sounds like a gs397 or variant of it
has it the soldered valve type trigger assembly and made in racine or is it the later one
Trying to find anything out about this odd one. Bought off a member on here about 18 months ago.
Co2 bolt action. 177 pellet. Chromed action, very similar to a silver streak but Co2 and. 177.
Not in the blue book 10th. Edition, Google blanks.
Even a year of manufacture would be nice.
Dave
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sounds like a gs397 or variant of it
has it the soldered valve type trigger assembly and made in racine or is it the later one
Sounds like a Benjamin 397G to me, possibly with a pentagon F marking.
I'll have a look, it's packed away now ready for the bash. There's some dot matrix punched text at the muzzle end, but the rest is rolled at the rear.
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the gs which is the nickel finish was only made 91-94 according to Benjamin dating
Thanks guys.
Dave
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Nice rifles.
I have two in .22.
One has been converted to air -allegedly by Steve Harper.
Works fine but I only fill it to 1000 for obvious reasons!
Both of mine shoot well and hit what I aim at.
But I can’t recall doing a target with them.
One has the Williams peep sight which I can see through ok, but open sights work well for me too.
But then I am short sighted so I don’t have normal age related focusing problems.
I agree with gingernut, they are nice little rifles -- low on power but great for plinking.
Mine have the bright nickel finish which is,as you say, a bit snazzy but it is very durable and easy to keep clean and shiny.
They were available with a blacked finish but I have never seen one in the UK
On the off chance that anyone reading this thread has 392G serial number V097780 and wants to sell it could they please let me know as I have V097778 & V097779 and it would make a nice addition to my collection.
It's given a stella can a good wacking this morning.
Dave
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