Just got a new Benjamin 392 - Trigger needs some love

[jfrazier30]

A coworker asked me what pellet gun he should get to eliminate ground squirrels from his garden.. I immediately ordered him a Benjamin 392 and a BugBuster scope!

I got the exact same setup for my dad a couple years ago, and he has been having a great time with it. This combo has to be the very best value in airgunning.

Anyway, I just got this one out of the box, (and I know it's because I'm so spoiled by the triggers on my expensive PCP guns, but) the trigger really needs some help.
Are there any easy ways to improve this trigger?

 

[Alan]

Go to ArizonaAirGuns, and buy their SuperSear. It costs $30 plus USPO fees. It takes maybe 20 minutes to install it. Contrary to their literature, you do not have to polish anything! The hardest part is breaking off the top tab of the trigger per the instructions (takes a pair pf pliers and 10 seconds!!). 

When you're done, a touch or two of some kind of lube is in order. I used white grease (about what you can get on the end of a tooth pick), on only the fulcrums (bearing pins). 

Do as they say, and you don't need the main spring. What you end up with, is a VERY smooth, crisp, short pull (≈1/8 inch), and less than 2 pounds of pull. 

In a word,.... Fabulous!

 

[jfrazier30]

Thanks Alan!

thats exactly what I was looking for!

 

[binfordw]

What scope mount are you using? 

I've got a 392, that I recently put a receiver mount on, but still using a red dot sight- no scope. It seems surprisingly accurate from what I can manage with the dot sight, the trigger doesn't exactly bother me enough to buy parts though. Usually, if I don't notice a trigger as being a problem, that means its good enough for me!

 

[Alan]

Most inexpensive red dots are 4 moa, which is LARGE for any game over about 20 yards. I recently bought a Stoeger 4x16x50 for $107 + tax. Like most airgun scopes, it is made in China, but the mil dot is excellent I believe. It has an AO too. I still use red dot on my Umarex Octane, mainly because it isn't accurate beyond about 20 yards, no matter what pellet I use. I use one on my modified PC77 for obvious reasons. 

The Stoeger is mounted on a 397. I use Red Fire pellets, and they're very accurate with 5 pumps, hovering around 1/2 inch at 25 yards if I do my part. I'm working on finding a decent pellet for my 392 (my error). Currently, the best I've found are the 16 grain Polymags, but I really believe the weight is a bit high. I'd prefer ones around 12.5 grains. 

Good luck.