My .02 on the Benji Trail XL. Mine is a .22 and it's very accurate and has plenty of power out to 40 or 50 yards, the furthest I've ever shot it. I get about 24 #s fpe with JSB Kings 15.89 gr. pellets averaging about 870 fps .It also does very well with the 18.13 JSBs. I had the OEM CP. 3-9X40 AO scope on it for several hundred rounds and never had any problem with it. It now lives on a Hatsan Striker .22 and continues to perform just fine with hundreds of rounds through it. I replaced the original scope with a Centerpoint 4-16X40 AO just because I saw one on clearance at Walmarts a couple years ago for $50 and couldn't resist buying it for that price. The oem trigger WAS pretty bad so I put a CDT GRTIII in it almost immediately--problem solved.
Now for the cons. It is very heavy and very long as mentioned. It's a job cocking it for any length of time using just one arm. Because of these things I only use it for plinking off my deck with my hand underneath it on a rolled up old towel. If I'm going to shoot more than 12 rounds or so I cock it with the rifle's butt on the deck between my legs and use both hands on the muzzle to cock. Using both hands I can shoot a lot of shots with no problem. I CAN cock it ok with just one arm but wouldn't want to for very long, I'm an old fart with pretty bad arthritis--71 years young! For me, I'd never attempt to shoot it offhand or haul it around in the boonies hunting. To be honest I seldom use it much anymore. I've got too many other break barrels that are much less work to shoot and since I've got into PCPs as well the XL pretty much stays in the cabinet.
It's been a good rifle for me but I wouldn't buy one again at this point in my life. I knew what I was getting into when I purchased it and it didn't disappoint. Hope this is some help.
Ed
Now for the cons. It is very heavy and very long as mentioned. It's a job cocking it for any length of time using just one arm. Because of these things I only use it for plinking off my deck with my hand underneath it on a rolled up old towel. If I'm going to shoot more than 12 rounds or so I cock it with the rifle's butt on the deck between my legs and use both hands on the muzzle to cock. Using both hands I can shoot a lot of shots with no problem. I CAN cock it ok with just one arm but wouldn't want to for very long, I'm an old fart with pretty bad arthritis--71 years young! For me, I'd never attempt to shoot it offhand or haul it around in the boonies hunting. To be honest I seldom use it much anymore. I've got too many other break barrels that are much less work to shoot and since I've got into PCPs as well the XL pretty much stays in the cabinet.
It's been a good rifle for me but I wouldn't buy one again at this point in my life. I knew what I was getting into when I purchased it and it didn't disappoint. Hope this is some help.
Ed
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