Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Air Guns Is a Sheridan Silver Streak worth fixing?

That is a good price. Wonder how they shoot?

I always thought the Silver Streak was CO2. No?

No, they're a multipump pneumatic.

I had one when I was a kid... hell of a thing to pump up as a 10-12 year old. Something ended up broken in it; think it's probably still laying around my Dad's house somewhere.

Yeah, had a Blue Streak. Also had the school record for chin-ups due to pumping that thing!

I actually didn't shoot mine all that much because of the pumping effort.

I think the only other air rifle I've ever shot that holds a candle to that is the 1977XS I bought a while back. That is a stiff bugger, too. The pump handle on it is plastic, and it gets a hell of a flex in it by the time you get to 10 pumps... have the feeling it'll come unglued someday.

That is a lot of shooting for $25.00 ish dollars. Thanks for the links My buddy had the Blue Streak and that finish wore off to a pinkish color where he held his hand to pump it. The Silver Streak finish has held up perfectly.

They did make a co2 version referred to as the"F" model. I always thought they'd be pretty cool but never shot one.
Speaking of pellets, anyone see what the original plastic box ones go for nowdays?

Holy crap 🤯

I still have a couple boxes of the pellets. Mine are like the top one where they say Benjamin and Sheridan on them.... early/mid 90s era.

I wonder what a full can of those Sheridan pellets would go for? I've got some empty cans around.

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Guess I'll order some H&N and JSB's and keep the Sheridans!

Just remember no more than 8 pumps or you will blow thw seals.

Mach One had a “steroid” treatment that put the Sheridan right in the 22 short realm. Valve, billet pump lever. I think 14 pumps. Thought about having mine done but didn’t. Always store pump ups with one or two pump strokes in the gun.

Is Mach 1 still in business? I can't seem to find their web sight anymore.

Never knew there was an upgrade like that, but to my way of thinking that Sheridan bridged the gap nicely between a BB gun and a .22 LR so I rather liked the variable power. Two pumps for a mouse in the house, three pumps for shooting in the basement, six pumps for birds and chipmunks, eight for a rabbit or crow and ten for a long shot. Pretty handy around the house without trying to make it into a magnum. I'm remembering that as a kid that Sheridan strained a lot of house flies through the screens with just air.

The thing about the early Sheridans was there was an elongated Button(?) on the top of the tang that had to be pushed to fire it. 1950 ish models.

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I just traded for a silver streak that appears new in the box, any ideas as to what its worth

I never realized that I had a collector late 50's hold down safety Racine made model C. As a grade schooler I did covet those later rocker safety Sheridans because for a kid, I thought that hold down safety was kind of a reach, but it worked and was probably safer. I'd better keep better track of that old Silver Streak because the gun safe didn't even have a place left for it. I remember gunning a cottontail rabbit with the Sheridan and a necropsy found a .177 caliber pellet in it. Sheridan superiority for a ten year old.

Precision pellet was awesome to work with. Resealed and drilled/tapped adding a peep for $75 more. Think mine was a ‘53. Sold it here for not much over the reseal/drill/peep upfit. Bought it here too knowing it likely needed seals.

They used leather seals on piston if memory serves. Those dry out. There are a few tiny orings on the side of the piston to exhaust or something like that also. If you have it steroided, not sure MAC still does, you get a different newer piston. Same as some shops do for a rebuild to fix leaks. If you want the original you should keep that in mind.

I worked for them in Western NY after the merge. Always wanted one but couldn’t afford the employee cost of $115 with rings. Young and poor at the time. Got the one here and after a decade I finally got it fixed then sold it without firing. Hate to see stuff just sit but knew it needed to get resealed to be sellable and thought maybe I’d shoot it some.

JSB exacts are good for .20 or any cal. I’ve heard Sheridan Streaks like Jumbos too.