Vintage Sheridan link needed please. Can't find it in the search function.

[tjk]

While on vacation last week, my uncle pulled out an old Racine made Sheridan with the push and hold safety. Read the latest post on The Sheridans and it is just about the same rifle as in the pictures. But I can't find the link to Vpilots' post on the Sheridans. Thanks in advance.

[oldmedik]

  hey tjk   i hunte for days   found this  hope it helps




Re: Sheridan Silver Streak
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2012, 03:13:06 AM »

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Here are some known facts as they pertain to your rifle:

Straight bolt handle -  Earliest C models up to 1961 when bolt handles became curved : 1949 -1960
Rear Sight -  sight held by small allen-head screw opposing two dimples on opposite side : 1956 - 1971 (earlier models featured permanently soldered rear sights with knurled windage knobs)
Automatic Safety - Pre 1963 when rocker was introduced. 1949-1962
Narrow Trigger Guard  - 1959 and earlier  (can't see it in your pic but there should be philips screws holding the trigger guard instead of rivets)
Stock and Forearm -  If 4 screws were used in place of roll pins on the forearm, then it indicates one of first two years of that model - along with thin "almost crude" stock and thin cylindrical forearm 1949-1951.  Roll pins indicate 3rd year production onward. - 1952 on
Partridge-style front sight with vertical rear face - Incorporated 2-3 years after introduction of the C model : 1951-1964
Simple Markings -  the words "5mm Cal" and "Made in USA" on opposite side introduced in 1960.  Absent those inscriptions 1949-1959
High Comb Stock - 1949-1958  Lowered in 1959

I'd say the best guess given the info on hand is it's between a 1956 - 1958 model (Based on rear sight and high comb).

Tim
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