Classic Sheridan 20 cal guns - best current pellet?

[kd1yt]

Hello all - new to this site (at least as a registered user and post-er, have been reading here for several years)

In my late '50s now and trying to get back into airguns after other parts of life aren't as crazy.

Started my airgun experience at around age 12 with my dad's 20 Cal Sheridan Blue Streak - which I still own

I also have a Sheridan H9a 20 Cal pistol that I bought in the 90s.

I still have remnants of an old yellow plastic box of Sheridan 20 cal pellets... but not very many left.

I know that Sheridan as a distinct company is long gone - and so are their traditional pellets.

Out of the limited selection of 20 Cal pellets now available from other makers, are there any types, weights, etc., that people have found work particularly well - or particularly poorly - in the old 20 Cal Sheridans?

Thanks in advance

 

[Westypete]

Hello kd1yt. I own and shoot about 15 Sheridan pumpers including A’s , B’s and C’s. They all shoot JSB exact 13.73 grs the most accurately with two exceptions , a model B which shoots Predators best and my first Sheridan, a bluestreak which has never shot anything well! Hope this helps. Enjoy your Sheridans, they are great rifles.

 

[kd1yt]

Wonderful - thank you so much for the suggestions. My Blue Streak is pleasingly accurate although I'm working with OE iron sights and less than terrific eyesight, so I am not holding it up to the standards I'd expect with more sophisticated gear. My H9A is a neat item but kind of a beast to pump without pinching fingers and the trigger isn't the greatest, but when I get it out it has a kind of "blast from the past" enjoyability and old school solid-ness.

 

[Westypete]

Glad to help. I think you’ll find the JSB‘s to be more accurate than the original Sheridan pellets.

 

[dv8eod]

+1 for the JSB 13s. Oddly enough, I've had pretty good results with the Benji pellets, also. I want to say they're 11gr, but I can't remember. I also haven't found anymore. They were pretty close to the shape of the old trash cans with a thick waist.

 

[katfisch]

re: Benji pellets

 

[kd1yt]

Thank you!