Benjamin Trail Elite Reviews

A very accurate, quiet, easy to cock air rifle. This is my second and I would not hesitate to recommend this to those who are looking for a great gun to control pests or teach marksmanship basics.

This gun would benefit from a better trigger. On the internet, there are options that will solve this problem with minimum cost or skill level.

Pyramyd Air had this delivered to my door within four days of receiving my order.

Great gun for the price range. Been busting the heck out of varmits and other pests on my property. Super quiet, trigger was easy to adjust(mine required very little adjustment), very accurate for a piston powered rifle.

Scope was junk, came with a 3-9x32 fixed objective. For this price though its not an issue, I put a $69 Center Point 4-16x40 AO on it and works fine.

Its a great pesting and small game gun. I would go with the wood stock instead of the synthetic though because the wood stocks seem to dampen the vibration generated by the piston better. But the Elite piston design feels like it has taken some of that out internaly so either way its a great shooter.

Luv the fact that the Elite series have threaded barrels..i always mod my rifles out and this line up is pretty awesome. I have the .177, .22 and .25 cal Once dialed in with the correct scope and pellets..forget about it! These rifles are consistent.

Everyone seems to bark about the trigger..well..quit complaining and put yiur big boy pants on and modify to your liking.. Simple solutions that make these rifles what YOU want is the way to go.

Wish we could post pics

Love the looks and the way the gun felt when shouldered and balanced well.

Trigger

I really liked the gun but....I purchased two of these guns and had to send them both back. The first one something inside the safety broke so the safety lever just flopped back and forth and did nothing. The second one was sent back because it was grouping well, then suddenly stopped and shots were sporadic. I called tech support and they said to send the whole gun back, so I did and just asked for a refund.

The feel of it overall, well balance weight. Amazed on how quite it is for a piston shoot!!

Nothing at all.

This Nitro Piston is smooth " and yes the more you brake it in the smoother it gets and quieter".

Love the rifle, hate the stock scope.

Absolutely must change the scope. The scope that comes with the rifle is just window dressing. Do yourself a favor, skip the aggravation and spend an extra $80. and get a real scope.

Buy from Pyramyd Air because their sales and customer service personnel are terrific!!!

I like how accurate this thing is dime size patters at 50 yards. its very light, trigger pull is just right. very strong

scope

do not dry fire it will break the first time every time.

Operated GREAT for first 50-100 shots

Punched bore after 100-150 shots w/ dry cloth and rifle puked th bed...

Check EVERY mounting screw on stock+ scope EVERY 50 shots,...QC is garbage.

Took it straight out of the box cleaned the barrel with JB bore cleaner and shoots like a dream.. 1 inch groups at 20 yards

Nothing

Clean the barrel as soon as you get one... you will be amazed...

Love having the pistol grip and integral suppressor. Fairly light and the cocking effort is nice(was 30-35lbs fresh out of the box, now is about the listed 28). The two stage trigger was spot on right out of the box so I didn't have to adjust it at all.

The scope isn't bad for breaking it in and getting it calmed down, but ultimately the stock scope could be a little better. Maybe switch to a 4-16x32 scope with adjustable objective for stock. It would be worth spending a few extra bucks on it.

Love this gun. Even though I'm an inexperienced shooter, this has great power for the price. Great groupings(being inexperienced is about 1" at 30 yards) once it has calmed down(100-150 shots, so get a tin of inexpensive ammo from Walmart for $5-6.). $210 is a great price, but figure on another $100-150 for a good quality mildot scope and get them at the same time so you can work the scope while calming the gun down. Finally, think about your range of engagement(typically 15-20 yards) when your first sighting in. I set up at about 30 yards so anything inside that can be adjusted for on the fly. This also let's you acclimate to shot drop at the longer range. I haven't tested past 30 yards, but I'm pretty sure that that's max effective range. All in all great value, fun to ahoot, and no regrets getting this gun.

I have a few airguns but I wanted a lower end springer/piston gun for small game hunting. Due to cost and online reviews I decided on the NP2 Trail. I thought that it was the most value for the money. It's really easy to cock. It really is fun to shoot, I will lose time when I'm shooting it for sure. The scope is great, very good quality and outperforms the rifle! You DO NOT need a "better scope" on this gun. I put on a "better scope" but am taking it off because the original scope is working great for me on my other airgun, I hit everything I aim at dead on at 25 yards give or take. So I will use the mildots on a gun that actually has accuracy where the mildots can be effectively used.

I wouldn't have made a gun so powerful if it cant shoot under an inch groupings at 10 yards with the majority of pellets. I mean 10 yards is coming right out the barrel basically and it's doing 3+inches with some pellets, how do you expect to hit something at a 20-25 yard hunting range? The marketing is completely misleading. It should be marketed as a hard hitting plinker for the backyard or out camping instead of a hunting gun.

