-find ammo.  I still like my Sheridans best.

[Van]

  My 1971 Blue Streak shoots these two best.  It shoots the Benjamin 14.3g cylindrical ones a bit faster even though they are slightly heavier.  They are just as accurate in that gun as the JSB Exact 13.73g pellets but the Benjamins have disappeared, and I guess must no longer be made.   I still have a few tins from Cabella's bought a few years ago.  Both are deadly on Squirrel size pests. 

[airgunaut]

I did not do any sustained practice today but at dusk I shot my three airguns. Standing offhand at a pellet tin hung from a tree about 33’ away.

Grabbed the Blue Streak first and added one pump to its already-stored two pumps, inserted a pellet, and quickly shot the tin. In the no-glare light conditions, I could immediately see the front sight on the target. I think this gun will be perfect for a grab-it-and-shoot target. I just need to avoid glaring bright sunlight, but maybe switching peep inserts to a non-Twilight version will allow that.

Second, I pumped and loaded the 880. Thanks to the scope, I had magnification on hand...but I also needed to adjust parallax. That made it a bit slower, though it also hit the tin, as I expected. I wish the trigger were better, though.

Last, I brought out the P3 pistol. I missed the tin both LH and RH, so I put a soda minican in front of a dirt bank (much lower target). Then I hit the can, one each LH and RH. Feels harder to hold steady aiming at a target higher than I usually shoot this gun at. Which means ——> need more practice doing that.

But really, I just wanted to see if I was getting used to quickly aiming and shooting the Blue Streak. IF wind allows tomorrow, I’ll do a longer session on at least one of the guns.

Van, I am using the JSB Exact Diabolos also.

[anti-squirrel]

There are not many kinds of .20 pellets still being sold, from what I found in a preliminary search.

Is the gun really a collector’s item now only for that reason? That and difficulty of getting replacement parts.

Replacement parts is almost a non-issue as they rarely fail.  And as David says, all the remaining .20 pellets shoot exceptional.  My Blue Streak REALLY like Polymags, but I've tried everything available in .20 and it handles them all.  The main reason they are collector's items is varied depending on who you ask.  But just about everybody who owns one will tell you they are a joy to carry and shoot, and definitely punch above their "weight class" in terms of bang for the buck.

Interestingly, I've lately been experimenting with NSA slugs in both my Blue Streak and my Crosman 392PA - mainly for the better resistance to wind drift- and... I'll be stockpiling NSAs.  I've not yet seen where the 18.9 slug outperforms the 14.9 slug in my Blue Streak, but as we settle in from moving I hope to do some more in-depth analysis.

[Duckfish]

Sheridan pistols are fun too.  This one will improve your trigger control.

[airgunaut]

Is that pistol single- or multi-stroke? How do you like shooting it? Looks like the grip could use something on it.

[brewbear]

Is that pistol single- or multi-stroke? How do you like shooting it? Looks like the grip could use something on it.

If it is like the one I have, then it is a .20 caliber CO2 single shot pistol.

[Duckfish]

Is that pistol single- or multi-stroke? How do you like shooting it? Looks like the grip could use something on it.

Not CO2, pumper just like their rifles.  It’s a great self defense gun if the pellets doesn’t scare them off you can clobber them with it.   It’s a solid piece of work.  The handle is perfect. 
Had the trigger reworked by a southern fellow and re replaced the spring with one he made from a banjo string.
Lol those southern guys.

[bantam5s]

Oh the pistols are definitely great.
I've been shooting my 1980 Sheridan E today, you'll notice that the E co2 pistols are much shorter than the H pump pistols and do not have the forearm.

I have a Crosman made Benjamin H series in .22 that I really love, but still want to eventually find myself a proper Racine Sheridan H pistol.
A Crosman made H in .20 would be perfectly fine, but since I've already got a Crosman made H in .22 and want an H in .20 for me anything in .20 has gotta be an original Racine gun in .20

[Duckfish]

Sheridan pistols are fun too.  This one will improve your trigger control.

H9A Bloomfield NY

[TerryM]

Hey, doesn’t Pat need a Benjamin Franklin too?  You remember that gun.  The Dans better looking brother.

Ed, does this gun have roll pins in the front plug?  Also, does it have a stock from another gun?  Inquiring minds want to know.

[Duckfish]

Hey, doesn’t Pat need a Benjamin Franklin too?  You remember that gun.  The Dans better looking brother.

100% stock
Made in St Louis Mo



Ed, does this gun have roll pins in the front plug?  Also, does it have a stock from another gun?  Inquiring minds want to know.

[tennx]

 I forgot I have a 1988 ?? C9…does that count…Im expecting a crosman 101 any day …its in town…and hope a 100 is on its way soon…102 in the works…that will be the extent of my collecting….good luck…

[Duckfish]

I forgot I have a 1988 ?? C9…does that count…Im expecting a crosman 101 any day …its in town…and hope a 100 is on its way soon…102 in the works…that will be the extent of my collecting….good luck…

We have all heard that before!  No more collecting,  lol!!

[brewbear]

I forgot I have a 1988 ?? C9…does that count…Im expecting a crosman 101 any day …its in town…and hope a 100 is on its way soon…102 in the works…that will be the extent of my collecting….good luck…

We have all heard that before!  No more collecting,  lol!!

Buying is not collecting,  is it?

[tennx]

Im not a wordsmith like most folks on here…I guess when I said collecting I meant in reference to what this thread is about….the 1xx series soon to be purchases was a series of coincidences….I realize we are never really thru ….but I can hope….lol….good luck

PS there is a nice town and country on ebay for $800…but I got short pockets…

[brewbear]

Im not a wordsmith like most folks on here…I guess when I said collecting I meant in reference to what this thread is about….the 1xx series soon to be purchases was a series of coincidences….I realize we are never really thru ….but I can hope….lol….good lplopuck

PS there is a nice town and country on ebay for $800…but I got short pockets…

Apologies,  it wasn't a dig at your posting,  just my way of explaining another purchase. I usually buy what strikes my fancy.... I guess that explains the 10+ crosman 150s i have, it used to be 16 but my friends and nephews started drooling over them so they took them home.

[tennx]

Im not a wordsmith like most folks on here…I guess when I said collecting I meant in reference to what this thread is about….the 1xx series soon to be purchases was a series of coincidences….I realize we are never really thru ….but I can hope….lol….good lplopuck

PS there is a nice town and country on ebay for $800…but I got short pockets…

Apologies,  it wasn't a dig at your posting,  just my way of explaining another purchase. I usually buy what strikes my fancy.... I guess that explains the 10+ crosman 150s i have, it used to be 16 but my friends and nephews started drooling over them so they took them home.

I didnt take it that way…lol…I swear Im better face to face splaining  myself…..have a good one…