Benjamin PBN17 Trail Mark II .177-Caliber NP Break Barrel Hunting Air Pistol

Except for the excessive (6.5 lbs.+) trigger pull, this pistol performed above my expectations; especially its smoothness of operation and accuracy. I found a YouTube video that demonstrated how to reduce the trigger pull down to a tolerable level (maybe 3 lbs.). Cocking action is very tight and stiff for a period of time until the gun is "broken in"This is a very economical choice, and I feel that I got more than my money's worth. This gun was "spot on" consistent at the bench with a scope. There isn't a scope stop depression on the rail, so the scope will migrate unless you make provisions to anchor the mounts against the strong action. Except for the velocity, I feel this model Benjamin is superior to the similar Hatsan 25.

Me pareció increíble, buena efectividad y precisión a demás tremenda potencia.

Really am liking this pistol for the power and accuracy but not to fond of the big clunky handle and trigger at shortest pull setting is kinda far....im sure i could get used to it, but Im sure i will do small fabrications in the future to make the gun my own. I sure am loving the power and the rifled break barrel of this pistol.Update:Tore apart the gun to find all the improvements that could be easily done. First i countersunk the barrel like my rifle to see if that would help the pellet enter the rifling of the barel but this didnt help much and i still have to use an insertion tool.Next i noticed the barrel didnt line up right all the time like the break barrel mechanism wasnt catching right all the time. I then noticed the the catch was resting almost in the center of the quarter inch catch pin when the barrel was closed so i filed the catch to make it a little more secure but didnt go to far since the spring was kinda weak but it works well now getting highest air pressure consistently.The last thing i looked at was the trigger mechanism which was engineered very poorly but can be fabricated by grinding the rivets and remove some here and braze or weld some there to some of the mechanism. I just didnt have the drive yet to put that much time into a toy.Lots of things i dont like about the design of this gun but it was cheap, i kinda like the project of it and, it was the fastest i could find in a pistol

I'll go over the bad things first- I'm not a big fan of the sights, and the pistol grip itself I think is much bigger than it needs to be. I do have smaller sized hands, but this feels similar to a Desert Eagle.However, the good things- it's extremely accurate. Freehand I can hit a 2 liter soda bottle sized object at 40yds consistently, which I am not able to do on any other handgun except a 5.7 (my problem of not practicing with them). The velocity is as good if not higher than what is advertised- I got about 570fps with 8gr H&N Hornets, and 720fps with 5gr Umarex HyperMax pellets.Additionally, unlike many other air rifles I have shot, it's not picky on ammo. It shot the H&N Hornets, Umarex Hypermax, and an assortment of Gamo .177 pellets all well enough that I was able to consistently hit that 2 liter bottle sized target at 40yds. I did have to noticeably adjust for pellet weight, however.I wish that they offered these in .22 as well.

This is a spring driven piston design. You compress the spring, (when you "break it") which is attached to a piston. When you pull the trigger the spring is released driving the piston to compress the aid which "shoots" the pellet. This action jostles the pistol making it difficult for a truly accurate shot. I shoot pistol. Shooting a S&W 41 I can put 45rounds out of 50 all in the black of a slow fire pistol target at 50 feet off hand. I can do the same with my crossman 2240 (pellet) at 40 feet offhand and my Diana chaser 22cal (pellet) at 40 feet off hand. This thing..... to cock/compress the spring I have to break it over my thigh to get it to break. maybe it will get easier but wow!! the first number of times, ridiculous. The sights that come with it are, I suspect, designed by a person who has never used open sights. the gap in the back sight is not wide enough to see the front post. you end up seeing solid black. It is hard to tell if not impossible to tell front from back sight. It is heavy very very heavy.

Heavy, difficult to cock and load, but has lots of power.

Does what it's supposed to do

This by far is a very well built hand canon!!!I've even set up a camo paint job and converted this beast into a carbine... truly one of a kind now! Soo happy I I baught this, and will keep this baby as my go to for targets! Can't wait to hunt with it..... its killer at 25 - 30 yards.Update on the gun..... unfortunately it broke when I was trying to cock for reload..... after taking the gun apart, I seen where the piston body only had 4 tack welds holding the trigger assembly to it, and all 4 broke at the same time. So the gun is being replaced - I ordered another !!! I like it that much.... so if somehow I can get the parts re welded then I will have 2..... will swap out the body so I dont have to paint or build another carbine....Update. Still going strong and great small game hunter..... 2 yrs and this break barrel hasn't disappointed!!!