Please don't rush into it. If you want a hunting gun make sure you can actually hit a squirrel in the head. I've found that in centerfire rifles you get a lot of arbitrary pricing, and a 250 dollar gun with a 400 dollar barrel will shoot just as good as a 2000 dollar gun. In airgunning there are very few exceptions but mostly the accurate guns are well known and they are popular because of that accuracy. Airgunning isn't a low cost thing. Would you rather buy a 250 dollar gun that gives you 3 or 4 inch 20 yard groups or a 450 dollar gun that you can practically cover with a quarter. Even a marketed 750fps is more deadly then a marketed 1400 fps when you can hit exactly where you are aiming with one and the other is all over the map. I don't have experience with the Umerax Octane Elite but I have seen a lot of private party reviews that state it might be a more accurate gun for the money. However, I'd recommend saving up for another one with years of proven accuracy.

Like the feel and seems to be pretty accurate until the scope moves. Probably shot 300 pellets and had to tighten scope 3 times.

Scope is average at best and mount/rings are very poor. Best would be to sell this air rifle separate and add a scope if can't come up with a better combo than what is included.

The pistol grip handle and how quite the gun is.

Installation of fiber optics sites besides the option of mounting a scope.

Highly recommend the Benjamin Trail NP2 22cal pellet gun just awesome.

This gun is to me extremely light. The cocking effort is light enough for my son to dock it. He is 13. I shoot right at 40 yards and maintain a 1 inch group with the game rockets. Zeroing scope was easy.

The gun is quiet the shroud I wish was such a way to add more baffles - report is still enough to scare off souromdimg squirrels.

Easy carry and gun is not frigel. Holds up scope most well has not moved since I installed. Gun shoots more accurate after about 100 rounds. Does not seem to like pointed pellets.

I bought this rifle in Canada, .22, put 3 pellets in the same hole with a leapers 3-12x44. Very accurate, shoots well and breaks and loads fairly easy. Noise is minimal but it is pretty heavy with the leapers scope. Recoil is moderate for young ones and very mild for adults.

Package with a better scope, the included sight does not do the rifle justice.

Buy a proper scope for this rifle and enjoy it, quality product.

The gun is easy to cock, quiet, and light.

The one major defect with this gun: namely, you can't hit anything with it! I think the very poor accuracy of the gun is due to the recoil, and the recoil of the gun is due to it's lightweight design. Every time I pulled the trigger, the recoil made sure that the pellet wouldn't hit within 10 inches of the target. It feels like it's poorly balanced as well, which augments the problems from the recoil.

Don't buy the gun unless your sole purpose is to waste lots of ammunition. Please do not attempt to hunt with this gun, either. You will cripple more than you will kill. I've now shot close to 1,000 rounds out of this gun, with a broad variety of pellets, and can honestly say that I'm disgusted with my purchase.

I've only shot about 100 pellets through this rifle so far so it's still in the break in stage but it seems very accurate out to 30 yrds. My grouping are pretty tight all within 3 inches. Still working on getting the scope tuned in. All in all very please with this rifle so far, it is quiet and breaking isn't to bad now.

I would have liked on rifle sights.

It is a great value for the money and for the very entry level shooter.

It could definitely have a better trigger

after a good cleaning and lube, trigger adjustment,replaced plastic barrel washers with brass washer, put a good 4 screw scope mount set and a Bushnell scope. it cuts the same hole at 20 yards. I like how quiet it is.

put brass barrel washers from factory, trigger is better than old style but old style with roller bearing installed is still better. a trigger like the t06 would be really nice.

gun shoots avarage but if you do the above work it turns into a really good shooter.

I purchased my rifle in .22 elsewhere in an unbeatable sale. After doing a lot of research I put this rifle on my short list of rifles I wanted to buy, and I am so glad that I did. This rifle changed my opinion of how much accuracy I could expect from a break-barrel. After putting in a full tin of break-in pellets, I am now using my second tin of sight-in pellets and 9 times out of 10 I am hitting right where I am aiming at 25 yards. I use this mainly for pest control of ground squirrels, and I have already eliminated quite a few with this awesome rifle. The moderator after break-in works as advertised, this is the quietest airgun that I have ever owned. This is no doubt due to the gas piston being quieter than a spring to the person firing and the moderator quieting the shot down range. The squirrels seem confused by any occasional misses with no loud shot to spook them. The included scope, while not fancy, is more than adequate for the task. Cocking force is light and smooth.

While I haven't over-tightened the barrel shroud which would crack the plastic reducing cone as others have complained about, I can see how that could easily happen. Since the shroud, like all threaded applications on a spring/gas piston gun comes loose eventually during the violent recoil, maybe replacing that plastic cone with something tougher or redesigning the whole shroud connection could fix that potential weakness. The trigger is great so no changes needed there. The only other thing I would change is the addition of open iron sights would be a plus to me, I have always been a fan of those.

While I am much more a fan of traditional stocks, I have gotten used to this style stock, find it to be quite comfortable. Especially since they have molded the center of balance texturally into the stock so you always know where to put your off hand by feel. I really like that they have engineered a sturdy sling mounting system into the gun that will help you carry it easily into the field. While this gun is not too heavy by my standards, the optional Benjamin single swivel sling is certainly nice to have in order to keep your hands free while out and about all day. So if you have been looking for a relatively affordable, American break-barrel gas-piston air rifle that is quiet, powerful, accurate, and not incredibly hold-sensitive; buy this rifle now and see what I am talking about! It is a great rifle even at full price!