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

Nice large pistol! Heavy and has a large grip. Harder to cock than spring piston pistols. I had to use the cocking extension to cock the pistol Powerful. Medium loudness. Not back yard friendly in my opinion. Good quality. Decent sights but a red dot makes aiming much easier. I would recommend this if you're not concerned about the loudness.

I bought one a few years ago and have been surprised at the accuracy and consistency even between different pellet manufacturers! I find it enjoyable plinking pinecones against a safe wall of dirt when I go camping. I am so impressed that I bought a second one and am keeping it in the original box, in original un-fired condition for my heirs...I think that much of it!

I was about to return it because I couldn't break it to cock it ,but I was able to work it and is a really good plinker out the box, the cocking aid is very handy but if you leave it on you loose accuracy with it,trigger is horrible and I have to work on it but so far I really like it,very heavy gun so far I already started it to mod this plinker ,i put a scope on it and is really good but that adds more weight to it, that's why I gave 4 stars because the trigger!!!! Over all is a gem in the rough. Replace the adjustment screw for a little bigger one and that makes a huge difference , accurate and fun to shoot!! I turned it into a carbine cause the gun is too big for my hands , but it works great now.

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.

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.

works great

I've tried many types, brands, and weights of pellets in this gun ... It just ain't happnin.' The trigger pulls into tomorrow. (It's reeeeeeeeeally ..... uncomfortably long. And that hurts the accuracy, I'm sure.) There are prolly better, more accurate guns to spend your money on. I truly feel I wasted my money, not only on this gun, but on all the tins of pellets I had to buy to make sure this thing truly IS a waste of money. (Clear as mud?) I have several air guns ... They, as with any (firearm?) have certain preferences with regard ammunition (i.e. shape, grain, etc.) My other guns are incredibly accurate at long distances once the proper pellets were introduced. It's interesting ... While you're finding the right pellet, you hit the center of your target and get a few "flyers" ... until you land on the right pellet. Then you and shoot the pellet darn near though the same hole you made with the previous pellet ... time, after time, after time. No more "flyers", ever. This little joker is all over the place at even at 15 - 20 yards no matter what you put into it. You shoot nothing but "flyers", and once in a while, if you get lucky, a pellet finds its way to the center of your target! I've tried everything from 6.64 grain non-lead to 10.34 hollow-point Hunter Extremes (which ironically are the "most" accurate out of all of them) and can't get better than a 5-6" group. That's horrible! And to think that Benjamin use to be the gold standard ... back in the day. I mean ... it isn't like I haven't truly given this thing a chance. Honestly, I've had rubberband guns far more accurate than this gun. Less powerful? Yes, certainly, but far more accurate. (Cheaper, too!) <Big Grin>

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!!!