I was making my weekly pass through the local Cabelas and saw one of these on the shelf. I’ve been on the lookout for such a thing and had nearly decided on a larger Benjamin model but so far this one suits my needs for half the price. I just ran a couple dozen pellets through it and it seems it will serve my purposes well.
It’s a single shot break action spring piston powered pellet pistol with rifled barrel and fully adjustable rear sights. It doesn’t have enough power to shoot through a soda can bottom but does go through the sides pretty well.
The cocking action is surprisingly easy. The trigger is pretty stiff but still ok for my plans, which is mostly practice for bullseye pistol shooting. It shot 10 shots into a group about an inch across from 15 feet or so. I do need to zero it, as it’s a little low and right.
The only issue for me is the safety. It’s a right hand only and turns on every time the barrel is cocked. Since I’m left handed that requires some creative thumb movement or my other hand. On the up side it will encourage right hand shooting, which I do plan to practice.
I’ll zero it and put a few through it next range trip as a warm up for testing some 9mm hand loads. Now I need a trap so I can practice in the yard. I don’t think it will make it to 50 feet but it will work at the 5 yard line and maybe the 10.
Now to find a rifle to go with it.
ETA: I need to shoot it some more to see if the sights need adjusting or it’s just me shooting left handed pulling low and right.
It’s a single shot break action spring piston powered pellet pistol with rifled barrel and fully adjustable rear sights. It doesn’t have enough power to shoot through a soda can bottom but does go through the sides pretty well.
The cocking action is surprisingly easy. The trigger is pretty stiff but still ok for my plans, which is mostly practice for bullseye pistol shooting. It shot 10 shots into a group about an inch across from 15 feet or so. I do need to zero it, as it’s a little low and right.
The only issue for me is the safety. It’s a right hand only and turns on every time the barrel is cocked. Since I’m left handed that requires some creative thumb movement or my other hand. On the up side it will encourage right hand shooting, which I do plan to practice.
I’ll zero it and put a few through it next range trip as a warm up for testing some 9mm hand loads. Now I need a trap so I can practice in the yard. I don’t think it will make it to 50 feet but it will work at the 5 yard line and maybe the 10.
Now to find a rifle to go with it.
ETA: I need to shoot it some more to see if the sights need adjusting or it’s just me shooting left handed pulling low and right.
