What mods are done to the 392? I was thinking about making a flat top piston and valve cap for mine with a little greater internal volume. If my 392 made it into 8-900 fps range especially with 18 jsb pellets id be ecstatic
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Sheridan What is a Sheridan? Really
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To tell the truth I'm not entirely sure. Part of what was done to this one was to replace the forearm lever with a billet forged one and the forearm was then moved about 4" to the rear to make a stronger lever with more leverage. The Steroid tune was what Tim McMurray used to do and likely entailed reworking the transfer port, boring out the chamber and some alteration to the piston. I'm not sure on the exact details, and it's my understanding that you don't really start to see the difference between it and a standard 392 until you get to around 8 pumps or so, and at that point a standard 392 will be peaking while the Steroid modded ones just keep building more power.
I really wanted one of them back around 1999, but I didn't have the funds at the time, but around 6 months ago or so when I saw one on ebay I went ahead and bought it.
I've been on my own little quest now for the past couple of years to try and find the best MPP and that Steroid 392 is the closest I've come to it. If it had better optics mounting capability and a threaded barrel it would be pretty close to ideal.
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To get back to the original question...
I'd never seen one in person until I noticed one on the rack at K-Mart in '78. Ads in Popular Mechanics (maybe) American Rifleman, or National Geographic had piqued my interest. (Someone really needs to document Sheridan's history of advertisement.) I'd had a number of Crosmans by that time, but the Sheridan's higher level of quality sold me on the first one I had hands on. Once it was in my hands it was a week before I could find and buy pellets for it. K-Mart didn't carry them, but a local gun shop did.
Cheers,
J~
I'd never seen one in person until I noticed one on the rack at K-Mart in '78. Ads in Popular Mechanics (maybe) American Rifleman, or National Geographic had piqued my interest. (Someone really needs to document Sheridan's history of advertisement.) I'd had a number of Crosmans by that time, but the Sheridan's higher level of quality sold me on the first one I had hands on. Once it was in my hands it was a week before I could find and buy pellets for it. K-Mart didn't carry them, but a local gun shop did.
Cheers,
J~
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Here is my Blue Streak, my first rifle and a Christmas present after completing the NRA hunter safety course at school as a 13 year old. I whittled away the pump handle to make it look more like a Mannlicher, and a next door neighbor mounted the 5D sight for me. Countless pellets were put through it by me and my brothers target shooting and hunting squirrels, pigeons and rabbits. Sometime in the 70s the seals finally gave out and I rebuilt it. It still works and produces as much power as it ever did. I might take it squirrel hunting this winter just for old times' sake. A great little hunting gun, light, accurate and with enough power for short range hunting of small game.
Chuck
Chuck
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I've got a Vulcan, 3 Bluestreaks and one Silverstreak. I'm not sure what they have in common, but my son took the Webly squirrel hunting, then The Sheridan He never took the Vulcan on another hunt, but brought back squirrels with the Sheridan. If we're in the presence of anyone who hadn't heard it, he says I killed my first squirrel with that gun.
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I was 8 and with him when he bought it ! He got the Sheridan I got a Red Ryder . That was in 1961.......
I might add........I killed a ton of birds "trying" to eat our cherries with that gun ! LOL
I might add........I killed a ton of birds "trying" to eat our cherries with that gun ! LOL
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Having just started reading this thread , my question is what makes .20 so consistently accurate ? I shoot a Sheridan .20 and agree .
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It’s an American idea. Hits the “Sweet Spot” between 177 & 22. A bit heavier for wind tolerance than 177. Flatter trajectory than the heavier 22. It’s an awesome caliber that is sadly overlooked. So much so that pellet selection has become a problem and price is adjusting accordingly.
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I just can't get the idea of a RAW pistol in .20 off my mind (i really really want it ) but then i think of " love shooting SSP " and their is HW75 and another IZH 46 , have an IZH 46 and shoot it often , even over a Morini 162 E.
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It's a case of the last buggy whip manufacturer being the best because they were the last man standing when the market dried up. Unfortunately, .20 is pretty much a dying caliber and the people that shoot it are collectors, enthusiasts or happened to inherit one. Those kinds of people don't buy PBA or hollowpoint pellets, at least not in quantity. They know what works well and that's what they buy, so that's what remains on the market.
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I shoot several HW guns in 20. And in a closet somewhere there is a pair of Blue Sheridans. I know this is a Sheridan thread but I also shoot HW 95, 90, and an LD dual fuel Pistol w/stock. I like the 20 as was said, the heavier than 177 and flatter trajectory than 22 pellets do quite well. Ask a certain squirrel I stopped from eating my strawberries with the LD. Be Well Brothers, Bandito.
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What really perplexes me is that the .20 never took off in the UK. If I were limited to 12 fpe then the .20 would be my caliber of choice. It's as close to ideal for hunting as you can get at that power level.
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In my youth, my new Bluestreak out performed all the pneumatics of the locals, in accuracy, and penetration.
Fifty years later, I was pretty upset to find that after my investment in PCP, that my childhood Bluestreak, out shot both of the PCP rifles hands down.
Fifty years later, I was pretty upset to find that after my investment in PCP, that my childhood Bluestreak, out shot both of the PCP rifles hands down.
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.20 calguy have you heard of anyone setting up a bluestreak with a tube and other conversion goodies for a PCP on that platform? I don't remember anyone? Be Well Brothers, B.
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I'm new on board here, my first post actually, and would like to say that all you that have posted pictures of your rifles are truly blessed people. I too have a couple of Sheridans and just love mine, your various descriptions of the rifle hit the mark spot on. For me the older stuff is better, but then thats just me, I say that about most anything gun related.
Really...A Sheridan is a Sheridan no matter what year it is, great little rifles, and accurate, I'm proud to own a couple, mine are late '60's vintage
Really...A Sheridan is a Sheridan no matter what year it is, great little rifles, and accurate, I'm proud to own a couple, mine are late '60's vintage
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So when did they discontinue the Sheridan 20 cal pellets ? I still have a pack somewhere? Damn.......
When did they discontinue the air rifle itself ?
When did they discontinue the air rifle itself ?
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