Sheridan Let’s see those Pumpers!

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Bear-of-Grayling said:
Back in the early 1980’s I did a custom finish on a bed for a man that owned a gun shop. He paid me off with a brand new Sheridan “Blue Streak.” I hadn’t had a pellet rifle since I was a boy back in the early/mid 1960’s. I was immediately hooked. A few years later I moved into the Beeman R1. I mean, who didn’t? Now some 40 years later I have moved backwards. Springers are wonderful and I have more than a few. Just found myself not shooting as much as I once did. Then I picked up a 2008 Crosman 392P 22 caliber with a custom stock. Oh boy, I‘m back. I’m enjoying the simplicity, light weight, smooooth firing and dead nuts accuracy I once did decades ago. The 392PA opened the door to a 2003 Crosman C9A 20 caliber and 1991 Benjamin 397P 177 caliber. And the Benjamin 397P is a mate to the Benjamin H9 177 caliber pistol I bought new back in the 1990’s. So now with a pumper in all 3 calibers, I have no need for another. Denial is a wonderful tool! Top to bottom - 397P, C9A, 392P.
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Got the Williams sight installed. Took probably 25 shots to get it sighted in. This is my final 5 shot group with CPHP at 35 yards with four pumps. Two dead center and one just off the orange. Quite gusty here today. With my tired eyes, I say it’s a shooter.
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c801tfd said:
That’s just my pumpers, have almost as many springers and a few Co2 guns as well.
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Only have 2 pumpers, the Silver Streak and a just gotten Webley Rebel .177. Bulk of my 50ish rifles are break barrels with a couple PCP's and pistols tossed in the mix.
 
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Revoman said:
How does one find the year of birth for Sheridan's please?

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If you'll click on this link, it has the years of changes to the design. To date your's compare it to the different year models features. After 72 they had serial numbers.

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Sheridan Blue Streak Serial Numbers

Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.
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Bear-of-Grayling said:
Back in the early 1980’s I did a custom finish on a bed for a man that owned a gun shop. He paid me off with a brand new Sheridan “Blue Streak.” I hadn’t had a pellet rifle since I was a boy back in the early/mid 1960’s. I was immediately hooked. A few years later I moved into the Beeman R1. I mean, who didn’t? Now some 40 years later I have moved backwards. Springers are wonderful and I have more than a few. Just found myself not shooting as much as I once did. Then I picked up a 2008 Crosman 392PA 22 caliber with a custom stock. Oh boy, I‘m back. I’m enjoying the simplicity, light weight, smooooth firing and dead nuts accuracy I once did decades ago. The 392PA opened the door to a 2003 Crosman C9A 20 caliber and 1991 Benjamin 397P 177 caliber. And the Benjamin 397P is a mate to the Benjamin H9 177 caliber pistol I bought new back in the 1990’s. So now with a pumper in all 3 calibers, I have no need for another. Denial is a wonderful tool! Top to bottom - 397P, C9A, 392PA.
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who ,what , where, is that custom stock on the 392pa from ? drooling now !
 
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My Crosman 130 pumper! It is around 65 years old. Original box it came in. Has the original blue finish. It was a great shooter, but will not pump up now. I tried to replace the seals, but no luck. The problem may be the cup on the end of the pump.
Also a photo of some of the Crosman printed material that may have come with the gun.

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Crosman 130 paperwork.jpg
 
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Some really nice pumpers on here!
They are such great little shooting machines. I feel like their sorta self contained, single shot PCP's. And just like the latest ones, have variable power on the go...ha!

Back in 2016, I became obsessed with the Crosman 1400. I found it to be very accurate, easier to pump than my Dan's, and good speed for a .22cal. I refinished that first one, posted a pic, and then got several requests for it. So I went berserk, and purchased a half dozen of them, all from one Crosman collector, and proceeded to customize them.
Sold them all, but kept the one on the bottom.

Here's a pic from 2016 of the majority of them. I enjoy personalizing most of my gun stocks. IDK, I just enjoy shooting my rifles more, when they look nice to my eye. I'm not a "function over beauty" kinda guy. I have to have both, lol. YMMV.

The lower picture was taken more recently. Of the three, I sold the Sheridan model A (top) last year. The two remaining ones, Crosman 1400, and a Sharp Innova Deluxe .22 , have always been my favorites, as far as being my preferred caliber, and enjoyment shooting.
Thanks to everyone who shared pics of their wonderful pumpers.

have fun

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I notice a lot of custom stocks in these pictures. What's the general opinion of what Mac1 used to do when he would shorten the rear stock in front of the trigger guard and then relocate the forearm closer to the rear for better leverage? Did any of you find it to be a worthwhile modification? It seems like something that would be easy to build into the design of a custom stock.
 
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