I have this gun and I have to say that I am mightily impressed with it's construction, balance and general oomph.

I have to give a minus for the choice of telescopic sight bundled with it, as although the optics are fine, the lack of caps to cover the adjustment turrets is a really bad show, and the low light performance is not great as a result presumably of the relatively small objective lens. It has zoom up to an indicated 9x, but for my needs that's a bit of a waste of time. I for one would have preferred a fixed zoom scope with illuminated reticle.

The weaver rail is a very welcome addition, and the "Hardwood" stock (not sure exactly what wood it is!) is very nice to handle and operate. When brand new, cocking the rifle is a bit of a task, but that soon becomes easier. The noise at first is not impressive, but once a hundred or so pellets have been through it, it really eases up.

Once fitted with a half decent illuminated reticle scope though, this is an excellent weapon, and it really is a lot quieter than a conventional springer.

The packaging of the weapon is a bit of a worry, as it looks quite similar to that of a toy cap-gun I was given as a present for my 5th birthday (really, I still have the box for that too!) but I was really sold when I held the thing and felt how nicely balanced it is.

All said and done, a very tidy and accurate weapon with plenty of power and not a lot of noise, a great buy for a second time owner IMHO.

Repeatable accuracy, quiet. Too much to cock for most wommen and kids. Spend the time setting up the scope! 3 shots under one dime at 20 yds. Very humane way to take out a squirel without alarming the neghbors. BE AWARE of what is beyond your target, the carry distance of heavy pellets must be respected.

i got this gun a couple days ago i love it the only thing i didnt really like was how the center point scope can be adjusted with out having to screw off the caps. its a veary accurate gun and veary quite, i love the stock!

The Benjaman Trail nitro piston .22 cal took 7 working days to arrive. After opening the box first impressions was that this is a nice rifle. The stock was a little darker than I expected and the steel looked nicely finished.
The first thing I did was break the barrel to cock the gun and saw shreds of the breech seal hanging off the seal. Also the machine finish on the breech face was terrible (I am a machinist in the areo space industry for 25 plus years.) After removing the seal and deburring the counter bore I replaced the seal and loaded a pellet. The trigger SUCKED. The long gritty pull made me miss the trap! Twenty five shots later I was so disgusted with the trigger that I had to make a decision, either send the gun back or fix the trigger (voiding the warranty). After taking the trigger assambly apart what I found was that (in my opinion) the trigger parts were sent out to heat treat without being deburred. There were hardend jagged edges all over the sear and mating parts making the the pull way to long and many false second stages. I cleaned up the burrs and reassambled the trigger. (the parts were almost as hard as the file) Now the adjustment screw actually did something.
Back to shooting. But can't hit sh*t. The windage is good but the elevation changes with every shot. What I found was that the barrel lock up detente was not square to the (5mm) dowel pin that was supposed to activate it. I used vise grips to rotate it (the latch not the dowel pin) ccw about 2 degrees. Now the back side of the latch hits the dowel pin flush, locks up good but now had too many shims under the breech seal. There were five shims under the seal. I removed two of them and stoned the mating faces of the breach. The surface finnish was crap.
Now it shoots kinda accurate, bout the size of a nickel at 55 feet. Five shot groups. This is the longest I can shoot at the house. After about 600 rounds the shroud around the barrel is starting to rotate. Don't know why but I an sure it has something to do with the crappy machine work on the breech block.
Wish I would have known that the Remington NPSS was made in the states! It would have been worth the extra $ to start there.

i got the Benj-BT9M22WNP two days now and the grouping when set scope up was the easy i have tried a lots of .22 air rifles and this is the best

Purchased this rifle a few weeks ago at the local bass pro. It is of similar size and wait to my old favorite R9 but has some bonus features I always thought would be nice; such as the weaver scope rail and gas spring. Admittedly, my first impresssions were somewhat poor. The factory trigger is terribly heavy with long gritty stages. I did get used to it, but then I've been spoiled by the match grade triggers on my other rifles. The shot cycle, however, is very smooth and the gun itself is deceptively powerful considering its noise level. Crosman states in its manual that there is a 100 shot break in period. I would up that count to 500 rounds. Now with almost a 1000 rounds through it while plinkiing in the back yard its coming around nicely. at 25 to 30 yards sub 1 inch groups are quite easy. All in all this is an excellent small game hunting rifle and one that should be considered by any serious airgun hunter.

I got this air rifle for three weeks know it so good, i am impressed balance accurate weapon with plenty of power and not a lot of noise, a great buy

I have had my Benjamin Trail Hardwood 22 now for about a year I have put probably a 1000 rounds through it so far and it just keeps getting better, I have found that the best hold is to put my left hand under the forestock and then rest on a tripod. I really like the thumbhold stock it seems to work very well for me, I can shoot hole onto hole shots at 10 yds and 1 inch groups at 20 yds. I have read other people complaining about the trigger pull but for me it works very well I have gotten to where I know when it will fire judging by the distance I am pulling the trigger. As far as velocity I really dont know what it shoots I can only guess about 750 ft second or so but it has plenty of power as I have dispatched at least 20 rats in my shed so far. Thanks Benjamin for putting out such a great product!!

I got this gun about a week ago on spring break, and im amazed. It took a little bit of work sighting in at first but now its shooting fantasticly. And the power is amazing as well at first i thought i was missing the cans i shot but when i walked up to them the pellet just went straight through. If you plan on eatin what you kill go for headshots, because if you shoot the body theres nothing left! Great job benjiman, you just got another satisfied customer!:)