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Originally Posted by gsxrken
Jeff, always enjoy your posts. My Blue Streak was also circa 1979/1980 and has had more kills than Boromir at the end of the Fellowship of the Rings. It hasn't held a charge in probably 20 years but I couldnt discard it. Its good to hear someone out there can reforge it to former glory. I'm going to reach out to him.
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Timmy Mac is the best. He has a real passion for, and incredibly in-depth knowledge of, all things Benjamin and Sheridan. He'll get you squared away.
It has saddened me to learn that the Sheridan is no more. The Benjamin pneumatic (392 and 397) are not long for this world, either. Tim says the tooling for the .20 caliber barrel wore out and he just could not get a good one anymore, then they got discontinued after a great deal of customer dissatisfaction with them. Now it's just a matter of how much longer the .177 (397) and .22 (392) hold out. Crossman/Benjamin/Sheridan says the old school brass soldered "stacked" construction is just too expensive to produce. What a shame.
I bought one of the last "in stock" 392's that Tim sold several years ago. He now insists that we send him known accurate rifles for modification. It's apparently getting harder and harder to win this "accuracy lottery", with guys on the airgun forums saying it's averaging two or three tries before they find a "keeper". The end is near...
Another thing - as nostalgic and cool as early Sheridans are, Tim says the last generation, wherein the Bluestreak, 397, and 392 are all the same rifle, are superior. I would have to agree. They are kind of club-like and crudely finished, and they no longer have real walnut, but mechanically, they are superior. That said, though, I do like my old Bluestreaks.