does anyone have the Crosman vantage or the Benjamin Trail in ,22
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I have the .22 Benjamin Trail NP2, and at 35 yards it's pretty accurate. I just got it a couple weeks ago, and I'm still breaking it in and tweaking the scope. I have not shot it further than that because that's the max I have in my backyard, and there isn't a range near me that I'm aware of.
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Out of 10 shots, I keep most in the center ring of an 8" target. I'm planning on doing some more shooting this afternoon, I'll take a picture of a group of 5 or 10 shots so you can see. It is still brand new, so It's still breaking in, I expect it should improve with time and pellets down the barrel. So far I have shot less than 50 pellets.
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Have a Trail NP2 in .22 for about a year and a half now. Trigger is not great and my rifle has pivot bolt issues (continues to work free despite thread locker, etc). At 20 yards I'm happy with a sub-1" group (I usually shoot 7 shot groups).
Its been a frustrating rifle for me. Maybe moments of glory, but if I had to sum up my ownership experience I would have to say disappointing. The NP2 power plant is fantastic. I'll shoot a 15 shot string over the chronograph and I usually get single digit ES, and put out just over 21 fpe. That's PCP consistency.
The problem is is that they coupled it with a terrible trigger and other components. Real shame.
I bought a Weihrauch HW95 6 months later and the NP2 rarely gets shot. For about $80 more you get a less powerful (14-15 fpe) rifle, but amazing accuracy and build quality. I've killed a ton of squirrels with it.
Good luck.
Its been a frustrating rifle for me. Maybe moments of glory, but if I had to sum up my ownership experience I would have to say disappointing. The NP2 power plant is fantastic. I'll shoot a 15 shot string over the chronograph and I usually get single digit ES, and put out just over 21 fpe. That's PCP consistency.
The problem is is that they coupled it with a terrible trigger and other components. Real shame.
I bought a Weihrauch HW95 6 months later and the NP2 rarely gets shot. For about $80 more you get a less powerful (14-15 fpe) rifle, but amazing accuracy and build quality. I've killed a ton of squirrels with it.
Good luck.
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I have the Titan which is another version of the Trail, and when I was shooting it, fliers weren't uncommon. Good gun, I like the Nitro Piston tech, but average for accuracy. Ted did a review a long time ago, and I believe he found the same issues. It's accurate enough, but I wouldn't go to a competition with it. He also complained about fliers if I remember correctly.
Trigger - well, I upgraded my trigger and that helped, but it's still a lousy trigger. Kind of a pure mush type thing. It works, but it's not a good trigger by any stretch. Lots of videos on how to "Fix" the trigger, but I'd avoid most of the fixes. adding rings or shims seems to risk a bit much. It is, after all, still a gun. I did the GRT II trigger, now replaced with the GRT III. Seemed to help but still mush.
Trigger - well, I upgraded my trigger and that helped, but it's still a lousy trigger. Kind of a pure mush type thing. It works, but it's not a good trigger by any stretch. Lots of videos on how to "Fix" the trigger, but I'd avoid most of the fixes. adding rings or shims seems to risk a bit much. It is, after all, still a gun. I did the GRT II trigger, now replaced with the GRT III. Seemed to help but still mush.
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I still have the stock trigger thinking about upgrading to the gtx trigger that ted shows in the video. I'm in the proses of finding a new scope I got a cheap center point on amazon [4by 32] I had amazon sent me a new one twice long story short its a get what u paid for moment, thinking hawk 4-16/44 sf what do u guys thank.
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I have the Titan NP. At 20 yards it will do < 1" groups.... If I do my part.
I did the bearing up grade to the trigger. That helped A LOT!
I did the bearing up grade to the trigger. That helped A LOT!
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