Benjamin Durango

[WorriedMan]

Bought my Benjamin Trail from neighbor for $25 because he hated it. Hard to cock, terrible trigger and shot all over. He'd paid over $250 for it and had it less than a year. I cleaned barrel and re-did Crosman trigger from YouTube video. Guy gave me plenty of different .22 pellets he'd tried to get one the gun liked, but none worked for me, either. Beginner's luck led me to H&N Sniper Magnum (17.9 gr) .22 that gun loves. I had to learn the "artillery hold" to make the gun shoot consistantly, but after that all was smooth sailing. Hit a big raccoon raiding another neighbors' trash one night and it dropped dead on the spot. His partner took off and don't think he stopped till next county.

WM

 

[Pigeonlord15]

Looking forward to getting used to the gun and airgunning

 

[WorriedMan]

As you should be. (My other nitro is Crosman F4, and I love it. Had to replace worthless 4 power CenterPoint scope with CenterPoint 3-9x40, but after that, more smooth sailing.)

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[Strongarm5791]

Oh well. At least I am not the only one. I have a Benjamin Vaporizer in .177, and since I purchased it, I haven't been able to even hit the barn, much less the broad side.... ;-(

 

[BryanH]

Benjamin Durango is a Crosman Quest with gobs of plastic moulded onto the barrel. Looking for a cheap bunny (or pigeon) basher in .22 just get a Crosman Optimus.

 

[crosman2016]

Are nitro pistons less accurate?

They tend to jump around more which makes it harder to shoot them accurately.

Will this gun be able to kill your basic varments

If you can hit them, yes. Up to tree rats, I would say.

Yeah, I can vouch for that. My two NP's are more "jumpy" than my two Springers. I prefer Springers.