Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Air Guns Six decades with the Sheridan

I would call and talk to him. I found him pretty helpful and he had a good stock of obsolete parts. I sent him an old 40s vintage Crosman 101. He refurbed it and replaced the broken pump handle with an original. Works and shoots like a new one.

Awesome. I'll give him a ring.

tag

mitch,

His site advises against phone calls so I just sent him an e-mail describing the gun and all the markings on it. Anxious to see what this will cost and get it working.

I had a Crossman 760 for a lot of years. We called it the "mouse gun" and it did serve that purpose. When it died, I bought the modern version of the same gun. I don't think it lasted 6 months before the seals failed. Will not function at all. I might still have it here on a shelf, but I doubt it is worth the cost to repair it. No comparison between the old and the new.

My mid-70's 760 lasted 15 years of mixed use before I replaced the seals.
Other than that, never 1 problem and LOTS of fun.
It was up to taking gray squirrels out to 30 yards with 12 pumps and a lead pellet. (I know -you were supposed to stop at 10, but where's the fun in that? And after the seals were replaced it definitely perked up the max velocity)
Wood stock and hex shaped brass bolt knob.

It's been 3 years since I sent him the 101 for repair, so maybe that's new, or I just disregarded it.

It helps a bunch if you only use silicone air gun oil and always store with 2 or 3 pumps in it to keep the valve seated. Petroleum oils degrade seals.

Nice to know. I'll try that with my next one.

Can I buy a new one anywhere?

You can buy a Benjamin 392, or 397. Based off the same design, but in .22 and .177 calibers instead of .20 caliber. And the stock looks a bit different.

That silicone oil is for spring piston air rifles and cost about $15 for a quarter ounce. Crosman recommends Pelgun oil for their pump air rifles which is two or three dollars for a small tube at walmart or dicks or wherever.
https://www.crosman.com/pellgun-oil


The new 760 is pretty much the same internals as the 1377. I had one, a 1377, from the early 80's that finally needed some new seals a couple of years ago. But I just went and bought a new one for $45 because I could. And the new one has a regular bolt that the old one didn't. And it's actually much more powerful than the old one because it has more valve volume and some other internal improvements.
But the 1377 seems to be a much sturdier gun than the new 760. And unlike the 760, it has a rifled barrel.

Those are all some great memories...

I can remember lusting for a Sheridan back in the 50s... Got a Daisy 1894 when I was 8 that was later stolen by a kid in the neighborhood. He actually did me a favor however as it was replaiced by a PIC .177 springer...that was MUCH more powerful and killed a lot of birds. Sold it to a friend in the late 60s as all I was shooting was a Marlin 39A.

Didn't have another airgun until about 1982 when we bought a small farm in East Texas. Finally got a Silver Streak to kill rats with... And yes, two pumps inside a house will kill a mouse without much damage but will dent the side of the microwave it is eating next to...

Started collecting Dans back in the 1990s and have a bunch now...

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...hrono_results_from_some_5mms#Post5312328

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=497476

http://www.airguns.net/reviews_sherdan.php

http://ujays.net/sheridan.html


Again thanks for the memories...

Bob

Bob, those Sheridan domed pellets were too good on penetration and non-existent on expansion. Change your mouse load to the two pumps and the .20 Beeman Crow Magnum pellets and they bowl stuff right over and don't over penetrate. I got a rabbit with the Sheridan once that had a .177 pellet in it and talk about a youthful superiority complex for a few days. This tread was lots of fun here around the fire.

Thanks for the tip Windfall...

Need to get my airguns out for a session...have not shot any of them in two years...just have been busy with other things...

Bob

Several nice older guns on GB now...

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/775760498

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/771175516

Those are nice all right. My buddy's Blue Streak had the blue finish worn down to a pink color where he held it to pump it. My Silver Streak never discolored like that. Those two have the safe and fire levers on the back of the receiver. Mine was that older version with one little tab that you need to hold down with your thumb or it won't fire. No problem now, but kind of a reach for an 8 year old thumb back in the day. A Williams peep sight on that Sheridan about doubles the sighting radius and is nicely out of the way for your left hand to pump the gun ahead of the receiver.

I should check the Air gun threads more often.
I have Blue Streak made January 1964 that I saved my pennies and bought for $27 and change IIRC.
Been rebuilt twice, and shoots great. No telling the critters that gun has dispatched.
I have another from about 1970's that I inherited when Dad passed.
Another that is first or second-year Silver Streak, maybe first year (1949) as it is somewhat flat on one side of the stock, and screws hold the forearm on. I bought it at a gun show. It has been rebuilt internally, and shoots good, but needs a new front sight and a few other things to be what I wished it was.
Also one of the last Sheridan 5MM pump pistols, I have the box it came in a .177 box that the factory had put 5MM stickers on.


Ebay is letting Sheridan pellet guns sell there again

I have seven of them sitting here right now. 6 of them I need to sell off. I kept them for parts into the future as needed, and for the kids in our family to shoot here when they visit. They are grown now and don't want to "pump" when a firearm is "better"
Of the 6, 4 are perfect. two need seals they pump and you can hear the typical slow leak of air. This is not a major issue at all, these are over 50 years old and only two need new seals!

One has a Weaver V16 scope
two have MAC scope rails
One is a newer design not sure where it came from but it has a tapered forend, not the long oblong design.
one stock has been modified for a young kid to shoot with replaceable sections of the stock to lengthen as they grow. it's well done I have photo's.
Two have factory installed Weaver Peep sights.
Also I will throw in the book of the history and time line of the sheridan rifles.
All have original Walnut stocks.

I can send a photo of all. Or the individual pictures as needed. text me if interested. I want to sell all of them at one time in a group. No interest in the effort to package up 6 times!

800 bucks for all. Easily worth much more sold individually. I just dont have the time to manage this right now.

One last model. I have a near perfect condition1960 version with the hold down thumb safety. It also has the Factory Weaver peepsight and plastic barrel guard so the finish of the metal does not wear off during pumping. This is an absolute tack driver That I have held onto for over 30 years because it's so perfect.

That one is 350 bucks no hurry to sell it actually, but if I'm cleaning house I should at least offer it. Plenty of photo's possible by texting. 509 540 5723

I'm done trying to post photos here, it's not Mac Friendly so I cannot get the pictures on here.

Just saw this. A shop in San Antonio named Don's Gun Shop. They also a fair number of NOS parts. They also replaced the forearm on mine that cracked when I was in high school. I made a replacement but prefer the original. I have an original Benjamin receiver sight on mine. I believe I may still have the original in one of my boxes of crap. Let me know if you still need one and I will take a look.