Page 2 - Benjamin Kratos Reviews

Like pretty much everything. The ergonomics could not be better. This thing fits me like a glove. The accuracy is maybe a little better than expected.

While the stock is beautiful, it almost feels unfinished. I am considering adding something to it. The owners manual definitely needs help. Crosman/Benjamin obviously spared every expense when producing it. At first look it appears substantial. Then you discover it is written in six languages. It contains only three pages of on the gun and a page of warranty information. Most of the gun pages are filled with safety messages that any air gunner already knows. It contains very little useable information on the gun. I recommend YouTube!

My gun has a sweet spot in the pressure range. From 3000 to around 2500 psi the accuracy was what I would considered good. (3/4 To 1 inch) Somewhere around 2500 psi the pattern tightened up. From 2500 to 1500 psi this thing is a one hole shooter. The sound level was was reasonable but I added a DonnyFL Ronin and brought it down more. I is not quite mouse fart level but definitely backyard friendly. I am elated with my purchase!

Beautiful wood. 480 cc bottle. Quiet report. Nicely balanced in hand. Adjustable power. Hard hitting.

The first stage of the trigger's travel has a minor bit of creep. I currently only have about 600 pellets through it, so I suspect it will smooth out more with use.

I'm very pleased with this air rifle. The wood is gorgeous. It was dry when I first received it, so I wiped it down with some orange oil wood polish, and that did the trick. It is very well balanced in hand, and the side lever action is a joy to use. The two features I like the best are the power adjuster and the 480 cc bottle. The power adjuster actually works. I have it set on low power for target practice in the garage, and it throws 14.3 grain pellets at roughly 550 fps. Yet when I turn it all the way up, it propels 18 grain pellets at nearly 930 fps. And those are just the high and low power settings. You can also adjust it anywhere in between. As for the bottle, I couldn't be happier. It supplies 55-60 good shots on high power; however, on low, it provides over 150! To refill, I use a Benjamin handpump. If I shoot the gun all the way down to 1500 psi, it takes about 180 pumps to refill. That's not bad, but I rarely shoot it down that low. Bottom line: Highly recommended!

Fit and finish for the money that is paid. It is a sub MOA shooter for me with the FX .25 pellets and the H & N Hunter Extreme. I get 900fps with the 25.4 grain pellets. I'm in love with it, all I need now is a future release of a regulator for this beast.

(mod) adjust the trigger to pull under 2 lbs.

Nothing more to say

I have the .25 caliber version. Nice air gun overall! Nice stock, large air cylinder, adjustable power and the trigger is easy to upgrade and polish internal parts. Accurate using JSB, FX and H&N pellets, 25-33 gr. Pressure gauge is well placed, attached fill port, metal trigger guard.

Longer barrel, a little quieter, ability so shoot slugs better, use a rotary mag (like Hatsan or Edgun) , offer in 30 caliber. Shroud attaches to the barrel with 2 very small grub screws which came lose w/in 25 shots (needs bigger/better attachment screws). More informative manual.

At first it didn't shot one hole groups (close) but with time it became better. I thoroughly cleaned the barrel and worked on the trigger. The gun shoot well with JSB Diabolo type pellets. The stock is very nice and looks better with a Tru-oil finish. I ordered slugs both from Neilson and another vender, neither shot well at all. Tried at least 5 different slugs and weights -none were good. Trigger parts are easy to get to, and easy to polish. Gun came packaged very well with all the parts/tools you may need. Nice air gun, decent price, you will not be disappointed.

Mine is the .25 caliber. Shoots very well at 50 yards. I liked the 3000 psi fill pressure ( I'm still in the scuba world for charging my pcp's) Really like the side lever action, no jams after 500 rounds through the rifle. The trigger break is pretty good.

My biggest gripe is the location of the fill probe. The tip of the male foster fitting is 1/2" +/- inside the stock next to the pressure gauge. If you have adult male fingers its not easy to connect and disconnect your hose. This is the hardest pcp rifle I own to make air connections. I own several Marauders and the magazine on the Kratos works 180 degrees from the Marauder which means that the magazine sides in circle side first and ends up on the left side. This makes bottom of scope needing to be above 1/2" from the top of magazine circle to clear. I also had to remove my parallax wheel on my scope because it was hitting the circle side of the magazine. The finish on the Kratos is not quite like the picture, there must be a lacquer shortage in Turkey.

I've shot a can of the FX 25.4 gr. pellets and a can of the H&N Baracuda 31.02 gr. pellets both are holding very good groups at 50 yards. If you get the Kratos make sure you get high scope rings.

Good looking tack driver

Received with just under 2,600 psi. On first attempt to fill The compressor shut off at 3000 psi and rifle went to 2,900 and as I disconnected rifle went to 2,650. Retried and again rifle went back to 2,650 psi.

It came with 3000 psi and it rained for 4 days and it stayed at 3000 before i got to shoot it, mags are easy to load, has a place to mount a bipod,tigger to me was good right out of the box,the side lever is smooth to cock i really liked it,

The price and i wished it was in semi-auto.

Clean the barrel mine was dirty,mine likes the JSB s 18.13 grain got hole in hole at 40 yrds to me its backyard frienly i used my Marauders fill value to fill it ,i got 72 shots and it still had 1700 psi left but i refilled it each time.If you can i would get one and if you dont have the money like me .use Affirm finance no money down you get a month before your payment is due and you get your gun in 3 days when you order .

Just received my gun yesterday and after scoping it up I went to the shooting bench and loaded it with FX 18.1 grain pellets and got it zeroed in with the first 12 round mag and shot it for a group on the third magazine and man what a shooter, I shot all 12 shots in one ragged hole that a nickel would easily cover!! Not sure but the JBS jumbo heavy Diabolo 18.13 grain pellets look just like the FX so I tried those but not so tight so I will definitely stick with the FX.

The air fill attachment if kinda difficult to get on and off also I would like to have seen a little better finish on the stock.

I like everything about this air rifle. The wood is GORGEOUS. Excellent fit and finish. 50 yard accuracy is a tack driving machine using JSB 18 gr and pretty darn nice at 50 yards using NSA .217 HS-HP slugs at 24.8 gr The rifle feels perfectly balanced for off hand shooting and bench resting it feels like it was made for it. VERY QUIET in the .22 cal. So far I am liking this thing very much. Cocking is super smooth and easy. Shroud feels stiffer than the marauders shroud with less flex if touched. Outstanding shot count too!!

I received my kratos yesterday, bought direct from Crosman and shot almost 500 JSB 18s through it and about half a box of the NSA slugs through it. So far I have not found anything about it I would change. I was initially off put by hearing it was not going to be made in the USA, but whoever put it together in Turkbenjistan did an excellent job and I have no complaints so far.

Not American made, but very very very nice quality. Beautiful wood, powerful and accurate. Stock up on ammo because this thing gets a TON OF SHOTS on a single fill. I think i am getting almost 50 shots before it seems to start losing steam at 50 yards. Seriously you will burn through a 500 count can of JSBs in no time. Groups with JSBs have been about 1/2 inch at 50 and the NSAs are doing about an inch maybe 3/4 inch for 5 shot groups. Buy one of these, you will love it.