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| Value for Money | 8.6/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 8.3/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.4/10  |
Full review by
airgundude
on 25th Oct 2008
User Rating : 9
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Good Points: When i first saw the benny EB20 it had the smooth but tuff look of a well made pistol. Small but heavy enough to feel just like a real 22. The rear sight needed adjusting but after that i dont feel they can get anymore accurate than the EB20. It packs plenty of punch and is lethal for the tree rat that happens to take a pellet. It also keeps full power until about the last shot or two(which is about 30 or so).I like that much better than slowly loosing velocity half way threw the co2 catriges half life. Lets out a thunderos ker rack every shot.
Bad Points: When your loading your pellet the cocking slide slides forward when your trying to load your pellet. Plus the fact it is a single shot. I also bitch whenever i have to shell out more than $100 bucks for something
General comments: I was originaly gonna go with the Benny 7 pump 22 pistol but when i saw the EB20 i just knew that would make me a happy shooter. I was right. Dont like pumping every shot any more. Well i guess i never did. I bitched about the price ($118.00 with tax).I guess for the money that wasnt bad they had some models there that were alot less gun for about the same money. Plus it felt great in my pretty bigger than average hands.The same day i bought my EB20 i popped a tree rat in the chest ending his nut collecting,garden destroying, rabbie spreading, dog harrasing days permently and that did make my day. Next day i popped bugs bunny in the dome and he didnt jump or make a sound as he just fell over and expired. Ya i like this pistol and i guess its worth cabbage i shelled out.
airgundude's review and ratings | 301 words
Review by
Slogger
on 18th Sep 2008
User Rating : 8
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For what i paid and for what i recieved i really cant complain , this gun is very well put together , I have taken out an abundant rat population with ease at night ( red light ) at 5 meters . Its a noisy pistol but that due to the power available ? is there a way to turn it down to 1/2 of what is available
Excellent value for money and with a real gun feel ,it reminds me of my .22 rimfire bullnose ruger and is just as accurate
My version is the eb22
Slogger's full review | 188 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
Guest.
on 28th Aug 2008
User Rating : 8
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Best .22 C02 air pistol available. Weight and handling characteristics are similar to a real .22. Unexpectedly good power for a CO2. Excellent out-of-the-box accuracy at 25 yards. Fairly quiet, no louder than a child's cap gun.
Guest.'s full review | 43 words
Review by
Guest.
on 14th Aug 2008
User Rating : 9
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The Benjamin EB22 is my first CO2 after many spring and pump-up guns. The power and accuracy are beyond expectation or claim. The box says 425 fps for 20 cal and I get close to 6 ft-lbs at 430 fps with a 14.4 grain 22 pellet. With a scope (2x and I wish I had 4x for this gun) and a good rest, a 1 inch group at 20 yards is achievable. The pop is loud as would be expected for this energy out of such a short barrel due to the relatively (to a springer) constant pressure of a gas or pcp gun.
Guest.'s full review | 134 words
Review by
Timelord1
on 5th Jun 2008
User Rating : 10
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The good points I like about this pistol is the sheer power and accuracy. I use it for short to medium range hunting and of coarse targets too. Most things have been covered by other people here so I'll keep it short I've had great results shooting rats and squirrels it's also very useful on a hunt to dispatch vermin that is still alive if someone does not do a clean kill, (very rarely though).I've found a good website to get parts from like a silencer adapter a nice walnut grip (one piece) a tr ...
Timelord1's full review | 110 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
Frank1000
on 2nd May 2008
User Rating : 2
Respect :
-1
I bought the pistol. One day later the bolt was broken. I call Crossman they told me to send it to a mandatory in Quebec. I sent the pistol and they return me a pistol that few days after lost CO2 by the canon. I sent the pistol again. They return me a pistol with the mounting windage screw was not centered on the canon. I give up. Forget me Sheridan. They should call this model a Shitridan pistol. Yesterday I have seen another Shitridan I look carefully and it was a lemon, just looking at i ...
Frank1000's full review | 116 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
mopedman
on 12th Jan 2008
User Rating : 10
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I have had this pistol for about 4 years now.it has given me a lot of fun and sport.
got a small deer with a headshot at about 25yrds.i doubt many other pistols on the market could possible do that
mopedman's full review | 90 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
Tonycsr
on 23rd Nov 2007
User Rating : 7
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One good point is that I paid $90.00 for this gun. Most other stores were $107.00 to $120.00. This helps swallow some of the crudeness.
A price of 40 to $50.00 is more in line with the quality of this piece.
Now after all this negativity... I like this gun. It's powerful, shoots better than I do.
Tonycsr's full review | 170 words
Review by
kicknotes
on 11th Oct 2007
User Rating : 5
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Let me first just say that I am remaining objective in this review -- this is not a rant. That said, I just can't see how some of these Crosman and Benjamin/Sheridan guns get such high reviews. My guess is that either some of these "rave reviews" are coming from Crosman themselves (marketing type folks) or people who have nothing else to compare their purchase to.
When looking for a .22, I opted for the B/S 392, per the great reviews. It ended up being (for all intent purposes), junk. Too muc ...
kicknotes's full review | 770 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
Cognition
on 22nd Mar 2007
User Rating : 9
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I stand corrected.
After taking this pistol out with me on two or three shooting trips, I take everything I said in the other review of this pistol back. The EB22 is pin-point accurate (within reason) and is ultra powerful for a pistol. I shot an apple clean in two from 20 feet with no problem what so ever. The CO2 also lasts for longer than the manual tells you, too - even taking into account that I'm using this pistol in the winter. I've been using this pistol in single figure temperatures ...
Cognition's full review | 302 words
Review by
Cognition
on 8th Mar 2007
User Rating : 9
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Although I've only had this gun for about 30 minutes now, I think it's worth writing a short review about it.
First of all, I would like to start this review by saying that I did my research before buying this gun from Airshooter. This is my first CO2 pistol, so I didn't want to get it wrong. I'd spent a lot of my time reading reviews such as these on all different kinds of airguns, from under lever rifles to specialist target pistols, and after swimming through this sea of information, I fou ...
Cognition's full review | 520 words | 3 comments added.
Review by
Glider
expert review 
on 27th Oct 2006
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+3
I should begin by saying that I have very little experience of air/CO2 weapons. With five years in the Royal Artillery, my main experience is with military small-arms (I was a marksman with my old 7.62 SLR) and bigger guns. However, these are my impressions of the Benjamin EB22:
The first thing I noticed from the box was the heft and build quality. I had read as many reviews of different pistols as I could during research prior to buying the EB22, and reviews concerning the EB22 were consiste ...
Glider's full review | 787 words | 13 comments added.
Review by
lewi103
on 4th Sep 2006
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+1
Having bought my EB22 only a matter of hours ago i am confident in such a short amount of time that this is the most capable air pistol i have fired.
It feels very sturdy and well built unlike even some of the more expensive options i have (ie 92fs)
Inserting co2 is easy as it just slides into a compartment below the muzzle and is locked in with a screw cap. Then all that needs doing is inserting a pellet. It has a simple bolt action to load the pellet into the breech after which only a sh ...
lewi103's full review | 312 words
Review by
Ned Christy
on 25th Feb 2005
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+3
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.
Ned Christy's full review | 107 words | 4 comments added.
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