Benjamin Trail NP XL Magnum "Classic" Full Review by Airgun Detectives 

Hi JC, my uncle had one of the first 22 models, was the first magnum breakbarrels I ever tasted, good look, great quality and energy, a lot. it's really a classic . Yours with these upgrades looks great.. Another great review. Tudo de bom . Cheers

JC thank you, I like your videos very much. They are full of actul, and valuable information. I hate this rifle, until I watched your video. I know now, there is hope with my Benjamin rifle. I purchased this rifle in Costa Rica four year ago. Benjamin Trail XL 725. Caliber .25. Made in China by Crosman. It is expensive here $450. I liked it immediately, big, powerful, nitro piston rifle, with thumbhole stock, and my favorite break barrel caliber, the.25 Looking for the best accuaracy for my Benjamin, I put it on my best airgun scope ( Leupold Vari X 3x9x33m EFR) I shoot it for weeks with 14 different .25 cal pellets( JSB, H&N, Polymag, Air Arms, Benjamin, Eunjin and many others good pellets) at 35 yards, and I never could get a decent group. All groups were 4, 5,6,7 inches and biggers groups. Total disappointment, the best group ( the only) was the Field target trophy pellet 19.91 gr from H&N, 1.5 inches. I absolutely hate the factory stock trigger pull, very heavy, almost six pounds. It is the WORST trigger of the world. In comparation with my rekord triggers from my Beeman R-1 and R-9 rifles. I decided to sell the Benjamin immediately, but for a strange reason I didn't. I liked the rifle, the nitro piston works perfect, and is not difficult to cock it, besides this is a powerful rifle. I put it in a box and keep it, in the garage. I think maybe some day I will find the solution for this rifle. And for you JC, finally I found the reason, upgrade the Benjamin and get this incedible Grt-3 trigger. ( one pound four onces) the trigger pull from your .177 Benjamin. It is my dream trigger. Thank you very much JC

That's an incredible group for A NP piston break barrel excellent work my friend stay safe and happy shooting

This gun tends to get a lot of "Meh" reviews. People say it's over priced, and it turned me off from them for a while. Upon doing more research, I've discovered that, while it lacks features and is heavy, it's also accurate and high quality. And as someone who primarily shoots firearms, not air guns, accuracy and quality tend to be ATROCIOUS in the airgun world, and people just accept it for some reason (you can buy a single shot 22 lr that'll last 200 years and shoot 1 inch groups at 100 yards for $150)

These are very nice guns. I had one of the first guns in 22 , many years ago. Great review !!

Thanks for reviewing a "springer" and a pretty good shooting springer at that. Seems like springers are becoming the "black powder" of the commercial airgun world with everyone's wanting them new fangled PCP ( smokeless cartridge equivalent ) irons. I shoot BPCR and Musket and of course prefer springers. Got a couple of co2s, pistol and rifle, but, without the recoil it's almost like playing a video game and springers give me an experience closer to using a powder burner than co2 or probably PCP does. I hope springers will still be there in the future and that manufacturers don't abandon them completely.

Hi JC awesome review as always this is a gun I might have to add to my collection. It’s unbelievable how accurate that thing is. Keep up the good editorials it’s always fun to watch anything to do with their guns.

Amazing accuracy... I got to say I'm jealous. I have the 22 caliber version and it's been nothing but a disappointment in the accuracy department even after a lot of effort tuning by skilled professionals, and a new ctd trigger that's fantastic. The pros that worked on that rifle for me were just as frustrated with it as I was. The power level is fantastic however and I keep it around for whacking the occasional raccoon that tries to eat my chickens and ducks. honestly at this point I'm leaning towards the hatsan bull boss in 25 caliber or perhaps 22 due to its amazing accuracy power and multiple shot capability for dealing with multiple critters going after my pets and livestock at night.

Always tuned for Airgun Detectives ,thanks for the video

I was thinking about buying this yesterday night and I’m so glad I ran into your Channel

I got the 25 cal. With hn hornets. It's wicked 🖤

I love my NP TRAIL in .22 with the GRT TRIGGER. she loves the hades and polypreds. I have taken numerous game with this air rifle over the past 10 years. I can even shoot slugs thru it with good accuracy. I have 15 air rifles, 2 are break barrels, 13 PCPs, and this NP is my favorite.

