What would you consider an acceptable group

[Lakobe1]

Shooting the Benjamin Trails XL Nitro Piston break barrel in the .25 cal.

What would you consider a good group at 40 yards?

Keep in mind this is a break barrel nitro and not a PCP



Thank you

 

[Vetmx]

If you can hit the bottom of a soda can every time I would call it good. That thing has to be a vibrating cannon.

 

[ImpactX]

40 yards should be leaf clover. 

 

[Vetmx]

40 yards should be leaf clover.

With a nitro piston .25? I can’t clover at 40 with my TX200 and it’s 4 times the gun that Gamo is. Not saying it’s impossible but that’s setting the bar high for a box store break barrel.

 

[lenweber2]

Agree a break barrel at 40 yards coke can bottom good, PNP dime sized.

 

[Deerstalker]

My Benjamin Trail NP .22 is good for 10" to 12" groups at 28 yards and that is why I ordered a HW95L from AoA. 

 

[Glem.Chally]

40 yards should be leaf clover.

Lets see you do that with a benji springer.

 

[Why]

Maybe doable...

 

[Nitro22XL]

I have a Nitro Piston Benny trail XL 22, I will have to try this out as soon as the weather clears only been a month of rain and cold weather dang it, trigger finger is getting older and may be rusty???

 

[270windude]

Hahaha. The cloverleaf pic above is spot on for a good group. No way a budget magnum break barrel springer will cloverleaf at 40 yards... honestly I don’t know how to answer that at 40... if I had your gun and could hit a soda can regardless of what side, at 25 yards I’d call it as good as it gets and have fun. That much power smacking into small game at that distance will certainly do its purpose!

 

[270windude]

Vetmx... he’s shooting a Benji break barrel not a gamo. Just think it’s important to clarify that since I owned 3 Gamo’s, all of which I do have close-to cloverleaf groups of 5 shots that have been shot hanging up on the wall behind the gun that shot it . Not at all am I doing that all the time, that’s for sure. But occasionally the variables all come together. That’s never happened for me with a Benji 

 

[Lakobe1]

At 40 yards, I'm at a 2 1/2" group at that range. So as some people suggested the bottom of a soda can, that would be about where I am.

I don't waste time trying to be accurate on small game such as birds, Squirrels etc., but on Cayotte, Coons etc, it's s real beast.

 

[270windude]

2 1/2 is amazing for 40 yards and about peak performance imo. What pellets? Sorting? How long have you had it? Is that a consistent 2.5 or a best of?

 

[Vetmx]

Vetmx... he’s shooting a Benji break barrel not a gamo. Just think it’s important to clarify that since I owned 3 Gamo’s, all of which I do have close-to cloverleaf groups of 5 shots that have been shot hanging up on the wall behind the gun that shot it

. Not at all am I doing that all the time, that’s for sure. But occasionally the variables all come together. That’s never happened for me with a Benji

Benji Gamo, tomato tomotto.

 

[Lakobe1]

Consistency yes, had the gun right at 4 months.

Shooting hnh Hornet 24 gr. Gold pointed tips

 

[Vetmx]

That’s cool that it likes Hornets. I like Hornets but none of my guns do.

 

[Septicdeath]

Hatsan 125 .25 173 bar ram using SeeAll Mk1 sight 10 shots. 

sorry picture is not facing correctly. I can hit a soup can almost every time at 40 yard with several of my break barrel .25's with open sights or red dot. Good enough for me. Out of the five I own the 125 and the 105x are the most consistent. However none of my rifles are factory stock.

 

[Lakobe1]

I just shot this 5 shot group at 40.5 yards. At the top left off the target is an old hole that I put a stick in before shooting this group. As you can see I had one flyer or I may have jerked. If you throw out the flyer it's a 1 1/2 group. With the one flyer its 2 1/4" inches.

This is using the hnh Hornet Pointed tip, 24 grain, I believe.

 

[Windmill01]

I don’t own the XL 25 cal but I own the 22 cal Titan. It is less powered then it was out of the box as I put a lower powered Gamo gas strut in it, I cronied it at about 700 fps. At 36 metres which Is nearly 40 yards I would think there was something wrong with it if I couldn’t put ten pellets inside an inch. That’s with resting the back of my hand on a pillow filled with rice and useing the artillery hold. Pellets are 14.65 gr H&N FTT straight out of the tin.

This is the rifle I used in the 100 yard pingpong ball challenge run by Airgun Depot which I was lucky enough to get third. I hit the ball on the second shot. You can get good one if you do a little work on them.

Gary