Page 7 - Benjamin Trail NP2 Reviews

Accuracy, feel, power

Less recoil

This is amazing

Nice package deal with the center point optics. Tons of power. And easy to cock for the wife. Had a ton of fun shooting it even took out a few critters.

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Was looking at the guns that had more power but after shooting this I found this is all the power you need or can handle, hard to keep a clean sight picture with the recoil but is very accurate.

I like this gun. It's fun to shoot and the quality appears to be good. I would recommend this gun to a friend.

Make the gun lighter if that could be done without sacrificing quality. Shorten the first stage of the trigger. That first stage is long.

I've only shot about a hundred pellets through the gun so far. Accuracy at 20 yards can be excellent for one group. Start another group and all of a sudden pellets are hitting an inch and a half to two inches high. I'm inclined to believe the problem may be the Crosman Premier hollow point pellets I'm shooting. The pellets are not consistent when loading them. Some pellets seem to seat themselves, others just a small effort to seat them, and others take a good amount of effort to seat them. I need to get some good match pellets.

The sling itself that came with my gun may be okay but the swivel that attaches to the butt stock broke the first day I took the gun to the range. This gun and scope combination is heavy. If you plan to carry the gun you will need a good sling.

Overall quality is quite good. I like the upgraded scope and sling. This is a very powerful weapon in .22 cal.

The cocking effort is high but manageable. The trigger travel is long. I have not attempted to adjust it yet. I have only 100 rounds through it.

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Wow, that's all I would say. This is probably the best value for the money. Very smooth cocking and lots of power!

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I have put close to 1000 shots through it now. Trigger was pretty good to begin with and now feels even better. I am getting about 24 ft/lbs with Baracudas with 5.52 head size and FTTs with 5.53mm head sizes.

Bigger air chamber , stock is comfortable , that's about it

for starters price is way overrated for the quality, I can get a Umarex Octane that is more quiet and about the same cocking effort and is cheaper, with better bundle scope.

you have accuracy problems ? pull the shroud out and look at the crown , mine looks like a guy that wants unemployment instead work did it, or he partied all night before making the one on mine , is not even concentric , and it looks like he lost his crowning tool and a he thought ... wait a minute I have a drill bit somewhere around here .... really ? I'm so disappointed on Crosman thank goodness I bought it from P A . I know they will do right by me I just hope the new one does not have a leaky piston or some other issue. I wish I could post a picture of the crowning work.

I like the feel and simplicity of this rifle. It arrived clean and in good condition. It was accurate with both a red dot scope and the included Center Point scope. Fairly quiet for a break barrel air gun.

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Shoots well with almost any 14.3 gr. pellet. I liked Crossman and JSB the best.

rifle is nice. trigger is better on my Benjamin varmit model.

scope sounds nice but is blurry. $100 tasco is way more clear.

unfortunately you cant seem to get a decent gun/scope combo from most manufacturers.

Out of the box. Very smooth cocking, feels about 30-32lb. Accurate with 1/4" groups at 10 yards.

Plastic shroud. 4-16x AO scope is an improvement over original but still a lot remains to be desired. The scope I got had one issue out of the box where I could not open a battery compartment. Had to use two sets of pliers to open it.

Noise level is about average. Trigger is just OK. With current sale prices and extra promotions at PA this makes a good value for a money.

I've been happy with my purchase so far, but have yet to do much accuracy testing. I did have an opportunity to do a bunch of indoors chronograph testing so I'll post those results in the "Anything else airgunners should know" section. With the correct pellet selection for my specific rifle it looks like I have a 21.5 to 22.5 ft-lb rifle. I'll update this review in the spring when I have a chance to shoot a bunch of groups for accuracy. Here is the format for the results listed below (running out of characters) All pellets are 22 caliber and were shot in a 10 shot string 1' from the first chronograph screen. Pellet/Avg Vel(FPS)/ES(FPS)/StdDev(FPS)/Energy(FPE)/Efficiency(%) Please forgive rounding errors, all my data is to two decimals and I'd run out of space.

The barrel pivot rubs on the cutout in the stock forend. I have about 750 shots through the rifle and it's worn a nice 1/8" deep gouge in the stock. The H&N Rabbit Mag II is too long to chamber without squishing the pellet base.

RWS Hobby/863.7/44.2/11.8/19.8/88.2
RWS Super H Point/838.3/14.7/5.2/22.16/98.6
RWS Superdome/829.4/11.8/4.1/22.16/98.6
RWS Meisterkugeln/850.0/11.7/3.7/22.5/100
H&N Bara Hunter/717.2/12.9/4.4/20.8/92.6
H&N Crow Mag/721.2/5.7/1.9/21.0/93.6
H&N Bara Power/637.6/17.2/4.8/19.1/85.0
H&N Silver Pt/738.8/26.5/7.8/20.8/92.4
H&N Bara Green/904.6/7.4/2.1/22.5/99.9
H&N Bara Hunt Ext/721.6/8.3/2.3/98.2
H&N Terminator/779.8/13.8/4.1/22.1/98.3
H&N Rabbit Mag2/558.5/20.4/6.0/17.1/76.1
H&N FTT/801.2/33.9/9.9/20.9/93
H&N Hollow PT/879.1/30/9.2/21.7/96.6
Coal Fenix FX550/755.2/7.1/2.5/21.5/95.7
B-man Kodiak/666.6/10.2/3.4/20.9/92.8
B-man Crow Mag/735.4/7.4/2.45/21.9/97.3
JSB DE Jumbo/770/16.9/4.4/17.7/78.5
JSB DEJ Heavy/720.8/15.1/4.67/20.9/92.9
JSB DEJ Monster/591.4/6.5/2.35/19.7/87.8
Pred Poly/739.6/43.3/12.9/19.4/86.5
CPHP/822.5/33.1/9.42/21.5/95.6
CPUM/809.9/40.8/14.2/20.8/92.7

I suppose I have to say it... "Your results may vary"