.22 Cal and .177 are both STILL very acceptable for small game hunting, people have gotten on the bigger is better kick and just felt the need to justify lower shot count, more noise, and greater FPE by saying if you hunt game you really need to be using .25 Cal or bigger, its just more human (its not, it is more forgiving though). I think Benji still has a pretty sound place in the airgun market for its price point and tunability and ability to pump up.