Sheridan pellet gun
Hi all! One of the few things I ever got from my late grandfather was this old pellet gun and an empty bottle of booze. Needless to say, I have zero emotional attachment to this. Anyways, I know nothing about this so my questions are; how old is this, what caliber is this (.177 or .22?), what is it worth and who wants to buy it??!! It is in pretty good shape as you can see. I dont know if it shoots or not as I have no pellets and dont know what caliber it is. The only engravings on this are on one side it says "Sheridan Products, Inc. Racine, WI" and on the other side it says "Silver Streak". There is no serial numbers. Let me know what you think fellas!--hopefully this pic link works http://profile.imageshack.us/user/steelguyshaun
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I am no expert. But on mine a 1967 next to "Blue Streak" is 5mm.
Or 20 cal so there is 3 calibers it could be.
Measure the barrel or try to drop a 177 pellet down it to narrow the possibility's. .177 vs .20 vs .220 -
I don't think Sheridans of that era were made in any caliber except 5mm. My Blue Streak was a very fine pump gun. Can't imagine what led me to sell it. 0 -
Thanks. Any idea of value or year? There are no caliber or S/N markings and between the hold down safety and different sight it is quite different from any one that is currently or formerly listed on GB. 0 -
I may still have the owners manual. I need to reprint it.
The 6 pumps to shoot through a 2x4 and 60 to shoot through a telephone pole.
There must be the address to Superman in it, as no one can pump one 60 times.0 -
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Of course the instructions caution against pumping a Sheridan more than six strokes. They said, as I recall, that a strong arm could blow the seals right out of the gun.
The grammar school wisdom was that if you pumped a Benjamin Pump 22 strokes, it would be as powerful as a .22 Short. The Sheridan was not well known at the time.0 -
Just paid $90 for a used Sheridan Blue Streak. Very accurate guns, can drop a squirrel at 45 yards. Caliber is 5mm (.20 cal) should be marked on left side of action about 1 inch in front of the safety. 0 -
Older Sheridans were made only in 5MM cal. 10 pumps max. is recommended in manual. Bought my Silver Streak new in 1956 and it looks like yours, straight bolt handle used thru 1960. Serial numbers not used until 1972. 0 -
I bought my Blue Streak in about 1960. I sent it back to the factory once in the last 50 years for a "tune-up". Lots of great quality .20 caliber pellets available and many will outshine the Sheridan pellets by a mile as far as accuracy. The "solid" construction of the Sheridan pellets did allowed the tremendous penetration, but the skirts were often irregular and so accuracy was only so-so with those pellets.
If you decide to sell it, be sure to let us know. You might want to get a tin of pellets so you could let folks know how it actually works.
Should help you get top dollar.
Be sure to let us know if you list it.
p.s. Top of tang safety suggests earlier production; I'd guess sometime in the '60's.0
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