Having recently rekindled my half-century love affair with Sheridan pump-rifles by horse-trading for a 70s vintage Blue Streak and a much more recent vintage Sheridan/Benjamin C9A series Silver Streak, thought I'd not only spread a little more Sheridan love (despite there being ample 'round these parts lately), but a related trigger modification that is equally applicable to many guns. Although both Streaks are in excellent condition, the SS wasn't building pressure. Thankfully a buddy reseals Sheridan pumpers, and the SS returned home yesterday, healthy.
The C9A apparently being the last Silver Streak to be walnut stocked and equipped with steel triggers and trigger-guards, it is the last Sheridan/Benjamin that interests me. Come Crosman, they were economized with "walnut-stained hardwood" stocks, and plastic trigger blocks.
But the C9A model being discontinued in 2012, its trigger action reflected the TLP gripping American gun manufacturers at the time (Trigger Liability Paranoia). In other words, a very LAWYERLY trigger action.
The trigger action was laughably heavy, with excessive creep.
Installing a much lighter trigger spring couldn't have been easier. Dealing with the trigger-creep, not so easy. But also not exactly rocket science; especially given I've applied this modification, or variations of it, to several simple triggers to totally transform them. This photo should be pretty self explanatory-
But if not... The #8-32 allen-head sear-adjusting screw SIMPLY adjusts to limit how far the trigger returns forward during cocking, thereby how much the sear engages with the hammer/striker. The screw threads through a small piece of angle-aluminum stock cut to fit into the trigger-guard inletting in the stock, under the trigger-guard itself. With a bit of moly-lube on the sear-engagement surfaces, the trigger now breaks crisply and creep-free at 24 ounces.
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The C9A apparently being the last Silver Streak to be walnut stocked and equipped with steel triggers and trigger-guards, it is the last Sheridan/Benjamin that interests me. Come Crosman, they were economized with "walnut-stained hardwood" stocks, and plastic trigger blocks.
But the C9A model being discontinued in 2012, its trigger action reflected the TLP gripping American gun manufacturers at the time (Trigger Liability Paranoia). In other words, a very LAWYERLY trigger action.
The trigger action was laughably heavy, with excessive creep.Installing a much lighter trigger spring couldn't have been easier. Dealing with the trigger-creep, not so easy. But also not exactly rocket science; especially given I've applied this modification, or variations of it, to several simple triggers to totally transform them. This photo should be pretty self explanatory-
But if not... The #8-32 allen-head sear-adjusting screw SIMPLY adjusts to limit how far the trigger returns forward during cocking, thereby how much the sear engages with the hammer/striker. The screw threads through a small piece of angle-aluminum stock cut to fit into the trigger-guard inletting in the stock, under the trigger-guard itself. With a bit of moly-lube on the sear-engagement surfaces, the trigger now breaks crisply and creep-free at 24 ounces.
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