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Things I liked:I can fit two Benjamin Sheridan 0.22 caliber, with mounted scopes, and still have enough room to fit the 36" cleaning rod, two tins of pellets, some cleaning pads, and a flashlight. The straps will hold the gun in place, even if you accidentally drop it at 4 feet high, and the padding it prevent any high shock from damaging your
... Read MoreThings I liked:I can fit two Benjamin Sheridan 0.22 caliber, with mounted scopes, and still have enough room to fit the 36" cleaning rod, two tins of pellets, some cleaning pads, and a flashlight. The straps will hold the gun in place, even if you accidentally drop it at 4 feet high, and the padding it prevent any high shock from damaging your guns. The scopes settings are not even budged after the drop. The cool thing is, if you're flying to a tournament, this case is approved by the airlines and the Federal Commission for transporting your pellet airguns. Haven't check about the transports of firearms in this yet. Things I would have changed:It's great that the 6 case quick release latches hold everything tightly in place, but it can easily be dislodged from their location. If you're closing the lid down, and one or two of the latches happened to be facing downwards as you close, the latches will pop out of their grooves from their plastic hinges. Another thing that worries me is the hinges themselves. It's made of of plastic. If the latches pops out of the hinges, what happen if the latches don't pop out, but instead, they put the pressure on the hinges and break them on closing impacts.
Another pain in the rear is the carrying handle. The handle doesn't lock in place permanently. The handle can easily pop out of its slots if you add a slight amount of force upwards as the case is laying flat on the ground. What others should know:Just a warning. It's big, its heavy, and it can flatten your feet if you're careful. Quite a few scratches on my shins for moving it up and down from my chest height and accidentally dropped it every now and then because it's heavy. 30 pounds of weight spread all about in a large container, and an added 20 pounds per riffle in the case. You surely build some muscles just carrying it around.
Things I liked:Recommended for all springers. As Crosman indicated for their guns' maintenance, 2 drops in the port every 300 to 400 shots, and the velocity is regained. Normally after 300 shots, you'll can see the velocity drops from the chronos on average about 10 fps. After a drop or two, the original velocity is regained. But over time
... Read MoreThings I liked:Recommended for all springers. As Crosman indicated for their guns' maintenance, 2 drops in the port every 300 to 400 shots, and the velocity is regained. Normally after 300 shots, you'll can see the velocity drops from the chronos on average about 10 fps. After a drop or two, the original velocity is regained. But over time, when the spring is wore down, no matter how much oil you use, the original velocity you first have will no longer be there. That's when the new spring is needed. Things I would have changed:None What others should know:When the oil is used, the first 5 to 10 shots will increase the sound by 15 decibel. Once the oil subsided in the chamber and the barrel after the 10 rounds, the decibel drops again. Imagine a 95 decibel shot going off at 7:30 PM. Yeah, you would duck when you hear it. The neighbors' dogs go crazy after hearing it a few times.
Benjamin Super Streak, Black Finish review entered on 2008-06-04 16:19:52
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Things I liked:Very unique body design to accommodate for both lefty and regular gunner. The gun is designed to fit perfectly for those who are between 5 feet 6 inches to 6 feet in height, either skinny or moderately built. The Center Pointe scope mounted perfectly for the proper eyesight level, holding form, and provides excellent viewing
... Read MoreThings I liked:Very unique body design to accommodate for both lefty and regular gunner. The gun is designed to fit perfectly for those who are between 5 feet 6 inches to 6 feet in height, either skinny or moderately built. The Center Pointe scope mounted perfectly for the proper eyesight level, holding form, and provides excellent viewing needs for the accuracy needed shots.
The gun doesn't require the 200 shots breaking in period. After about 40 rounds of 0.22 Beeman Crow Magnum, the grouping goes from 2 inches, to a 0.25", to a hole-in-hole accuracy at 10 yards (30 feet), up to 20 yards (60 feet). It's still in its first 500 rounds break in, and hopefully, by the 500th shoot, the accuracy will suddenly improve beyond the 25 yards (75 feet) and beyond for all pellets.
