N/A Any high end pumpers around?
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That’s not one of the recent guns they were selling there is it? AOA recently had a bunch of older American guns for sale. I picked up a nice Crosman 600 and waited too long on a rocker safety Sheridan. If I had seen that for sale though I would have just clicked on buy and worried about explaining it to my wife later.
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This one came up for sale early this year. Maybe late last year. Probably an estate gun. There were many really nice guns at the time. I missed a couple that some other members picked up.
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That is probably the nicest pumper I have seen. Reminds me of some of the old Sheridan A in quality standards.
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I have a Benjamin 312 that needs a seal kit, where might you recommend I get that kit, including the tool? Thanks
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I love Sheridans don't get me wrong , but Crossman bought them out , and came up with there own version it's a 362 I have 2 of them they are basically the same size , and weight as the Sheridan just a lot more ammo in .22 and shoot harder than a Sheridan.
In the day the Sheridan ammo with the Sheridan were the bees knees I could shoot through one side of a garbage can those old heavy well made metal ones.
In the day the Sheridan ammo with the Sheridan were the bees knees I could shoot through one side of a garbage can those old heavy well made metal ones.
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After you replace the receiver and the bolt probe and recrown the barrel and work on the trigger a bit a 362 isn’t a bad gun, but that’s really the way it ought to be to begin with and in its stock form it’s nowhere near as good a gun as a Benjamin 392 or a Sheridan.
And Crosman never bought out Sheridan.
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Crossman acquired the Benjamin Sheridan company in 1992. , and I seen a an airgun review where the 362 out shot the 392 for accuracy , and power.
I own the 392 wood , and the 362.
Do you have either one.?
I own the 392 wood , and the 362.
Do you have either one.?
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The actual Sheridan company ceased to exist back in 1977 when they were bought out by Benjamin. Crosman bought out Benjamin Sheridan, which was really just the renamed Benjamin company.
Stock, they all produce around 15 fpe, but the build quality of the Benjamin’s and Sheridans is significantly better and the difference is obvious.
Stock, they all produce around 15 fpe, but the build quality of the Benjamin’s and Sheridans is significantly better and the difference is obvious.
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I guess I need to get my facts strait. Till than Ile just be an instigator. And now daisy owns them all, or is it gamo?
1400's are good too. This one is moded though. Shoots standard .177 into the 1kfps range. Also built one in 25.
1400's are good too. This one is moded though. Shoots standard .177 into the 1kfps range. Also built one in 25.
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I’ve got a JC Higgins 1400 that I need to fix sometime. When I bought it, it wouldn’t hold air, so I tried lubricating it heavily and it started holding air, but after a few shots became very difficult to pump. I should have just torn it down at that point, but instead I doubled down and it suddenly lost all pressure.
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I agree totally. The very first airgun I had was a Benjamin , but it was wore out. Then I got a Sheridan from Montgomery Wards in 1973 when I was 13. I used to hunt back then , and we had a Sparrow problem in our
trees , and our apricot trees. My cat Smokey a Russian blue weighed 30 lbs.I shot 17 sparrows, and he ate them.
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Smoky was one full cat. I would like to own one of those cats. AND a Benjamin Steroid model. But I am not sure if Tim is doing any of those things these days. I sure wish him well. I bought an LD from him last year. Dual fuel but only "kind of" a pumper! Be Well Brothers, dito.
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“Build quality “. Crosman moved the manufacturing plant to NY. When they did, they started robotically soldiering the barrel to the receiver. I never see them separate like the Sheridan/Benjamin models do that were built in Racine. It’s true that the Crosman version needs more tuning usually than the SB’s did. But the Walnut stocks are far superior when Crosman redesigned them. Longer pull, more robust cocking handle. When all is said and done, when both are tuned to the best they can be, I prefer the Crosman. And I have owned/tuned them all for over 40 years.
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The biggest problem with the Aspen is people shoot 5-10 shots and then pump it back up to around 3k PSI. When mine was still working I'd make 1 shot then pump it 5-6 times which would bring it right back up to the 3k I found worked the best. Unfortunately the check valves are what killed my Aspen. The little square Oring that everyone complains falls apart was in perfect condition.
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I was referring to the build quality of any of the old wood and metal Benjamin/Sheridan rifles vs the modern Crosman 362. I just feel the two aren't even in the same league, regardless of whether the modern version delivers similar performance. One is all wood and metal and built to last a lifetime while the other is mostly hollow plastic with a soft plastic breech and a friction fit front sight. I agree about the stock design being nicer on the 90's-00's era guns, but I think the quality of the wood was far superior on the older ones. Except for the fact that they didn't match the front and rear sections and had a somewhat goofy stock design, the wood they used on the old Sheridans was really beautiful and far superior in appearance to the "American hardwood" they used later on.
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