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It was made in 1984. Today, Sheridan is owned by the Crosman air gun Company.
It is a Benjamin Air rifle. Benjamin Franklin is just a quote printed on the side.Mgf 1968-92the age of your model 342 Benjamin air rifle can be found on crosman's website, but I have saved you the trouble:RIFLE Models: 340, 342, and 347YearStarting Serial NumberEnding Serial Number1968T1000T55291969T5530T613521970T61353T902631971T90264T1139661972T113967T1495341973T149535T1809391974T180940T2104991975T210450T2476511976T247652T2783991977T278400T2982411978T298242T3266991979T326700T3595681980T359569T3795001981T379501T4263051982T426305T430000 &UP
Sheridan has somewhat of a murky past. The company started in 1945. The silver streak was made from 1949-1990. In 1972 Sheridan started serializing their air rifles, starting with #000000. in 1977 Benjamin air gun company bought out Sheridan. in 1992 Crosman bought out Benjamin. Today Crosman owns all three companies. So if your air rifles has a serial number, it was made after 1977. I found a list of serial numbers for Sheridan on the Crosman web site but they only go up to (#437801) that were made in 1985. So yours was made sometime after 1985.
CROSMAN MARK II The first Variant was made between 1966--1980 Second Variant (Without adjustable power) 1981-- 1986
It was made between 1968 to 1986. It is a .22 caliber rifle. If you want the owners manual for this rifle see the link below. Crosman owns and makes Benjamin and Sheridan rifles.
Your best answer should come from the manufacturer's customer service. Today Crosman Corp owns both the Sheridan and Benjamin line of air rifles. See the link below
this rifle was made by Crosman for Sears under the JC Higgins brand name. It's really a Crosman model 166. Originally it was the HAHN repeater but Crosman bought out Hahn and continued the model as a model 166 for Crosman 1958-1971. See the link below for the Owners Manual.
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The Benjamin Sheridan C9A was made between 1993 and 1998. the company is owned by Crosman. From 1998 to 2000 the 20 cal was named Sheridan and the .177 & .22 cal were called Benjamin. Originally Benjamin, Sheridan and Crosman were 3 different companies. Crosman now owns all 3. At one point The Benjamin was called a "Benjamin Franklin" as a marketing ploy. Trying to follow these name can really get confusing at times.
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