Sheridan Silver Streak
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Bought my Silverstreak in 1979 at age 13 paid about $60. Was a great pellet gun with incredible accuracy. Lost track of it over the years but rediscovered it in my mother’s attic when I age 43. Rebuilt the cylinders and the damn thing shoots like brand new!
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I'm not the best shot, but I hit what I aimed at with my Williams peeped Blue Streak and Silver Streak. They were very easy to shoot accurately, and really reliable.
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If at some point they had just introduced a Model D, (I think they actually had a pistol by that name), and just added dovetails to the receiver and a stock like the one on the Crosman 140 with a buttplate and a matching forearm that didn't run the full length of the gun they'd probably still be around. I know they were swallowed up by Benjamin and then Crosman, but had they made even token efforts at modernizing the design they probably wouldn't have ended up like Oldsmobile.
And that forearm has always been weird and ugly.
And that forearm has always been weird and ugly.
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But a Stutzen stock is one piece, slim and tapered. If Sheridan had made their stocks like that then I would agree with you. Instead, the grain and even the stain are usually mismatched, there's a large gap between the two, the contours don't match and it's weirdly bulbous.
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I think the 77A was a awesome looking rifle. It also is very accurate, and showed some innovative ideas.
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I had to look that up to know what it was. That's exactly what the special edition Crosman should have looked like.
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Mannlicher/stutzen style stock on a sheridan is a really good idea! I might have to try that. Steve Corcoran did some 392 stocks that look kinda like that.
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I've owned several Sheridan's. Blue & Silver streaks, and a model A that I customized.
Sold those, but won't sell my customized 1400. Easy to pump, and shoots about the same velocity as the Sheridan's, AND it's .22 cal.
What ever floats your boat is what really matters.
Sold those, but won't sell my customized 1400. Easy to pump, and shoots about the same velocity as the Sheridan's, AND it's .22 cal.
What ever floats your boat is what really matters.
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