Benjamin Cayden Test-Puppy

[Dead Springer]

Has anyone else had a problem with the Cayden barrel being pushed to one side or the other?  Just received mine and it was obviously angled, I loosened the barrel retention screws from the receiver and then the brace at the muzzle end of the barrel.  Straightened it out by eye and then retightened first the barrel retention screws.  Hardly a controlled system, but should I be concerned?  I haven't scoped or shot it yet, I'm wondering if I should return it, or carry on...

[Mr Fluffy Tail]

theyre a solid platform to tweak in .. how i see the craftsman series, no i wouldnt worry, i have all 3 .. if you really dig deeper youll find other things that can use some attention, but bottom line is generally - they shoot pretty good ... ports usually need to be cleaned up, orings checked, and they got one heckuva tight choke, so keep that in mind ..

[Harv24]

my .22 Cayden has been awesome over the last 1.5 years. Shoots great, especially the cheap 14.3 gr Crossman pellets. Side lever action is smooth and has a very good trigger.

The excellent wood stock is a bonus.

[Dead Springer]

Are there any tear down videos or blogs online?  I can't find any.  Not that I want to mod it or anything, just want to know for reference.

[Mr Fluffy Tail]

ive seen a pretty good one on youtube from a guy in the uk .. theyre pretty simple and straightforward though, the best tip ive seen is theres a bleeder plug by the fill nipple for the tank .. another tip i havent seen that i figured out is you can use a suitable drill shank through the back barrel set screw hole and that accesses the air port passage all the way to the valve block, which should be indexed to face directly up the passageway .. and and you can  feather out the valveblock port 'away' from the oring groove with a barrel shaped ~ 1/8" diamond bit in a DRILL so you port match and get it the same size as the rest of the ports .. they leave it small to avoid breaking into that oring groove ..