Sheridan Steroid Pumpers - Sheridan Benjamin Crosman

[cvarcher]

I like my sheridans just the way they were made. I could say I never wounded anything either with them. I had a Daystate Sportsmen side cocking pumper in 22cal and a Sharp ace Hunter. When the smoke cleared the winner was the Sharp Ace Hunter in 22cal. 4 pumps does 600fps and it does 850 at 8 mpumps with a 14.3 gr pellet. Accuracy was match tight. The daystate I kept hitting my knuckles with that sidearm contraption. But build quality on it was superb too.

 

[RANGER94]

A lil off topic but- how long can you keep these pumped? For example hunting in the woods? Part Deux - what is the maximum they can be pumped?

 

[cvarcher]

Well you store the gun when not using it with 1-2 pumps to seal out dirt .Dont leave the bolt cocked, just pump it once or twice. While hunting you can charge the gun and leave it charged all day. again dont cock the bolt because you dont want to fatigue the mainspring .You can cock it and load the gun like this for at least an hour without harm but if more time than that ID not cock it and cock and load when game is sighted. Max charge on a Sheridan is 8 pumps according to factory manual but 10 ultra max will yeild a bit more power with some residual air staying in the compression chamber. For that you just recock the bolt and shoot out the residual air.

 

[3Crows]

A lil off topic but- how long can you keep these pumped? For example hunting in the woods? Part Deux - what is the maximum they can be pumped?

As stated, these rifles are typically stored with pressure just like a PCP. The answer is forever, essentially. I keep about 4 pumps on stock C140 and the B392 and 5 to 6 pumps on my 392 Steroid per instructions.