Benjamin Sheridan EB20 Review

Overall Rating

Light and compact.
Good power for 30-40 shots.
Great quality.

I use the Benjamin Sheridan EB20 guns for grouse when we are bowhunting for moose. They are very accurate and have plenty of power to harvest grouse and rabbits cleanly. I get 30-40 full power shots per CO2 cylider. I mounted Hakko red dot scopes on them and carry them in bandolier holsters. They are a high quality product that I highly recommend

Members' Comments onhoytcanon's Review

• SchtenDohkji on 30th Apr 2007

  1. what's the grouping at 25 yrds (for hunting?
  2. same for 10 meters for typical airgun competition?
  
  If you don't have a machine rest, such as ransom, please use bench resting:
  
  1. Put sandbag on top of heavy hardbound books (2 or 3)
  2. Wrap the above tightly with a beach towel
  3. Put 3" machinist vice on top of above
  4. Clamp the pistol's barrel/C02 tank (be careful not to collapse the tube!!!), use a small
  wash towel to protect the pistol's finish
  
  At Eley Ammo company in UK, they test their highly accurate .22 ammo batch clamping the
  pistol barrel onto a heavier machine vice. the vice is bolted down onto a heavy metal pillar that
  is bolted down on the cement floor. the shots are fired into a tunnel, 50yrds long in an enclosed
  lab. No wind, no wobble. Yes, i know. This arrangement of clamping the barrel is not natural.
  yes, shooting through a tunnel is also unnatural but this is how they test the intrinsic accuracy of an
  ammo. Using the ransom rest is a bit more natural, clamping the handle rather than on the bbl itself.
  but again, the barrel-vice will reveal how good the barrel and ammo combo consistency. You'll probably discover how C02 may not provide consistent pressure so only vertical (drop of bullet) maybe affected if the pistol is good. Yes, i know. The EB20 is not an Olympic grade pistol as for instance, Walter/Baikal KSP200, Walther GSP .22, Hammerly 208, or even some Olympic air pistols like
  Drulov DU-10 auto or Styr and Walther's air pistols. But don't you want to find the 'intrinsic' accuracy?
  Yes, you'll need to mount a magnified scope, say 4X if your eyes no longer serve you to see 11.5mm
  bull at 10 meters (if your eyes are good, your red Dot with only 1X is still better than the iron sights
  to test the accuracy. I was able to group 5 shots with my hi-standard victor .22 auto measuring only
  .32 x .28 inch, center to center: of bullet holes using my MatchDot 1x red dot scope at 50yrd (not 20ft or
  25 yrds). The entire hole size is less than a dime's diameter at 50yrds!!!! dat's a lot lot better than
  many of 28" barreled .22 bolt action rifles!
  
  Air Pistols
  Formal air pistol competition is still a very young
  sport. The first World Championship was held less
  than twenty years ago, and it was introduced as an
  Olympic sport in 1988!
  
  For Olympic air pistol shooting, competitors use .177 calibre pistols to fire lead
  pellets at targets 10 meters away. The bullseye has a 11.5mm 10-ring, with the entire target being just 15cm across.
  
  satoshi nakamoto, LA, Calif mtn_ssshupring7@hotmail.com