benjamin sheridan blue streak repair manual

The 39X guns initially got either an N or an I prefix interchangeably ( I haven't yet been able to figure out why they would alternate between the two). When production started back up in 1991, the revived the letter prefix for the benjamin line.

This went through the end of the 342/247 production in 1990. That is until 1982 when they restarted their serial numbers and without a letter prefix. The transition from P to PA happened in 1994-1995, so some early PAs could have the soldered valve.īenjamin guns traditionally had a letter prefix. So almost all 'P's will have the soldered valve. This 'pretty much' kind of coincides with the P / PA designation. They are often pawn shop or gun shop owners who just get these guns in they don't know any more about them than any other random person usually.Īll benjamin and sheridan guns from 1991 until mid 1995 had the soldered valve. You can't put ANY faith whatsoever in any information that comes from the seller in a gun auction. The Benjamin 342/347 was made up through 1990, after which they were replaced with the 397/392. (I could go into more detail if you still don't believe me, but I'll stop here for now). Based on your serial number and the Benjamin Sheridan Corp stamp, I believe that it was made in early 1993. Any gun that is a 397P with a Racine stamp has to have been made between 19. 1991 until november 1993, at which point all of the manufacturing equipment was moved to new york where manufacturing resumed January 1994.

The 397P (along with 392P, C9, etc, etc) was introduced in 1991. Wait, what? did you not like my answer to this same question in your previous thread ?

Benjamin sheridan blue streak repair manual