Benjamin EB22 Review

Overall Rating

Well made-all metal and wood, no plastic
Nicely balanced
Accurate
Powerful for a pistol

Front sight should be undercut

I've had my EB22 for about a month now and have shot at least two tins of pellets through it. So far it has been 100% reliable and it's quite accurate, grouping within one and a half inches at 20 yards consistantly. On the average, it will get 35 shots per Powerlet before starting to lose power. In fact, the only complaint I have is with the front sight, a sloping ramp, which is hard to see except in bright sunlight. I highly recommend this gun to anyone who appreciates quality.

Members' Comments onNed Christy's Review

• tenmeters on 30th Jun 2005

  A 1.5 inch group at 20 yards is consider accurate? Wow, you are easy to please. Now I know why most American (compare to European) are inaccurate and built cheaply. If you question what I say, please look in World championships and the Olympics. How many shooters shots American airguns? Answer : zero. I wish Americans wake-up and demand more accuracy and better quality from american airgun manufacturers. If not, these manufacturers will keep pumping out lousy airguns. Why not, if the public doesn't demand more, why should we try harder to make better stuff.

• Urbanservant on 17th Jul 2005

  I have recently ordered an EB22 via an Internet supplier. My expectations are high considering your reveiw, as well as my previous experience with the superior quality of Benjamin products.
  
  I appreciate fine craftmanship employing traditional materials like steel, brass, and fine hardwood, as opposed to manufacturer cost effective polymer injection molded knock offs, of what a traditional American air gun once was.
  
  I am hoping the impressive advertised velocity of 500fps (or close to it) in 22cal. holds true. As far as grouping at 1.5" @ 20 yards, that's probably as optimistic, as these 50 year old eyes would want to get anyway. I don't shoot from a benchrest, and can appreciate a more reasonable accuracy assesment from an average, as opposed to an expert perspective.
  
  
  I'm not spending hundreds of dollars for a match grade pistol I will never use in competion. I'm sure there are many fine alternatives both American, and European, but me thinks we need to keep the comparison; apples for apples, not apples for oranges.
  
  I guess it could be prestigous to own the best, of the best. But then if you are defined by what you own, rather than the condition of your heart, owning the finest of the finest will never be enough.
  
  For the most part I find airgunning a relaxing, cheap, alternative in a close quartered urban envirionment to keep my marksmanship with firearm (or paintball gun) skills relatively sharp, in an enjoyable format.
  
  I should receive the EB22 within a week, and will most assuredly submit an honest reveiw with unpredjudiced integrity.

• scottro on 19th Dec 2005

  Anyone confusing the Benjamin EB22 for a target grade pistol like a Tau or Feinwerkbau should wake up and stop over-enjoying the liberal drug laws some European countries offer.
  
  This pistol is a compact, powerful, well made, and reasonably priced plinking and hunting pistol. No one in their right mind is going to compete in the olympics with it. Likewise, no one in their right mind is going to keep a $1000 Feinwerkbau target pistol under the seat of their pickup truck.

• Boris on 12th Apr 2007

  In most cases I would guess that this pistol is more accurate than the shooter. They are quick to rubbish results such as 2.5" at 20m but never SHOW their results.