Well, I got hella lucky...

[Drunkscriblerian]

So, I've been getting back into paintball recently and I've always loved old Sheridan markers; I had a PGP back in the 90s and it was a super-great backup gun. I always had my eye on finding a P68-SC because I loved the way they looked and handled, but I could never find one for sale even back then. For whatever reason they were hella hard to find. Never been clear on why.

Anyhow, flash forward twenty-some years. I'm having a conversation about paintball with my shift lead (who used to play) and I find out his brother was hardcore into it back in the same time period and still had his old gear. I ask my lead what his brother used to rock and I get a picture that included this gun, in the box you see (along with a lot of other stuff like old web gear, a mask, etc.). Elated, I ask how much his brother might want for the gun. The response I got;

"Seventy five, but he has to take all of it".

Me: "SOLD!"

I mean really; a P68-SC in this shape, with the valve tool and in its original box, for 75 bones?? Yeah, shut up and take my freakin' money.

I finally got the deal done today and damn if this thing ain't gorgeous. I've never seen a Sheridan that was this black before; every one I've ever handled has always been chocolate brown, even the ones I saw back in the 90s. Teenage Me is quite happy. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, but ah well. It's enough that I finally have the gun I wanted.

[Cal440]

Very nice catch 👍

[JeeperCreeper]

What a deal! See it always pays to talk about paintball

[Axel]

Take my money indeed 🤤

May I also say that in addition to fine taste for vintage brass and extraordinary luck, you also have an excellent screen name

[Drunkscriblerian]

Thanks for noticing.

In addition to being into paintball, I'm a writer who likes booze. It seemed appropriate.

[Carp]

Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me. That be a PPS fasst changer...talk about a double score. Geesh, Velcor really smiled upon you.

[Drunkscriblerian]

I checked; the quick-change was made by TASO. Still a dynamite brand, but its not a Palmer's.

[Drunkscriblerian]

Since somebody asked, this is the rest of the stuff I got with the gun. For $75.

Please don't hate me lol

[XEMON]

ho we hate you ... in the best way possible 😋
Welcome to the dark (brassy) side!

[Rusty Brass]

That's a miraculous time capsule kinda deal there. The P68 was a fantastic bargain on its own but throw in the period correct Vents and pack? Unreal.

[Psycho91]

Would you be interested in selling that old mask?

[pintbuster]

old indeed!

[Grendel]

Howler at me in a week (I am out of town) but if you want some Vents stuuf you can have it. We are locall to each other by the way.

[Psycho91]

Hell yeah I'll take it thanks man, been wanting to try to put an old school mask together to play with, if it's safe and the field let's me 😂

[chplnstone]

yep, very, very lucky... while I prefer the pumpstroke of a k-series, the p68sc was imho the best straight-out-of-the-box player's brassgun (some might say the pgp2k had more features but the p68sc just feels better). excellent base for modification, though that finish is too pretty to alter

[Drunkscriblerian]

Beautiful pieces you have there! I especially dig the lever action one, that's just dope.

And yes, agreed on the finish. I bought it with the intent of modding it, but now that I have it in my hands...damn, its pretty just the way it is. I'll probably hunt up a few mods for it (definitely some PMI grips if I can find them), but I think I'll leave the finish as-is and go more for a functional woodsball shooter. There's apparently a legit woodsball field about an hour from where I live so I'd have a place to play with it.

[Super Nova]

what a score indeed

[Drunkscriblerian]

So I'm doing an examination of the P68-SC in preparation for doing some modifications to it and I noticed the grip panels are not a design I've ever seen before; according to the source I bought this gun from these are the original grips. Even in the manual (which came with the gun) the grips are depicted as having a gold circle with an "S" in it. As far as my understanding goes, the latter I mentioned is the standard Sheridan grip medallion from the factory. But obviously that's not what I have here. Can anyone tell me what's up?

Also, the marker doesn't have a model name on the feed tube, just the standard warning label on the left side of it. Every other Sheridan stock class marker I've seen had "= = MODEL = = (X) = =" stamped into the feed tube, and this one doesn't have that. Were P68-SCs not labeled like the other P-series guns were?

[Ecapnation]

Yours is likely a very late model p68

[Drunkscriblerian]

@Ecapnation: That would explain why its in the shape its in. Apparently the original owner stopped playing in the early 2000s, put his gear in his closet and left it until I bought it.

[Drunkscriblerian]

@XEMON: Yeah that grip designation confused me a bit. I know Sheridan made pellet guns but I thought Crosman bought the Benjamin half of the business in the 80s. Could be my personal timeline is off.