Kral Puncher Breaker Silent Synthetic .25 Vs Benjamin Akela .22 bullpup

[uhfradarwill]

My son is trying to decide between these two bullpups.

He will be using a simple red dot sight and just wants to plink and group at 50 yards max.

He is very concerned with the trigger operation and feel.

He has narrowed his list to these two guns.

Anyone have any info good or bad on these?

Which would you choose for the ~$600.

Thanks for any info.

Will

 

[JimNM]

Po-tay-toe.

Pa-tah-tow....

These guns are cousins. Kral PB is older design, the Akela is made by the same company for export to Crosman. The Kral is a bit more adjustable, but the Crosman has.an excellent 5 year warranty. Kral parts are not easy to get hands on, but the consumables are available from Pyramid.

I am biased. I just got back from a run around the pecan farm with my Kral. 27 grounds squirrels sent to the orchard in the sky. The gun is capable.of 100+ yard shooting, easily and at 50 yards can cloverleaf groups all day long. Mine is hopped up a little for heavy pellets and tuned down for hunting with the JSB Hades. The gun had a few teething problems with the first run, but those are long in the past. 

I have not shot the Akela, but I did get hands on the Kratos. Again, my PB has been tuned and twerked a bit. I preferred the feel of my Pincher Breaker, but I did not make any changes on the Kratos. The Crosman line is getting a pretty good reputation.

6 one way or half a dozen....

 

[JimNM]

As far as .22 vs .25. 

Ammo is tough to find in all caliber. .22 has slightly lower cost per shot, and generally uses less air (more shots per fill).

I shoot my .22 more at this time. I have more reserves of .25 pellets.

 

[Raden1942]

The akela has a nicer stock and 5 year warranty. Worth its weight in gold if he does not want to do work on it himself. However like said above the kral has a bit more adjustment available but another option remains. He could buy a Troy tuned kral and have a much much better gun. I think it's around 800 but haven't seen the prices in awhile. If it was me I would save up 200 more and have an amazing gun that would last a lifetime. 

 

[Fatmike]

I've got a puncher breaker and find that it's an accurate gun that has a decent shot count. Mine is in 22 and wood stock. Ugly little gun but it shoots good. Kind of different shooting it but that comes with bullpups in general. I like the akela stock and warranty. All being equal I'd buy an akela.

 

[thammer]

The triggers are pretty much identical so no issues there. I'm also biased to the kral but either is great. The main components like valve stems and poppets plus porting is also the same but easier to adjust on the Kral. 

 

[napairgunner]

Check out this thread on the Kral Empire X now power adjuster but a nice trigger but would have to get it from overseas. https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/any-more-info-on-the-kral-puncher-empire-and-empire-x/

I have the Kral Knight which I think is great overall but the trigger is not the post target type so your son may not like it. I got it in .22 with a .25 barrel. I like bull pups with a more forward cocking lever myself so you may want to consider than when looking at the bull pup style. 

 

[uhfradarwill]

Thanks everyone for the information.

 

[rkjester]

Got the Akela in .22:. very nice wood, very accurate.