Benjamin Akela \\ PCP Powered Hunting Air Rifle 

@Troy Hendrickson Troy, why do you say it’s garbage ? I will agree it’s not a $1,800 FX, but garbage !

@Troy Hendrickson Wow, very sorry to hear about your streak of bad luck. Sure hope the two new ones work perfectly. They really are nice guns. Good luck.

They did...

And then some. Was looking forward to an American made bullpup. Disappointed. Might as well go fx maverick at this point.

@@markmtbrider why does it matter?

@@jean-claudelaboy9679 because I would rather see American craftsmen/machinists building them.

Good thing cause Crosman's quality as of late has been shit.

Haha I like that That was very clever

Yes it needs a barrel band..mine shifts side to side..makes it change trajectory

I would say you would have to experiment and get your own dope.certainly a mil dot reticle would be extremely handy and a card for your data. 10 yard shots might not be all that different really with a high power near 10 zero and a low power far 10 yard zero. Go out to 15 or 20 yards though and the the difference might be huge on a pest bird shot.

@@markmtbrider I shoot JSB 18.13, Polymag, Polymag shorts, Crosman both domed and premier and H&N Baracuda just a bit past 3/4 power on my Akela. JSB Jumbo Monster 25.39 gr. and Eunjin 28.6 gr. at full power. The Monsters and Eunjin are slow (752 fps and 721 respectively) but stack pellet on pellet at 32 yards. It will shoot all of the lighter pellets I listed, except the polymag shorts, accurately at full power but I won't shoot them that fast until I test the groups at 50 yards and beyond. As every rifle is different lots of pellets and a chrony is going to be the only way to know for sure what your rifle will do.

I would look at the Kratos in .25 best for long distance out of the 3 .

Action locks open.

I’ve designed a friction mount rail lock that solves this problem.

@@Legendpilot Nice. Much needed.

link ? I added a 1/8" pin to mine.

@@dariusscott-miller6540 yeah at 3/4 I get about 870. The hammer adjustment must be set slightly different for all the akelas.

Well, what is your shot count and how much of an extreme spread do you get? My Cayden shoots them at 895 fps, but I get 48+ shots (50-52) with extreme spread of 24 fps.. With sorted pellets I am sure that can come down to 20 fps for the extreme spread.. My opinion is that diabolo type pellets work best under 900 fps, and 880ish seems to be the magic number..

@@vansantsam well I don't shoot them at the speed as mentioned prior. Currently get about 48 good shots before they really start to drop and they're ranging from 880 at 3/4 power to 845ish. But I've yet to mess with the hammer adjuster. I'm also seeing what pellet it likes best along with slugs.

@@jean-claudelaboy9679 Ya, my friend and I both bought Cayden's at the same time, his is faster than mine by about 20 fps, so I guess they come from the factory with different hammer settings.. He gets less shots and more extreme spread, I get more shots with lower extreme spreads.. I am satisfied with where mine is, 52 shots with extreme spread of 25 fps (24 fps spread for 48 shots) and shoots most all shots between 880 and 890.. With 5 year warranty how can you go wrong.. I got mine on sale from Amazon for $390 (now back up to $496).. Mine is still shooting 870 fps at shots 52 then drops off from there (last 8 shots) to a low of 847 on shot 60.. I am very happy with the rifle.. I think it would be possible to turn mine down even more and have it shooting 830-850 fps range and get a full 60 shots with low extreme spreads (but I am happy with 4 mags of 48 shots)..

@@dariusscott-miller6540 Good deal.. mine does 60 shots with extreme spread of 48 fps.. Drops off pretty fast after shot 52.. (895-847) Shot 52 is still 870 then tanks on the last 8 shots..

Jean-Loup DESBORDES it looked familiar, I thought it might be Turkish

Only about 20%. The rest is strictly crossman.

@@randycombs112 I'm thinkin' those percentages are Reversed... and Then some.

What caliber?

@@shooter1721 I’ll probably go with a .22.

Also, where do I get a barrel band?

Yupp

@@sink38ms thanks man. I’ve had it a few months and have killed a lot of pests with it. It also easily makes it through a fresh 1.25” thick piece of cedar wood. The coyote never came back but I’m glad I bought it & am 1,000% confident it’d easily kill a yote

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Fx pellets are made by jsb. I tried all jsbs out of my Akela and the FX pallets do great.

@@randycombs112 I know. I work at Predator and I'm giving Rick a hard time.

@@Monkeydad1969 Took me a second to notice your name. Like your informative videos. And of coarse you would know about those pellets. My bad. Give him a hard time.😅

@@randycombs112 😂😂😂, no worries. Now you need to give Rick some flack too. It makes him stronger...💪🏼😎

Have both. Benjamin akela is much better quality. Flashpup is a fun one to tinker with though.

I put a barrel band on mine. It made all the difference.

Kral barrel band will fit if you really want one. Floated barrel by design works wonderfully.

@@Legendpilot You can still have a floating barrel with a band. In the p-rod there are no contact points between the band and the barrel, it is just a protection against accidental drop or hit that may bend the barrel.

I can sub moa with slugs in ten shots with np redwolf,, 3 types of slugs up to 58ftlb at muzzle,, 140meters

If you have plenty of money then ok, I bought my Cayden for $390.. and it is capable of shooting 1/4 inch groups at 40 yards.. With that said, I can buy a .22 and .25 with tons of money left over for lead.. And if it hits a bulls eye, what is the difference, no matter if it cost $200 or $2000, the bulls eye is still the bulls eye..