The spring doesn't kick like a mule, similar to the hand guns or real sniper rifle, so, holding it lightly to increase the comfort is everything. Even my wife (a size 5 gal, with a 5'8" height) can hold the gun and fire with great comfort. The gun is indeed heavy for those who don't have a lot of upper body strength, but for moderately built individuals can hold that gun with ease without long term discomfort. I run around with it for hours, and only feel a tad tired from all the cocking. Things I would have changed:A silencer or the spring and nozzle would be nice. Shooting it in an urban environment at 06:30 hour or after 19:00 hour can be hair raising for the local neighbor. It's as loud as my Spyder paintball gun with CO2 (around 87 decible). Slap your hand hard, and that's how loud it is, even with the heaviest 0.22 caliber pellet, like the Beeman Kodiak. What others should know:For those who haven't use a springer before, just make a note for yourself to be careful on the first few shots. Rather than taking super accurate shots, heed the words of those who use it before you. Hold it tightly against your shoulder to fire a few rounds, so you can adjust to the kick-back strength of the spring. My wife jumped when she held the gun and shot it for the first time, not knowing how much of a recoil it had. Well, a bump on the cheek indicated to her that she need to held that gun just a tad tighter towards her body, and against her shoulder. If you're weak, or if the gun feels heavy, best to invest in a good bipod, or use your camera tripod and modify it to support your gun. Breathing it incorrectly without support can cause you to miss your target by 2 inches.
The accuracy is something to brag about, after the initial break in of 50 rounds. After 25 grounds, the accuracy increased from a 2" grouping to a 0.15" grouping using the JSP Predator and Beeman Crow Magnum. Passing the 50 round, the accuracy increases from 0.15" to pretty much hole-in-hole.
If you're planning to do any target shooting or pest control, keep the target in range of 20 yards (60 feet). Anything greater than 60 feet within the 500 initial rounds of the gun's life, the accuracy is poor. You have to continually compensate for each type of pellet due to air friction, which in terms brings down the velocity, and arcing starting to occur as the distant increases to the target.
If you're expecting the velocity to reach 1100fps every time for the 0.22" caliber, forget it. I had mobile chronos everywhere every time I shoot. At the best conditions using light pellets will max your velocity at 1020fps. At the worst conditions, your velocity drops to 700fps. Don't be discouraged though. The damage inflicted by the pellet from the gun is phenomenal. Using a Crow Magnum pellet, you will blow a nickle size hole into the body of a large size pigeon at 60 feet mark. You will not see a the deep penetrator pellet any where in the animal's body after impact, like the Predator. I'll report in when I bag the pesky gophers that had been terrorizing my yards for the past few years.
If you're target practicing, be aware that the blunt pellet will penetrate through two of the 1/2 inch cloth drawer/dresser panels at 30 yards (60 feet). It will create a hole in your tree trunk (especially the palm tree) about 1/2 deep. It will put a nice dent in your mortar wall if no protection is used for the wall. It will damage the power transformer on top of the telephone poles if you shoot at it (I didn't do it...). It will kill you, your pets, or anything that stands in front of it within 10 feet if you don't handle the gun properly.
Check the gun for any loose screw. Trust me, it's all loose! Tighten them up before you fire your first shot. When you cock it for the first few hundred rounds, you have to slap it (strike the largest tip end of the barrel just before the front sight) to dislodge the barrel from the forearm wooden housing. Mine was stuck on the first initial load. I had to slapped it at least 5 times to dislodge the barrel housing from the wooden body. After 40 shot, and light slap will do the trick.
The scope is quite accurate. Read the blog about zeroing the scope, and you'll understand it as you play with the scope. You don't need a shimmy to increase or decrease the scope's range, but you may need to if you're unlucky. Mind mounted and zeroed within 10 minutes, after 20 hots. The only pet peeve I have is the locking ring. You can tighten those lock rings down until you turn black and blue, but after 6 shots, the rings are loose. The cross hair is still at the same setting, and the accuracy remains, but the setting can be changed by accident since the lock rings are loosen from the firing.
