Benjamin Trail Elite Air Rifle, Black

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.