I have the .177 because I assumed it's the ticket for accuracy, which is what I bought it for. Put a heavy pellet in it and was surprised at the stout recoil. Very happy with it. Thanks for the video

... I just entered the world of pellet guns, freaken love this. Just bought me this one. Thank you for the video, helpful in every way god bless

Saay.. That's a nice break barrel you got there... Not ever concidered to start buying many break barrels. I've only bought one so far - in .177. But I'd definitely, after seeing this review, would go for a .22 of these. Way nice performance.

Have you ever used a pellet pen? They hold the pellets and then you just plug them in. Makes handling.177 pellets much more manageable.

Great review as always JC 👍

Nice review. Nice gun! Wonder if it could shoot a lighter weight slug? Seems like it has the power. Thanks for your reviews. Always great.

_I like the stain!!_ Pellet pen is a must for .177 (slightly helpful w/ other type guns too).

The xl 22 was the one that I wanted but they sold out and they don't import them anymore. I got the trail np2 instead. You are a very good shot, I've heard that the recoil on those ones are difficult to manage.

I just watched the video on the .25 you have. I have the .22 with an upgraded grt 3 trigger and I love the gun but the accuracy has always been off, I’ve tried maybe 5 different pellets, and it is very consistent with bad accuracy. How do you tune your Airgun? What does ‘honing the chamber’ mean or entail? I love the stain idea, I’m going to do that once I get done with all my other projects!

Can you do a video on how you installed that trigger and where you bought that trigger that would be great

Good to hear you had this gas ram for a while and it is still working fine! Interesting trigger but im not sure I could find this shipped in canada, if so shipping price will be horrible 😟

Great review. I looked at one of these a few months ago when the .25 bug got me and the trigger turned me away from it. Otherwise a great rifle. Cheers

JC, sir.. will those Rex scopes handle magnum recoil from an air rifle? How are you only getting about 101 Db when you’re breaking the sound barrier? Hmm. Cool Rifle and I like what you did with the stock. It has a hint of green to it (on my screen anyway) and it’s unique. May I ask if you have any upcoming PCPs that you will be reviewing? You see a Gamo Arrow coming out soon and it sounds and looks promising for the price point. I’ve always had good luck with Gamo and I love their stocks so I will be buying two of them. .177 and .22.

Hi Jc nice gun I was wondering what kind of scope u have on ur rifle.all my break barrel's are .22 caliber, for a .177 it hits hard I was surprised nice review later

You answered my question. I’m sitting here wanting to “pull the trigger” on placing my order for the rifle, but I don’t know enough about single break, shooting to know, which is the better caliber, .177 or .22.

I do the 'bearing mod' to all my benjamin and crosmans. makes them triggerific.

Nice rifle . Thanks

Thanks for this video you give me a bases of comparison even tho I don't own this gun. I have the Crossman diamondback in .177 but I also have a the hatsan 135 qe in .177 which is comparison to this. But then also the diamondback reminds me of this gun. It hits hard and blow up lighter pellets like the the Crosman destroyers hahaha