Hope this info is of help. I just pray that users typed more detail report so others can get the full info before purchasing any thing. This gun is my choice of arsenal for pest control. May be some small game later in the fall, during migration season.
Things I liked:It's an excellent pest management (within the realm of 15 yards, or 45 feet), and awesome infliction of blunt damages to target areas, IF IT HITS THE TARGET!! The extra weight on the pellet increases the addition force of impact. If you're taking a target weights about 50 grams, hit it with a Crow Magnum, when the target gets
... Read MoreThings I liked:It's an excellent pest management (within the realm of 15 yards, or 45 feet), and awesome infliction of blunt damages to target areas, IF IT HITS THE TARGET!! The extra weight on the pellet increases the addition force of impact. If you're taking a target weights about 50 grams, hit it with a Crow Magnum, when the target gets hit, the target will swing about 180 degrees from the hanging axis. If you're hitting with the Kodiak, the target will swing 360 degrees. The kinetic energy is incredible. Things I would have changed:Drop the price per pellet by $0.01 or $0.02, and replace the tin with cheap-hard plastic container with screw top (which is 1/4 the price of the tin itself but with stronger structure to support the pellet during shipping). What others should know:The increase of weight of the pellet not only decrease the overall velocity, as well as increasing the straying of the grouping. Let's compare:
The Beeman Crow-Magnum, within a 20 yards (60 feet) on a calm day (with very light 5 mile per hour wind), can create a 0.05" or hole-in-hole grouping, using the Benjamin Sheridan Super Streak 0.22. Now, load the Kokiak up, you can achieve a 0.5" grouping at 15 yards, 0.25" grouping at 10 yards, and only a hole-in-hole at 5 yards to 7 yards. Anything beyond 15 yards, the stray grouping varies from 1 to 4 inches. It could be due to several factors. The additional weight is not a constant weight at 21 grams. It varies from 19.5 to 22.6 grams. Why? I have no clue. The head of the pellet is not perfectly unison. Out of the 4 tins that I purchased, at least 1/3 of the tins' pellets actually have the conical heads that's shifted about 0.25mm of its central axis. Use a mm laser measuring meter, and a centrifuge machine, you can truly see such discrepancy. The surface of the pellets are very rough. Unlike the Crosman domed pellets, JSB Predator, or even the Benjamin series, the Kodiak is quite pitted or roughed. The poorest part is the skirt. Out of of the 4 tins, if you pooled together, only 1 good tin actually have pellets with skirts that fit perfectly in the bore. That means only 1 out of 4 actually kit well. The Crow-Magnum and Crosman domed are much better. 3 out of 4 actually fit perfectly in the bore during insertion.
Rather than the 1100fps claimed velocity for the Super Streak .22, the Kodiak averages around 530fps during moderate humid days, to 640fps during perfect conditions (with very light wind), chrono-ed 4 feet from the barrel exit. if you chrono 4 feet from the target that's 15 yards away, the velocity decreases to 275 fps for humid days, and 470 fps for perfect days.
I give a 3 overall because of the amount of damage it can cause, but the stray is ridiculous. One of my chronos got damaged heavily after a 23 yard firing test. The stray was close to 5 inches off from the 8"x8" chrono window.
The damage entry wound is exactly the same as the Crow-Magnum (a quarter size). For some reason, regardless of the distant from the live targets, even at 5 yards, there's no exiting wound. Blunt damage actually knock the feral pigeon half a foot horizontally off the power wire 10 yards away before it falls vertically.
If you're using for vermins control, best to purchase the Crow-Magnum within a 30 yards effective range. If you're planning to plan to increase your range to 40 or 45 yards, stick with the Crosman domed for cheap and accurate targeting. JSB is way too expensive, and the hyper velocity type doesn't gain any more velocity or accuracy than the domed one. Stick with moderate weight (between 12 to 14 grams) for that 35 to 45 yards range. For those who claim to go beyond 50 yards with less than 5" grouping, they're lying through their teeth. Some claim to go up to 100 yards or more? Sure...I would like some video feeds on those please. This gun is placed on a tripod, with close to perfect control and minimal of jolting as anyone can rig up.
