Lovely refresh; thank you for sharing. May it give you many years of sterling service and happy memories.
Great assistance from ped.
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Thanks TonyL, it's kept me busy. It's a cheaper hobby than tinkering with cars and takes up less space.
Waiting for a silencer adaptor and barrel scope mount now for some serious garden plinking.
the streak ones i supply don't really fit the benji short barrels as well as the streaks (post 77)
i may have an eb one i can alter to fit
You need website Ped, I didn't know you did these as well. I just ordered one from the auction site.
I was lucky to get a response from here on the wanted section for a mount. I've mounted an old red dot from JS Ramsbottom, it's light and short so it shouldn't put too much pressure on the barrel.
I've also found another project from Kempton Park arms fair. A Benjamin EB20 which is leaking. I'll post some pictures of it stripped, it might be of help to someone wanting to reseal theirs.
It's leaking out the barrel, the piercing pin is wobbly, internal valve seal joining the two halves is squashed as is the original rubber powerlet seal. The two cam plate and cover screw heads were stripped which isn't a problem as you can remove the pellet probe by undoing the lug from inside. Then I drilled the screws out, they needed removing as the bolt probe is a little floppy when closed and the cam can now be adjusted. Finding new screws isn't as easy as I first thought. So far I've spent some time cleaning everything up and polishing the seal mating surfaces. The casting marks are terrible on these guns with a deep groove on the sear, I've smoothed this out and a little grease should help reduce the heavy trigger.
Last edited by ratbuster2240; 21-07-2020 at 01:54 PM.
looks in reasonable condition but looks like your missing the front of the valve unless you didn't lay it out
when you build it up to ensure the valve port lines up with the barrel port the dot at the rear of the valve should be at the 3 o clock position
i still have a few silencer adapters for these i think as well
I've just received a lovely Sheridan Bluestreak. Its shooting well so I don't think I'll need to do much and it has all of it's original finish still on. I've removed the bolt, cleaned and regreased to adjust the cam. While apart I gently cleaned the barrel. Its holding air and dumps all of it with 10 pumps.
I think it's a late 80s model...
2 rivets securing the trigger guard
Drilled and tapped for William's peep
1 Piece bolt handle
Serial 5k+
I found a .22 multipump to add to the .177 and .20. It's a Benjamin 342 made in around 1980 in St Louis. I had seen a few .177's (347) but held out for a .22. It's in good original condition with most of the black finish still present. The owner said he had it from new, it holds air but not for very long and it doesn't look like the valve has been opened up before, so I'm expecting lots of gunk and hardened seals.
The pump arm was creaking when pumping it up and I thought maybe the rivet has had it. It may have a lot of wear because it doesn't look like the gun has had much lubrication. I cleaned a lot of gunk out around around the rivet and let it soak in WD40, then another clean and several drops of Secret Sauce oil has made the creak go away.
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The inlet seal is rock solid and deformed, I'll try a Sheridan inlet seal carrier with a poly seal and it should last another 40 years.
The valve stem seal is also very deformed, the gun may have been over pumped but the owner said he never did go over 8 pumps. I have a spareAS2250 valve stem but it will need slimming down to fit inside the valve spring. It's quite clean inside the cylinder and no usual hardened grease.
Lovely job nice looking gun enjoy
Happy new year! Other than a bit of garden plinking I haven't had much time to play recently but last month I managed to find a 347 to keep the 342 company and a 237 pistol.
It holds air so I just stripped the front and rear down for maintenance. I cleaned the pump tube out, replaced the pump cup seal, lubricated and replaced the two roll pins with solid ones. The hammer, spring and tube got a quick polish and I replaced the hammer spring with a slightly stronger one.
This one was made around late 1980s and hasn't been used much at all. I just lubricated the pivot points as they were bone dry. It's quite accurate but the basic iron sights let it down so I may try a pistol scope. It's producing 4.2 ft-lbs. on max 8 pumps, I think they normally do about 4.5ft lbs in the smaller calibre. I'll put a new pump cup seal on and I should see a small power increase.
Last edited by ratbuster2240; 01-01-2022 at 08:54 PM.
I was very impressed with my brother, he spotted a Benjamin 312 on a film called Mud and sent me a screen shot. The guy was shooting water snakes with it.