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So if you are looking at an auction, you can quickly tell whether you are looking at an H9 or an H9A by the frame. The primary initial change was that crosman switched back to the H frame for all the pistols. In 1994, when production was moved to NY, the pump pistols series changed to H9A. The H9 pump handle is square, while the H pump handle is tapered.ģ. So, you can quickly tell the difference between an H and an H9 because the frame is slightly different but the most obvious difference is the pump handle. They used the pump lever/pump tube/piston/valve/sights from the sheridan H, and the pump handle, and frame from the benjamin 24x pistols. 177 cal pump pistol, HB17 would be the black version. The H9 series pistols were offered in both nickel and black finish. The pump pistols became the H9 series, and each caliber got its own model number. In 1991, the separate benjamin and sheridan pistol lines were combined and they took the best features of each line and combined them. The HB pistol was stamped H-series on the left side of the receiver.
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The EB pistol was introduced in 1977 or 1978 ( but you aren't interested in the CO2 it sounds like). The Sheridan HB pump pistol was introduced I think in 1982. The H, H9, and H9A (there is no such thing as an He).ġ. They don't make them like this, anymore.I'm not at home so I don't have my information with me but here is what I can tell you off the top of my head: There are three basic models of "sheridan" pump pistols. I hope to add one of these with a Benjamin or Sheridan label at some point, but this one has found a permanent home. Given my love for all wood and metal pumpers of Sheridan/Benjamin heritage, I value this little gun, highly. The group on the left was shot with Crosman Premiers and the one on the left with R10s. No, it won't compete with my Izzy or my HW75 or LP 10, of course, but my H9A is capable of shooting some nice scores when I do my part. If you can find one of these, regardless of the model designation, you will not be disappointed in its accuracy, though you may have to do some trigger work to get it. Gives me an excellent, clear sight picture, but not so much magnification as to be a big issue for my usual shooting without a rest. Finally settled on a low power pistol scope, this one being a 1 1/2X vintage Redfield. They work, but it didn't take me long to look for other options. The very basic open sights on these H series pistols haven't changed in all these years. Don't have a chrony, so not sure what that means in terms of velocity, but it's enough for target work. Fortunately, for target work, 4 pumps works for 10 meter shooting and it's something I can manage, easily. From what I've read in a manual, the max is 8 pumps, but the only way this gal could get to 8 pumps would be to stick it under a hydraulic press. Pumping effort on these is rather stout, given that short pumping arm. A little polishing work and mine is now down to a comfy two pounds or so.
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The good news is that the trigger on mine was very easy to lighten, just a matter of lifting one arm of the trigger return spring off its peg. It's been money well spent, considering all the shooting pleasure it's given me and, hey, all that pumping makes for good exercise, right? I picked mine up in lightly used condition at a pawn shop, a few years, back, for $40. Still the same basic all wood and metal pump up pistol, nothing fancy, just a solid, dependable shooter. It's my Bloomfield Crosman H9A in 177, though this model's lineage dates back many years into the Sheridan and Benjamin era and went under a variety of model designations, HB, H17 and so on. That and this is another Sheridan/Benjamin/Crosman pumper, so what's not to like? Don't often see posts on this gun and, what the heck, figured we could always use another pistol thread.