shanon ovalle
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2017
Magnum power with a nice wood stock. I got lucky and received a good rifle that shot straight (no barrel droop). Accuracy was great right out of the box with dime size groupings (if I did my part). The trigger is like most say here, pretty terrible...but with a little practice you can overcome the long pull or just upgrade it. The rifle does favor the artillery hold, so that will factor in your groupings. The scope is actually not that bad and has held zero well so far (be sure and keep it centered with as few adjustments possible when zeroing...this will keep it's strength up in handling the magnum power of this beast). The XL is a heavy beast and hard to cock...if you do not work out regularly.A MUST DO when first getting this rifle is inspect thoroughly! Check for any cants, tighten the bolts, and CLEAN the barrel good! Then go and shoot the rifle and see if it has any kind of droop (left, right or low, high shots). If you cleaned it good and hold it right it should have at least quarter sized groups at 15 yds. If your rifle shoots significantly high/low/left/right from your point of aim...then take advantage of amazons wonderful and speedy return policy to get yourself another rifle until you receive a good one!
ROKKET
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2014
this an extremely powerful rifle and is ungodly accurate.i can hit a target the size of a quarter with the same scope that it comes with no problemthis is a force to be reckoned withthis can pass througth solid poles of wood with no problembut it takes about 150lbs of cocking force and i can lift my 100lbs friend with no problem and it is still kinda hardthis is not a toy but a high powered rifleim am going to explain somthing that i got with my gun that i got from amazon what the nitro piston/gas ram does is it will compress the air in front of it causing small amounds of smoke and an insane crack, now i know what you're thinking, oh I'm just using pba (steel) pellets but i dont i use the heaviest .22 rounds that you can get (not to mention that they will not can WILL split a can right in half when filled with water)the rounds are jsb diablo jumbos they are the most accurate and do the most damagei love this gun however the gun gives you a little buck but unless you cant shoot for crap it dosnt really effect accuracynow on to the trigger, it suckED notice past tense suked first you need to send about 300-500 shots downrange and then the trigger will just comletly break that was the second stage and it snapped right offthen you needed to get a screwdiver (phillipshead) and take the trigger guard off and then you need to get the destroyed piece of plastic out and then it will be a VERY good trigger warning it will be sensitiveoverall this is the best gun ever
Peter R.
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2013
After reading and researching for some time I decided that .22 caliber Benjamin Trail XL1100 is probably going to be good enough for what I want. I knew that included scope is nothing to write home about. I tried Center Point scope on my Ruger 10/22 last year and it did not hold up well, so took it back to Walmart. While scope had nice features for the price (illuminated reticle and AO adjustment) all that is worthless if you can’t keep it zeroed in. Secondly I knew that I will be replacing trigger with "Charlie de Tuna" as the one on the rifle was not designed too well. Lastly I knew that rifle will be quite heavy. With those expectations I have placed order w/Amazon. Rifle arrived 3 days later (not sure what happened to 2 day delivery).As per manufactures recommendations I have plinked about 100 pellets just to break it in. First surprise came with the first shot - I have clocked it at 1012 feet per second using 14.4 grain Crosman hollow points. That is 32.76 foot pound energy!I did not expect this velocity with lead pellet. While the break-in process continued the velocity came down a bit to anywhere from 900 to 950 feet per second. I believe that this was due to initial dieseling effect that could take place while the rifle was new and all oiled up. Anyway 900-950 feet is still impressive - that translates to 25.91-28.86 foot pounds of energy. While the rifle's accuracy was getting better with each shot, sadly Center Point scope did not survive break-in period. Reticle twisted counter-clockwise after 50 shots and instead of pointing up at 0 degrees it was at about 350.I have contacted Crosman next day - it took less than 5 min to get a new scope coming my way - I was impressed again. While waiting on the new scope to arrive I mounted my 3-9x40 Bushnell Banner. With that, at 10 yards I'm getting less that 1/2 inch groups. At about 60 yards initially I was getting 2-3 inch groups but they have tightened a bit to about 1.5-2.5 inches. At 200 yards I'm getting 4-5 inch groups.New scope arrived today, but I’m reluctant on pulling Bushnell off of the rifle. I’ll probably keep it as a spare.I have not ordered a new trigger as the one on the rifle works just fine for me. Not sure if Crosman redesigned it or I'm not as picky as the guys that replaced it. Yes, the rifle is heavy, but with proper "Artillery hold" or setting CG on a bean bag it is a nail driver. This rifle exceeded my expectations and Crosman service is impeccable. I have put about 500 pellets through this rifle and like fine wine it is getting better with each shot.I’m extremely happy with this rifle – way to go Crosman!