{"id":4708,"date":"2018-12-17T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2018-12-16T22:15:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T05:15:43","slug":"benjamin-vaporizer-22-caliber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/benjamin-vaporizer-22-caliber.html","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Vaporizer .22 Caliber"},"content":{"rendered":"

New to the Benjamin line up of break-barrel rifles this year is the Vaporizer from Crosman, now part of Velocity Outdoor.\u00a0 Fitted in an ambidextrous black polymer pistol grip stock, it offers clean lines with grey soft touch stock inserts at various grip points for good purchase and control.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>Molded into the stock is a raised cheekpiece and a thick, dense rubber buttpad plus two sling attachment points.\u00a0 Topping it off is a set of barrel mounted sights with the rear being adjustable, and a picatinny rail for attaching the included Center Point 3-9x40mm AO scope.\u00a0 Crosman also included their market leading sound suppression SBD\/Gold unit to the 15-inch barrel which, as a bonus, gives additional leverage when cocking.\u00a0 The report was relatively mild, so the SBD was doing a good job.\u00a0 The Vaporizer weighs 8 pounds 9.5 ounces with the included scope and is 46.5 inches long; balancing well in the hands so the weight is not an issue.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin’s new Vaporizer<\/p><\/div>\n

Definitely an adult air rifle, the cocking force on this rifle is stout.\u00a0 Although it has become easier to cock after an initial break-in period, it can still be a workout for the average adult.\u00a0 Of course, that strong, proprietary Nitro Piston Elite gas ram you are cocking translates to adult power as well.\u00a0 My location is above 6000 feet and the average velocity of 14.66 grain pellets was a respectable 700 fps, yielding almost 16-foot pounds of energy.\u00a0 Plenty of power for pest control or small game hunting at air rifle range.\u00a0 Crosman rates the Vaporizer as capable of 950fps and 29fpe.<\/p>\n

The 2-stage \u201cClean Break Trigger\u201d was heavy at approximately 6.5 pounds out of the box with a long first stage take-up.\u00a0 The trigger is adjustable via a small hole in the trigger guard, but even with that, I found I could not adjust it lower than 5 pounds without approaching what I felt was a danger threshold.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t a bad trigger, but there is room for improvement on a gun in this price range.\u00a0 The manual safety is a lever located directly in front of the trigger and it does not automatically engage upon cocking.\u00a0 Unusual to my thinking in this age of rampant lawsuits, yet the lack of an auto safety engagement will no doubt be lauded by some.<\/p>\n

The Center Point scope appears to be of good quality with a clean image from edge-to-edge and the parallax adjustability from 5 yards to infinity via the Adjustable Objective bell.\u00a0 Elevation and windage adjustment turrets are calibrated in \u00bc MOA.\u00a0 Most shooters should find this included scope adequate for the capabilities of this air rifle.\u00a0 Accuracy-wise the Vaporizer did well after it settled down from running the first 100 or so pellets.\u00a0 Taking time out to tighten all screws occasionally is always good practice as well as using Tom Gaylord\u2019s recommended \u201cArtillery Hold\u201d when shooting break-barrels.\u00a0 At 20 yards the shot groups with H&N and SIG pellets could be covered by a U.S. quarter.<\/p>\n

I experienced dieseling for the first 40 or 50 shots before the manufacturing oils\/solvents worked their way out.\u00a0 That is a concern, but Crosman\u2019s new 5-year limited warranty on materials and workmanship should have you covered.\u00a0 MSRP on the Vaporizer is $259.99 and if you have questions or desire to obtain the Vaporizer or any of Crosman\u2019s other fine products, reach out to our friends at Airguns of Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a side note and in the spirit of the season, to help prevent someone from \u201cshooting their eye out\u201d check with AofA<\/a> regarding new shooting glasses from Howard Leight Shooting Sports.\u00a0 Named Genesis, these are lightweight, extremely comfortable, and have adjustable temples for ease of fitting the adult face.\u00a0 You forget you are wearing them \u2013 always a plus when out shooting for any length of time \u2013 and when coming from the cold outside to a warm room, you still won\u2019t think about them because they won\u2019t fog up!\u00a0 Their Extreme Anti-Fog treated lenses eliminate that annoying problem. \u00a0They also provide 99.9% UV protection and for an MSRP of $18.99, they are a bargain.<\/p>\n

Happy Holidays to all and remember:\u00a0 Don\u2019t Shoot Your Eye Out!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New to the Benjamin line up of break-barrel rifles this year is the Vaporizer from Crosman, now part of Velocity Outdoor.\u00a0 Fitted in an ambidextrous black polymer pistol grip stock, it offers clean lines with grey soft touch stock inserts at various grip points for good purchase and control.\u00a0 Molded into the stock is a…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4708"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4718,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions\/4718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}