Need help identifiying this gat.

am112290 · 06-17-2005, 11:15 PM

My friend's friend has a old Sheridan gun. It says Benjamin-Sheridan and it says Racine, WI. It has a serial number under
500.
Specs:
No trigger guard
The Safety is just a notch that the bolt pin slides up into
It has a rear screw in for Co2
semi auto. Thought it was bolt-action when i saw it.
Any ideas of what this gun is and how much it would be worth cuz i mite buy it

pfizerreg (Banned) · 06-22-2005, 11:00 AM

sounds like a VM-68 to me.

Uranus · 07-17-2005, 02:40 PM

Does sound like A VM. Get us a pic, well know for sure.

crunchy kittens · 09-21-2005, 02:41 PM

VM-68 Magnum.

it has a bit of steel braided hose running along the left side right?

if it works ok and seems to be in good condintion i'd say it's worth 70ish.

Snowdawgy · 09-26-2005, 09:41 AM

if it is all steel it is probably a PMI 3 the original that came out before it became known as a VM 68

amhildreth · 09-29-2005, 05:40 AM

If it's one of the VM series, it would have a horizontal ASA under the barrel, a Magnum would look more like the photos above. With a rear ASA, could it possibly be an Equalizer? Pics of it would be far more helpful.

**Pump Scout** · 10-03-2005, 03:04 PM

Nope, Equalizers had no external moving parts. If the bolt slot is only on the left side, it's definitely a PMI-3. Same gun, different marketing name. If it can take two tanks (one under the barrel, one off the back of the body), it's either a VM-68 Magnum, or a PMI-3/VM-68 with a dual-bottle setup. If it can only run backbottle, it's not a Magnum. The Magnums came with a longer barrel, were all black, and had thumbscrews all over instead of allen-heads, and a sightrail

PMI-3/VM-68s seem to go for anywhere from $50-$100, depending on condition. Honestly, I still miss mine. Those date back to the days when men were men, and guns weighed in around 14lb... just because of the volume of CO2!