Benjamin Sheridan 392 Questions.

[Gundog]

I have wanted one of these since I was a kid I am in my 50's now and still love airguns. Are the ones they sell today as good as the old ones? Can these be made more accurate my mods like trigger etc. I am waiting for a custom PCP to be built and sent and I thought about buying one of these to play with in the mean time. AOA has these for $156.

Mike.

 

[MattChastain]

I read Something from Mac1 saying that the new 392 are not made to the same quality so they no longer sell them with there steroid package. I think they are still a great gun for plinking and who knows maybe you could get lucky and get a real good one. 

 

[ajshoots]

The new guns are sub par compared to the older guns. You still will probably be happy and the new guns should be accurate and function properly, however unlike the old guns these new ones are not going to be heirloom quality and still functioning 50 years from now.

 

[Gundog]

I think I will look for an older used one in that case thanks for the info.

Mike

 

[Guest]

I own a Benjamin 347 which my wife gave to me on our first Christmas together MANY years ago. I installed an OEM Benjamin peep sight and the rifle was shot 5,000 times or so before it began to leak when pumping. I sat it aside for several years, but two years ago I pulled it out and rebuilt it. Another 2,000 rounds later and it still shoots GREAT! 

Last month at the Crosman shoot in Rush, NY I purchased a brand new Benjamin 392. I quickly ordered a Williams peep sight and than began shooting the rifle. It was very rough around the edges with an incredibly crude trigger pull, rough bolt-cocking and binding during the pumping action. After a couple hundred rounds I decided to try to make the entire pumping-cocking-shooting process smoother. All went as planned except I never got the trigger to where I expected it to be, but in all honesty I am not done with it yet. 

At around the 500 shot count my new rifle began to leak air when pumped. So I ordered a rebuild kit from Pyramyd Air and installed it. At that time I polished some of the valve internals and even more time to polish the hammer spring and hammer assembly again. The gun now shoots better than ever; much better than when new. Total shots to date is over 2,000 rounds and counting. To improve the trigger pull I am next going to install a super sear from AoA. Every time I shoot this rifle it reminds me of why I shoot at all - to have fun!

 

[bvan]

I still have a couple old Benjamin 312s, blue streaks, a 397P(chrome plated), and a couple of Crosman 101s in my collection. They all shoot great and if when the seals go bad kits can be bought to get them right back up and shooting. Not sure how durable the newer 392s and 397s are to the old ones.