I bought it in 5.5 mm/35J energy and it's brutal! But I am slightly disapointed by how badly it is designed (compared to our older Czech made airguns), there are some plastic pieces (which is ok in these days), but trigger is very far from grip, so it's not that comfortable for smaller person, and it's really really hard to cock it, it's more like some crosbow than airgun, it's not such problem for me to actually draw it, but problem is that it's very hard to even open barrel (there is no button, you must hit it) and when you cocking it, it's very hard already from start, so you just can't do that by left hand while still normaly holding it like I am used to. And that's what I meant by it's not that well designed as our older airguns. Our older airguns made in Czechia or Czechoslovakia before, when you open barrel, it goes almost without resistance at the start, so you can open it slightly to move barrel more close to you and then draw it very comfortably, this is not possible with these modern airguns at all, I gave it to my father to try it and he was barely able to draw it, but he is weak. From your vieo it looks like it's very easy, but maybe your airgun is slightly different than 2022 version for our market, who knows and I have .22 cal, so maybe it has stronger nitro piston. This airgun is insanely long, but most of that lenght is just piston area, barrel starts like kilometr from you that you can barely grab it while cocking it, it's just too far for your left hand, they should do more bullpup design for such powerfull airguns, this is more like some old muzzleloader gun, it's insanely long with most of mass in front of you, so it's really hard to manipulate with that and hold it for longer time. Another thing I don't like (and most of modern airguns have it) is safety in front of trigger, the idea that I am doing something with my finger there when I don't want to fire is just weird, bizare and not safe for me, also, it doesn't have automatic safety, which some people hate, but I think it's actually pretty important on breaking airgun, especially when you give that weapon to your friend or kid, it's not problem for actuall gunpowerder guns where you aim in front of you all the time, but this is airgun and you are breaking it and manipulate with that in various ways, I would probably keep automatic safety there just to be sure it's safe. At least trigger is not that sensitive, so you won't fire by accidentaly touching it, which would be really bad on airgun which has safety next to trigger. Our breaking barrel airguns made in Czech Republic look much better when you look at metal parts, it's real engineering, not "chinese engineering" like other airguns, but sadly, it's not sold anymore since like 2016, they have too much work with real guns that they have no capacity for making airguns anymore. My older Slavia 634 made in 2014 is weak (like 13J), but it's superior quality compared to modern airguns and 2014 is one of the last pieces made and people say that they were worse than older. But what I really love about this airgun is wide 22 mm weaver rail (like on real guns) which is welded directly to body, so it can't move or pop off like on other airguns. Classic 11mm mount is useless for more powerfull airguns with recoil, that's problem on our older Slavia 634 airguns, they didn't really count with scope even when rail is actually there. This Crosman/Benjamin is like let's say M1 garand, it's big and heavy, but when you fire from that, it's very satisfying, while our old slavia airguns are like some .22 LR rifle, very easy to operate and light, but when you fire, it's not that satisfying. I hope this airgun will be safe, because that spring/gas piston is ridiculously strong and I can't imagine how can some piece of metal hold such power. What more I don't like is that when you once draw it, you can't realese it without firing it becuase trigger is blocked when barrel is not in ready to fire position, it's like that on most of modern airguns, there are probably some safety features which doesn't allow you to release spring without firing it, but on our old airguns, it's possible and it's a good feature, I use it a lot when I clean and oil my airgun that I draw it and release it few times without need to actually fire it.

I have this gun, The Beeman ram jet pellet, 9gr.works excellent,.

Great review...its ironic that I started with gas rams and springers and then went deeply into the pcp world and now I am coming back to the gas rams and springers lol go figure! Always enjoy your reviews

Did the bipod just screw into the screw holes on the side?

My walther talon, 1350 with 6 grain hobby.

Where's the link to the trigger that you said you'd put in the show notes?

between crosman and benjamin air rifle, what are the differences?

hi im in the uk ,where in the us can i send off for a trigger upgrade ? my nitro piston doesnt work properly either either

Do they offer a speed loader ? My big fingers will lose the pellet when making an attempt to install

Both in .177

Does the new trigger just drop in as in one piece? Thanks jc Ps: name of new replacement trigger?

Hi, do you think jsb redesigned 13gr will work fine with this.?

What scope do you have on the Benjamin .

Do you zero everytime you change pellets?

Where can I get that trigger ?

What scope do you have on the benjamin

We can finally buy these unlimited airguns in Czech Republic without gun licence, I am thinking abou this 35J Crosman, it looks great. I am not sure what ammo use to this, I had previously older Slavia 634 and I had to buy 0.87g light pellets, I guess that will be to light for this, we have some 1.6 and 2.2g "monster" pellets on our market, so that will be problably better, if you understand metrish. There is plenty of unlimited airguns on market now, but I like this exact shape of stock, I am small and most of airguns have too massive grip for me when it has classic rifle stock.

How much trouble to install open sights on this gun?Thanks

Can i have a link to the aftermarket trigger please?

What stain did you use?

My buddy order a .25 cal and waited 6 months to get it.. 3rd time out the picatinny rail flew off... Ive heard this happening a lot. Sadly ive never once gotten a reply from crosman either..

This vs the gamo swarm magnum gen3?

I like what you did with the stock , which stain did you use? nice shooting. Your claim that this was one of the first magnums is a little bogus prior to the birth of the BT the mexicans the russians the germans and the brits had several mag springers starting around 1970 and running onto to 1990 I can think of about a dozen without breaking into a sweat. Sorry I just got to say after that attractive refinish on the stock you went and screwed a bipod to it ????? they are of limited use in the field and less functional than a sand bag for bench rest, they do pose a gun well for a photo about the best I can say for them. I bought a gun with one already fitted to it years ago, got in the way drove me mad and I sold it, the bipod that is, there was nothing wrong with the gun

Got the same gun, also with the grt3 trigger. NOT happy with the trigger. Can't feel a first or second stage at all - and trigger pull seems to be alot heavier than yours. Any tips on how to properly adjust the grt3 trigger?

How hard to put open sights?Thanks

How much for the upgrade trigger ?

whats the make of the scope?

whys the stock so much darker than whats in the pictures?

