Page 6 - Benjamin Trail NP Pistol Reviews

I can't say Well built or the problems mentioned below would not be present... I can say it is Sturdy and Powerful.. In spite of its problems it's a great value for the price..

When I bought the gun there was only 5 reviews and most not good, I knew this going in.. That said the trigger is the worst trigger of any air gun, it makes all other horrible Benjamin Triggers feel perfect... It's so bad that it seems it was intentional.. Next The Sites: This gun must not have been shot as a prototype to fix glaring problems, at 30 feet the gun shoot 5 inches low.. not enough adjustment on the rear site to bring it up to get right on the Target. Needs longer screw in rear site to get accurate shots.. Forget screwing around with the sites and put a Scope on it.. you will love it..

Put a Scope on it.. I put a cheap Center Point scope on it the same one that came with my Benjamin Titan GP.. except for the trigger being awful I am having a ball with this gun now.. I'm putting pellets in a one inch group at 30'.. I can't wait for a trigger fix to come out..

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Well-made w/ a comfortable grip. Very quiet. I'm very glad that I bought this. I was planning to put a scope on it, but, the iron sights are just fine. I have killed starlings w/ this pistol @ over 50 yds w/ Crosman & Gamo lead pellets :)

Can't think of anything.

Definitely need to use the muzzle brake as a cocking device--extra length gives the needed leverage in order to cock the pistol... The Nitro-Piston is pretty strong. I was going to leave the brake off of it, but, not such a good idea...

Powerful, looks great!! Nitro piston makes for quiet shooting. And Pyramyd's fast delivery!! Had to have it to go along with my Benjamin Trail NP XL 1500 .177 air rifle I've had for over a year now!!

Nothing at this point.

Just leave the barrel extender on - this is for leverage in cocking the gun...also looks good and doesn't bother performance. Great break barrel air pistol!!

Recent reviews I saw before buying this suggested a bad set of sights, the front set too high and not able to adjust the back to sight it. The pistol I received had to be set in the lower to middle, depending on 20 to 30 foot distance. The cocking mech is fairly easy. Have not tried firing with the mech in place yet.

Reasonably priced seems to be a decent pistol.

I fired this about 8 times and would not cock had to re-adjust the trigger stop, it had become out of adjustment already.

very hard to cock although this is my first nito piston but have to bang it across mythigh to just get it to start to open.

It's the first NP Air Pistol...

People talking about how it shoots too low...are correct! It even looks like it has barrel droop in the pictures! Look at it! lol You want to adjust the elevation but you max out the elevation screw! What' is up with that? Really weird huh! Doesn't anybody talk to these guy's that engineer these things? It's like "Hey Ralph people are saying it shoots too low, I think you have your calculations wrong, Didn't you flunk math?" lol

80 bucks...ok it shoots pretty good when you figure out how much you have to compensate for the shot...but should you really have too? I mean I have a 40 dollar Beeman 17 that shoots way better than this and you can adjust the elevation on the sight...also it's a country mile to pull the trigger...I have to think about this one I might have to take it back...also plan on buying a tin of cheap pellets for the break in period...the manual says 250 shots....i say 500 before you start seeing any good accuracy...I wish it worked out for me...I still love you PA lol

Good value. Pretty accurate. Fun to shoot.

Can't expect too much more for the price.

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great powerfull .177 caliber gun for terget shooting in a 50 ~ 70 ft range. Still trying to zero the sights, but the pattern it produces is on a 3 inches radius. I recommend this Benjamin and would like to purchase the Rifle too but in .22 caliber.

Well made and quite accurate

The cocking effort is high and if you try to do it without the assist is difficult for me. Part of the problem without the assist is that front sight pushes into the palm of the hand and plain hurts. I'm going to try also to use a piece of plastic pipe, 3/4" ID, a bit longer than the assist to see how that works.

The trigger fix described previously really works and hopefully will not affect safety. What a simple solution for a usually difficult one to fix. Mount a dot scope on this gun and it's awsome. Accuracy doesn't appear to a problem for my gun. Try it! A very good value.

Very accurate. Cocking effort is reasonable.

The trigger. I am sure an after market replacement will come for this.

The gun shoots low, very low, with the open sights. A red dot mounted on it will allow you to drive tacks.

For the price this is a decent pistol. I had to get a longer machine screw for the sights in order to zero it. It has good power and it is accurate when I do my part.

Rectify the sighting problem and design a cocking assist that can be left on while shooting. The grips are clunky and rough also.

This has the potential to be a great pistol with a few changes.

Price, quiet, accurate, finished nicely.

Make it a little lighter.

every thing except trigger and sights.

The trigger is not good, but fixable. you only need to pay 40cents to change the screw on trigger.

the OEM screw is M3,5/16 inch,just buy a M3,8/16 inch screw, cut to 6.5/16, then the trigger will be perfect and the tiggger saft function will remain.

I sent it back! The gun was highly inaccurate. What good is a gun that won't hold a pattern? It also had so little power that it would not break paper target at 18 yards. Pretty bad!

Very smooth feel....cocking & shooting. Fun to shoot. Sights are pretty nice & easy to use. A good plinker.

The trigger is horrible... long hard pull with plenty of creep. The video review said "single stage, 5lb pull, adjustable".... not true. The adjustment does almost nothing to shorten the pull or the weight of the pull.

Considering the low price, even with the trigger, it is a goodbuy & again, plenty of fun.

Well made, good power in small package.

Hole for scope stop pin. Integrated muzzle brake/sight/cocking assist. Round edges on grip - rather sharp and unpleasant to grip after a while.

I'm still evaluating accuracy. At 5 yards, not bad. Ten yards leaves something to be desired, but it may just be me and not finding the best pellet for the gun. I removed the front site and mounted a 15mm solid steel brake for a cocking assist. NcStar scope used instead of open sights. Overall I'm pretty satisfied, but I would not call it a tack driver (yet).

The value, price is good. Pistol is well made. I like the Nitro piston part, will see how long it lasts.

The trigger is long and heavy on both stages. Something about the handle angle is different.

I believe the accuracy is in the shooter. Will take time to get use to trigger pull. You will need to use the extension for cocking. I recommend you purchase one.

Easy to cock barrel and shoot for extended periods of time. Good velocity and accuracy. Adjustable trigger is a nice feature. Well made air pistol.

gun is built solid has a hefty look and feel to it.Doesnt feel cheapat all!

make the cocking handle accurate to shoot accurately while on it.

putting the handle on makes it shoot lower.I use the end of the handle to cock it instead of putting it on and then removing it on.Also as with any rifled weapon it needs a breaking period before achieving accuracy.Dont give up on it, its a good shooter buy a cheap tin of pellets and shoot the tin by the end of that tin u will be getting great accuracy.