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DavidS · Banned

Hello All,

I'm new to the forum here but an older guy and a long time gun owner and reloader and just placed an order for a Benjamin Sheridan .177 Trail NP to hopefully take care of some of the pesky pests

I hope I picked a decent varmit shooter? I live in the country and the place tends to have more than it's share of distructive pests.

In watching the video on Sportsman's Guide it seemed to be a fairly decent Air Rifle with a very healthy velocity of 1,200 fps and very quiet too along with continued performance. They claimit it to be good and I'm anxious to get it so I can test it out to see how far it will reach out which is also dependant of the plellets used to reach a happy medium but I'm still learning about these break barrel rifles?

I figured it had to be a lot better than the Crossman 12 shot Co2 repeater I have as it just doesn't have any reach to it when some of the damn birds fly about 100 to 200 feet away.

Also, how is the accuracy with this rifle?

I like the Trail stock as it similiar to the AR's which are comfortable to shoot.

Hope I didn't make a bad pick?

Talk with you all later and looking forward to your replies,

David

broommaster2000 · Moderator

Hey David, welcome aboard. It's awesome you've found your way to our little community! A lot of powder burners choose to start using an airgun at one part of their life!

First of all, we're going to give you some basic phrases, you may repeat them in your head, like mantras if you will. It's what helps us live our way of life, the way of the airgun. It will be awkward at first but don't worry, enlightenment will come.

Don't believe the claims the false prophets make on pellet velocities. Ommmmmm.

They are false even if they hold some truth, for light pellets may be able to reach such velocities. Ommmmmm.

To honour the pellet we will use heavy pellets who will remain under the sound barrier for they were not made to surpass the godly barrier of sound. Ommmmmm.

Now doesn't that feel better already? Maybe not, but that's part of the process of enlightenment.

Shooting a spring/gas ram airgun may require mastering the artillery hold to get the accuracy you want. This basically means "don't squeeze the gun", but you'll be able to find more on this here and there around the internet. Better explanations are given there. (This does not apply to CO2 or PCP (Pneumatic) guns.)

Someone of the Temple of Airguns will be with your shortly as I do not own a Trail NP for myself, however there are forum members who I assume DO own one. They are more then willing to share their information with one of our brothers who look for enlightenment.

In the meanwhile you can use the search engine to look around a bit. You might be able to already find something to help you in the right direction.

I hope I gave you some good starters.

Let the healing begin. Ommmmmm...

Anton, follower of the ToA.

BBgunNoob · Veteran Member

broom what are you on you need to share , np is not a bad gun from what i read like broom said someone with it will be on shortly lol

DavidS · Banned

DavidS · Banned

Say BBGun Noob,

The other member is DonWalk and he also has a Benjamin-Sheridan Trail NP but I'm not sure if his is .177 like mine, it's on it's way, or not?

Oh, I read through all 20 posts from the owners of the Trail NP on the SG site and everyone praised it highly. In fact everyone but 3 gave it 5 stars and the 3 gave it 4 stars but had nothing bad to say about it.

One guy even said to break it in as the manual says and keep it clean and he was shooting 1/8" groups at 45 yrds. and that darn good!!

Now I'm really Jazzed and feel a lot more positive about my choice of rifle.

Anxious Varmit Sniper here!

Give the little bass tards something to remember!
In other words make your point with them!

Good shooting,

David

broommaster2000 · Moderator

domer_pyle · Senior Member

Once you get the hang of the hold required you'll be just as accurate as you are, the gun won't be at fault for misses. I'm not kidding when I say the pellet always hits the vertical line in my scope any time I fire a pellet. So if I miss, it's my fault

BBgunNoob · Veteran Member

yea i heard it was an amazing gun, also heard some stories of people getting a lemon from it but the once in which were replaced were amazing

DavidS · Banned

bullethole · Member

The benjamin sheridan is a very good,accurate gun and a very well choice! Enjoy it,I know you will have many years of service from that gun! Have a good day!

DavidS · Banned

bullethole · Member

I shot one a few times that my friend had,you can tell its a rugged gun.Very accurate.Pumping the break barrel makes you feel like this is a serious gun with power.Like my remington 1200fps vantage its powerful. I would get a good scope but get one thats compatible for airguns such as a bushnell. I liked shooting it. Im thinking about buying one since after shooting my friends benjamin sheridan trail and asking him to buy it for a little bit less than price he said he wouldnt give it up for an extra 50 bucks because of the sentimentle value of his kills he made with it lol Have fun,you made a good choice.

bullethole · Member

hey david, go to airgundepot and check out the reviews for it. A 5 STAR gun! Cool

domer_pyle · Senior Member

I really haven't gone for too many groups especially at longer ranges because to get the most accuracy the gun needs to be shot free standing, but I'd be willing to bet at 50 yards the gun prints 1/4" CTC.

At 70 yards I took a shot and I kinda swayed to the side but my horizontal crosshair stayed on the bull, so it struck 8" low and to the side. Took another shot, same story just swayed to the other side, and the pellet hit JUST lower than the other one. So I had to assume that if I'd been on target for both shots the "group" would have been about a half inch wide.

DavidS · Banned