Do you have a link for the trigger?

Hey would you ever try the “Griffin Slugs .177 Caliber Deep Hollow Base 10-12 Grain” they say it’s it’s for break barrels

do you want to sell it? by the way how do you spell DIA-BOLO

Trail nitro piston xl ...320.00 bucks, good guns shot one' but never onwed one tho' in a .22 or 25 cal it will bring down coyotes, foxes, bobcats skunk's kinda bigger sized game ez, magnum gas piston sealed pistons not like Hatsan vortex thos are junk, they quit working at aroud 4000 rounds exzactly 3 different models did' in 2 model 125, 135 Hatsan guns (don't buy one of thos), This problem occured because the vortex is not a sealed gas piston' it vibrates a screw loose in the back of the piston there and leaked the gas out' vortex gas piston is a recall 'failed component' now if the Hatsan got a spring piston in it, thos Hatsan's are ok' why they put screw there' idk .. but this air gun in this video is different it's a crossman trail regular old fully sealed gas ram' Np2...also Hatsan are heck to work on to many components jamed into the triggers everything, vs I can swap in a new piston in a crossman nitro in 1 hr or less, iv rebuilt a few np1 guns ...it's not to bad one seal one o ring one new gas piston' the difference is a stage 1 nitro piston is like 16 to 21 foot-pounds of energy, that's 600 fps in .22 and 900 fps in .177 this guns are cheap and great guns shoot thousands and thousands of rounds ya' they range around 100 to 150 bucks. ...are theses guns worth the money ?" yes' they last forever litturly' and you can leave them cocked forever hurts nothing' unless you shoot 250 rounds everyday like' good for pest control anything' and quiet they stay right under sub sonic velocity... except in 17 cal those can break 1400 fps in the Np2. I would take off the suppression system and allumen barrol shroud ya" put on a rubber grip on the end of the barrel or something' "because" if a round hits the internals of that shroud it breaks em' plastic baffles no good' then the next time you break it over' to load it' the whole barrel shroud slips off' it's just on there with plastic thread's, then the barrel backlashes breaking the gun, slapping you out cold in the face' saw it happen before twice'. "this problem occured because a piece if tissue or cleaning cloth got stuck in the suppression system, the the got was shot off, this caused the round to bounce sideways when fired' breaking the internals of the shroud. The youth can't cock none of them' no it takes 45-50 pounds of energy load one of them' but other than that one barrel modification theses Benjamin Trails with the nitro stage 2 are just amazing performance and power wise' After you break them in ya get' .177 cal 7.9g 1050 fps. 25 fpe .22 14.3g 850 fps. 29 fpe .25 20g lite 750 fps. 33 fpe... "The Secret trick to getting the scope's not to slide in the rings" ahh that one... brazing, take a file or a razor nife to the inside of the rings and cut lines or squares in them, half a mm thick whatever, then do same to were the scope mounts touch the scope", I'm saying carve groves or lines on the scope as well yes, crazy but yes works, then tork all the bolts tight, same on scope mount bace nuts youse alot tork,,,same concept of a bicycle handlebar mount ya' everything made out of allumen thesesdays is why, so when the scope goes to slide it seat's itself in the rings" you want try get one with picitany rail, but the dove tail mount I can do thos to but its different trick tho', if you have a dovetail the scope may slide on the rail anyways, thos pen sheer off after 5000 rounds on the dove tail no don't use them,,,my scope's don't slide from the hevy reverse recoil from the piston guns at all and that's why'" brazing allumen'' so alot accuracy issues with pistons and the scopes need be a (utg bug buster)" or rated for torcher, ...so if your scope won't stay set on target ya that's why' The triggers are fine To6 grade five pound pull... ish'

To this day one of my fav guns ( 40 years of airgunning and a $20,000+ collection of stock and fully modified guns)...that said let's see what's left of that scope after 500 shots....all those magnum break barrel guns are scope killers...really wish one of the manufacturers would put some effort into building us a real magnum air gun scopes...it cant be that hard....and before all the arm chair coaches start sending me messages...I have tried almost all of them..cheap and expensive....name brand and knock off....I have thousands of dollars worth of trashed scopes...my advice...go with lower powered break barrels and get a little more life out of scopes.

Breakbarrel designs seem inherently flawed. Id design a pump to be separate from the barrel.

Please send me this

its basically the same gun as my crossman nitro venom, ive been researching an upgrade. I hate to be a negative nancy, but i hate my venom. Horribly inaccurate gun

What scope do you have on the Benjamin .