I picked up a .22 Benjamin Trail NP about 6 years ago when we bought our small 6 acer homestead and the gun has been invaluable!!! I've used it to drive away large flocks of winged varmints ;-), killed a dozen groundhogs, made some great rabbit dinners out of some furry friends that were eating our garden, drove off a couple coyotes, and even killed a doberman from a wild pack that was attacking our alpaca's.
I've always meant to replace the trigger but never got around to it. My only other complaint is I wish there was a way to have iron sights in addition to the scope. Because of the layout of our property 95% of my shots are from my back porch and I'm either shooting less than 20 yards or in the 50-70 yard range (across a pond). So I keep the scope sighted in for the far side of the pond. I've gone so far as considered adding a 45degree rail and a red dot scope for near range. :-D
I've put about 5000 rounds through the gun but it's recently lost all its power. :-( I'm guessing the gasket on the piston has developed a problem. I've cleaned the barrel and the rifling looks good, but depending on the fit of a particular pellet sometimes the gun doesn't even have enough power to clear it from the barrel. I've seen the pellet bounce off the hide of a groundhog at 20 feet!!!
I don't have a spring compressor which I assume I need to repair it... I don't even know where I would take it to get repaired. Should I try to find someone to repair it and then upgrade my trigger and add a second sight system somehow? Or just replace the gun? Thoughts?
Any replacement I'd like to keep under $400. Would like some form of duel sight system because of my two ranges (and 50-70 yards is a bit far for me to make without a scope, given the drop on a .22 air rifle). Consider the major goal of the rifle to take out groundhogs. Thanks for any advice!!!
I've always meant to replace the trigger but never got around to it. My only other complaint is I wish there was a way to have iron sights in addition to the scope. Because of the layout of our property 95% of my shots are from my back porch and I'm either shooting less than 20 yards or in the 50-70 yard range (across a pond). So I keep the scope sighted in for the far side of the pond. I've gone so far as considered adding a 45degree rail and a red dot scope for near range. :-D
I've put about 5000 rounds through the gun but it's recently lost all its power. :-( I'm guessing the gasket on the piston has developed a problem. I've cleaned the barrel and the rifling looks good, but depending on the fit of a particular pellet sometimes the gun doesn't even have enough power to clear it from the barrel. I've seen the pellet bounce off the hide of a groundhog at 20 feet!!!
I don't have a spring compressor which I assume I need to repair it... I don't even know where I would take it to get repaired. Should I try to find someone to repair it and then upgrade my trigger and add a second sight system somehow? Or just replace the gun? Thoughts?
Any replacement I'd like to keep under $400. Would like some form of duel sight system because of my two ranges (and 50-70 yards is a bit far for me to make without a scope, given the drop on a .22 air rifle). Consider the major goal of the rifle to take out groundhogs. Thanks for any advice!!!