Things I liked:It's an excellent cost-to-amount per tin for target shooting, pest management (within the realm of 30 yards, or 90 feet), and great damages to targeted areas. Accuracy rivals the JSB Predator. This is not a joke. The cost is two cents cheaper, yet, the damages are of the same, as well as the accuracy. Things I would
... Read MoreThings I liked:It's an excellent cost-to-amount per tin for target shooting, pest management (within the realm of 30 yards, or 90 feet), and great damages to targeted areas. Accuracy rivals the JSB Predator. This is not a joke. The cost is two cents cheaper, yet, the damages are of the same, as well as the accuracy. Things I would have changed:Slightly larger skirt to match the bore of the larger guns. Overall, the pellet is well balanced, and the shipping box, although made out of paper, is three times stronger than the tins that most pellets are shipped in. How about cranking the amount up to 1000 per box? and reduce the cost down to $0.03 a piece. I can't believe how fast I've gone through it. What others should know:If you're planning to get the JSB Predator, how about giving this one a try first. The average speed difference between the Predator and this pellet is less than 2 fps. Think about it. Cost a lot cheaper, and 2 fps difference? Accuracy is practically identical. Here's the breakdown:
The pellet is excellent in knocking targets in a 0.05" or hole-in-hole grouping at 20 yards (60 feet), using the Benjamin Sheridan Super Streak 0.22 caliber. At 15 yards (45 feet), it's hole-in-hole 100% of the time). Rather than the 1100fps claimed velocity, it averages around 910fps during moderate humid days, to 980fps during perfect conditions (with very light wind). We use serveral type of chronos, to test both the pellets at nozzle exit, 4 feet from the nozzle exit, and 3 feet from the target if possible. We've compared it to the Beeman Crow Magnum (with the best grouping of 0.2"), and the Beeman Kodiak (with a 0.55" grouping), and the JSB Predator 0.05" at 20 yards (60 feet). Add a bit of wind (5 to 8 mph), extend the range out to 30 yards (90 feet), and the accuracy goes up to a grouping of 2", with the velocity drastically reduces from 910-980 fps to 620-830 fps. Extend the range up to 40 yards (120 feet), and you get a 4" grouping, in the same condition. Anything beyond 40 yards, good luck in hitting your target no matter how much compensation you do. People always talk about expansion. We use the micrometer to test for the expanded pellet after shooting, both on hard surfaces such as wood, to soft target such as the dead pigeons and sparrows. The total expansion is no more than 10% in humid condition, and 23% in perfect conditions. The resulting damages are unforgiving. Rather than a small exit wound at 20 yards like the Predator, the exit wound is as large as the Beeman Crow-Magnum. The entry wound is about 0.5mm smaller than the Crow-Magnum. Traveling at the speed of the Predator, but damaging like the Crow-Magnum, this is a perfect hybrid for the flying pest management. Can't say the penetration is as effective at 35 to 40 yards out. If you're hunting at this range, you'll kill 60% of the time, while drastically injuring the critters 40%. A pigeon was report dragging its broken wing into the neighbor's house after a shot was made roughly 35 yards away. Scared the neighbor's wife silly.
