

- #Sheridan silver streak serial numbers serial numbers#
- #Sheridan silver streak serial numbers serial number#
I also know that production for the 39x and C9 series guns started Feb. So we add one number to those to start 1986.
#Sheridan silver streak serial numbers serial numbers#
The known recorded serial numbers for benjamin and sheridan rifles end with the end of 1985. and the more data points we can put in the known category, the closer our extrapolations will represent reality. Ok, so what I've done is taken what is known and then extrapolated to estimate what is not known. If you are reading this post well after it was posted, and want to contribute you can send me a pm so i'm putting my OCD efforts into the next time period. a similar thing has been done already for the pre-85 sheridans. making a timeline for when and what all of the changes were that took place between 85 and 95. Ok, so this is an example of the type of information i'm putting together. The owners manual that came with my gun is stamped 6-90 on the front so it dates at least to mid 1990.
#Sheridan silver streak serial numbers serial number#
So far I've only seen one other Benjamin, a 347 with an even more recent serial number (260xxx) and it has the same bolt as my gun except on that gun, the bolt is black and not chrome like mine.

On my 397, the probe is skinny allowing the air to go around the probe instead of through it. 22 cal diameter and is hollow, so i looks like the air is supposed to go through the center of the bolt. C9 guns (pear shaped) as well However, one difference between the bolt on my 342 and that on my early racine 397 is the probe.

This distinction carried through at least with the Racine made 39x (ball shaped) vs. At some point they changed the bolt from the traditional benjamin shaped bolt - which looks like the bolt was just bent 90 degrees, to the chrome sheridan shaped bolt, in which the turn down is more abrupt and looks machined.įor example, my benjamin 342 serial number 250193 has a sheridan shaped bolt - except that the end of the bolt is a more distinct "ball" shape, whereas the sheridan bolt terminated in a more gradual pear shape. Also, with the Benjamins, let me know which version bolt your gun has. Let me know if you have a benjamin 342 or 347 with a serial number greater than 178000 with no letter prefix, and same thing as above, any date reference you can provide.ģ. let me know if you have a sheridan C serial number greater than 460000 - especially if you happened to have bought it new or know when it was bought or if you have the original manual with the date stamp on the front page or any other reference point for it.Ģ.
