Running review of the Benjamin Trail NP2 .22 cal Synthetic

[Nomadic Pirate]

Thanks Brother,

Wish this thread had been left on the general airgun forum to get more traffic, ....Ho well


Just started my 1st battery of testing and accuracy, downloading pictures right now.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Today I put an old Centerpoint 3-9 x 40 that I had lying around on the gun



Than I started the zeroing in process and first check at groups, Baracuda match and Crosman premier where my pellets




I didn't shoot much but I started to get some good preliminary grouping



Crosman where OK, with the gun breaking in I think they'll be a goog hunting pellet option.




But the Baracuda showed some real, real good promising accuracy




Than I wanted to do some penetration testing at the distance I have my Blind for the planned hunt.

Dry Phonebook kept nice and tight with clamps




Penetration was very similar,

This is the thickness of the pages once I started to see the skirts of the pellets



And this is the thickness where pellets are still breaking paper




You can tell the Harder lead of the Crosmans makes them retain more shape




But the Baracudas are doing pretty good too






So far so good, the gun isn't even broken in but I think she's a shooter 

The penetration tells me that if I do my part I'm very confident I'll be good in my quest.


I'll be shooting the gun like crazy the next 2 days and if winds are good on Friday I'll take her hunting.


I like this gun

[Bryan Heimann]

Somewhere somebody with an HW90 is looking at this and crying

[aceflier]

Popcorn emoji

Can't wait till you get that gun out hunting. My buddy in Texas says I've lost my mind wanting to hunt hogs with a .25 MRod. He's a PB'r

[robertr]

 If you don't mind me asking, what was the yardage you were testing at?

[mobilehomer]

If you can get some of the new Crosman Piranha pellets, mine does a little better with them than the CPHP.

[Nomadic Pirate]

If you don't mind me asking, what was the yardage you were testing at?

17-18 yards, that the distance I made my Bowhunting blind from the feeder

[Nomadic Pirate]

If you can get some of the new Crosman Piranha pellets, mine does a little better with them than the CPHP.

I think those Baracuda Match are winners ....I have a few tins left that I couldn't sell, and it all panned out in the end

[robertr]

If you don't mind me asking, what was the yardage you were testing at?

17-18 yards, that the distance I made my Bowhunting blind from the feeder

Cool, thanks. Should be a good distance to pin point your shot.

[Buldawg76]

Manny
Those are some good groups with the barracudas for sure and it seems you got a good one so far and best of luck to you in your first hunt.

mike

[Rocker1]

Manny it doesn't matter where you post you have a following sir.  David

[JoeV]

Have you been able to lighten that 1st stage ?

do you have some real world FPE on this gun ?

I adjusted all the first stage out of the trigger on mine so I feel the "wall" when pulling the tigger back. The release is crisp at that point. YOur mileage may vary.

I ran JSB 15.89, H&N FTT, CPHP and CPUM pellets across the Chrony on Dec 14 & 26, 2015, and the JSP was at 19.02 FPE, but the rest were 20'ish FPE. I ran Chairgun Pro and found the FTT to have the best retained energy at distance/speed at 20 yards. That's what I've used for hunting squirrels.

I ran the NP2 across the Chrony last night, and I have a problem. The speed has gone down significantly since the last data capture. Cleaned the barrel and did the tissue test at the breach seal, and all appears normal. Without changing the o-ring I won't know for sure. The same thing happened on my Trail NP, and Crosman exchanged it for the NP2 because they were sold out of the Trail NP, and was only through Chrony data collection that I found out last time. The accuracy is still there, but losing FPS as well as retained energy at distance. (I'm not a very good shot, but the groups are pretty good for me.)





I have the POI about 1/2" low at 12 yards (my basement range) based on the Chairgun data for the FTT. The JSP is also close to this mark, so you can see the accuracy is not lost, just the speed/energy.

Calling Crosman this week to see if I can get an o-ring to see if that's the problem.

EDIT: Here is a chart showing how much energy is lost due to speed loss.

[39M]

Thanks for doing this review. I've been considering getting another springer, because I like their power without all the fuss of a pcp, and wanted to go the plastic stock, gas piston route and .22 this time. Was wanting something more practical than shiny euro. And NP2, one of the Gamo's, or maybe a Webley was what I was thinking. Although the last gamo I shot wasn't all that accurate, I still haven't ruled them out due to the ergonomics and generally light weight.

I guess me and the neighbors will have to live with the not so quiet.

[Nomadic Pirate]

the gun has quietened down considerably now compared to day one.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Have you been able to lighten that 1st stage ?

do you have some real world FPE on this gun ?

I adjusted all the first stage out of the trigger on mine so I feel the "wall" when pulling the tigger back. The release is crisp at that point. YOur mileage may vary.

I ran JSB 15.89, H&N FTT, CPHP and CPUM pellets across the Chrony on Dec 14 & 26, 2015, and the JSP was at 19.02 FPE, but the rest were 20'ish FPE. I ran Chairgun Pro and found the FTT to have the best retained energy at distance/speed at 20 yards. That's what I've used for hunting squirrels.

I ran the NP2 across the Chrony last night, and I have a problem. The speed has gone down significantly since the last data capture. Cleaned the barrel and did the tissue test at the breach seal, and all appears normal. Without changing the o-ring I won't know for sure. The same thing happened on my Trail NP, and Crosman exchanged it for the NP2 because they were sold out of the Trail NP, and was only through Chrony data collection that I found out last time. The accuracy is still there, but losing FPS as well as retained energy at distance. (I'm not a very good shot, but the groups are pretty good for me.)





I have the POI about 1/2" low at 12 yards (my basement range) based on the Chairgun data for the FTT. The JSP is also close to this mark, so you can see the accuracy is not lost, just the speed/energy.

Calling Crosman this week to see if I can get an o-ring to see if that's the problem.

EDIT: Here is a chart showing how much energy is lost due to speed loss.

how did you adjust the 1st stage ?

thanks

[JoeV]

There's a screw behind the trigger for this. If I remember correctly, you have to remove the stock to do this. I made all of my adjustments before Loctiting the stock screws, so it was a PIA to do it. I read about it somewhere here on GTA.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Manny it doesn't matter where you post you have a following sir.  David

Maybe,...but this thread would have been better if it stayed on the Air Gun gate

Here is kind of relegated to where people just go and check reviews, over there it would have reached a bigger audience.

.....Ho well.

[JoeV]

Manny it doesn't matter where you post you have a following sir.  David

Maybe,...but this thread would have been better if it stayed on the Air Gun gate

Here is kind of relegated to where people just go and check reviews, over there it would have reached a bigger audience.

.....Ho well.

Not so! I seek out your posts because of the cult following you have. You are a Hawaiian god! LOL

Seriously, you tell a "dang" good story. That's what I enjoy about your posts!

[mobilehomer]

Manny - you do not need to remove the stock to adjust the trigger screw. There is a hole in the trigger guard.
Joe - It sounds like yours has a seal gone bad. Mine started at 815 fps. It dropped suddenly to 730 fps. It was the ram. The NPSS seal from Pyramyd is the same.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Manny - you do not need to remove the stock to adjust the trigger screw. There is a hole in the trigger guard.
Joe - It sounds like yours has a seal gone bad. Mine started at 815 fps. It dropped suddenly to 730 fps. It was the ram. The NPSS seal from Pyramyd is the same.

Cool, so that screw behind the blade is the 1st stage adjustment ?

Not gonna mess with it until after the hunt.

Today I did the most important test of them all, leaving the gun cocked for hours than see if I could put that all important 1st shot right in the spot,....I did it 4 times and it was good all 4 times, she's a hunter