Things I liked:It's an excellent cost-to-amount per tin for target shooting, pest management (within the realm of 30 yards, or 98 feet), and awesome infliction of blunt damages to target areas. Things I would have changed:Increase the amount of pellet per tin to 500 at least, and drop the price per pellet by $0.01 or $0.02, and replace
... Read MoreThings I liked:It's an excellent cost-to-amount per tin for target shooting, pest management (within the realm of 30 yards, or 98 feet), and awesome infliction of blunt damages to target areas. Things I would have changed:Increase the amount of pellet per tin to 500 at least, and drop the price per pellet by $0.01 or $0.02, and replace the tin with cheap-hard plastic container with screw top (which is 1/4 the price of the tin itself but with stronger structure to support the pellet during shipping). What others should know:If you're pest managing, THIS IS THE BEST TO GO. Pest elimination within a 30 yards (90 feet) max radius on a calm day (with very light 5 mile per hour wind) is perfect and cheap. The trauma inflicted by this pellet is not something to laugh about. Here's the run-down:
The pellet is excellent in knocking targets in a 0.05" or hole-in-hole grouping at 20 yards (60 feet), using the Benjamin Sheridan Super Streak 0.22. Rather than the 1100fps claimed velocity, it averages around 850fps during moderate humid days, to 940fps during perfect conditions (with very light wind). We use serveral type of chronos, to test both the pellets and the gun, which includes the JSP Predator (with the best grouping of 0.05"), and the Beeman Kodiak (with a 0.25" grouping). Add a bit of wind (5 to 8 mph), extend the range out to 30 yards (90 feet), and the accuracy goes up to a grouping of average of 2" or more, with the velocity drastically reduces from 850-940fps to 620-760fps. Extend the range up to 40 yards (120 feet), and you get an average 5" or more grouping, in the same condition. Anything beyond 40 yards, good luck in hitting your target no matter how much compensation you do.
People always talk about expansion. We use the laser micrometer to test for the expanded pellet after shooting, both on hard surfaces such as wood, to soft target such as the dead pigeons and sparrows. The total expansion is no more than 20% in humid condition, and 35% in perfect conditions. But the skirt is a different story. The skirt expands beyond 100% after impacting into the birds' soft bodies. This may be due to the tremendous pressure exerted by the piston from the gun. Comparing to most guns, which exert enough forces to propel the pellet up to 600 fps, the Super Streak exerts the pellet to the speed of 1000 fps, close to twice the pressure level. Because of this, the resulting damages are unforgiving. []
Things I liked:It's a proper cost-to-amount for target shooting, pest management (within the realm of 30 yards, or 90 feet), and excellent infliction of penetration damages to target areas. Things I would have changed:Increase the amount of pellet per tin to 500 at least, and drop the price per pellet by $0.01 or $0.02, replace the
... Read MoreThings I liked:It's a proper cost-to-amount for target shooting, pest management (within the realm of 30 yards, or 90 feet), and excellent infliction of penetration damages to target areas. Things I would have changed:Increase the amount of pellet per tin to 500 at least, and drop the price per pellet by $0.01 or $0.02, replace the tin with cheap-hard plastic container with screw top (which is 1/4 the price of the tin itself but with stronger structure to support the pellet during shipping), and increase the central tip by 0.5mm with a slightly wider filling conical body for an increase of aerodynamic by 45% (I'm a scientist, but work quite closely with engineers on doing both theoretical and live simulations of the pellets) What others should know:The pellet is excellent in knocking targets in a 0.05" or hole-in-hole grouping at 20 yards (60 feet), using the Benjamin Sheridan Super Streak 0.22 caliber. Rather than the 1100fps claimed velocity, it averages around 930fps during moderate humid days, to 1020fps during perfect conditions (with very light wind). We use serveral type of chronos, to test both the pellets and the gun, which includes the Beeman Crow Magnum (with the best grouping of 0.2"), and the Beeman Kodiak (with a 0.55" grouping).
Add a bit of wind (5 to 8 mph), extend the range out to 30 yards (90 feet), and the accuracy goes up to a grouping of 2", with the velocity drastically reduces from 930-1020fps to 700-810fps.
Extend the range up to 40 yards (120 feet), and you get a 4" grouping, in the same condition. Anything beyond 40 yards, good luck in hitting your target no matter how much compensation you do.
People always talk about expansion. We use the micrometer to test for the expanded pellet after shooting, both on hard surfaces such as wood, to soft target such as the dead pigeons and sparrows. The total expansion is no more than 5% in humid condition, and 18% in perfect conditions. But the skirt is a different story. The skirt expands beyond 100% after impacting into the birds' soft bodies. This may be due to the tremendous pressure exerted by the piston from the gun. Comparing to most guns, which exert enough forces to propel the pellet up to 600 fps, the Super Streak exerts the pellet to the speed of 1000 fps, close to twice the pressure level. Because of this, the resulting damages are unforgiving. []
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