To anyone that read my 'first impressions' post,...this will be my final thoughts on this rifle. These are my opinions only, and they do not represent the opinions of all on the GTA. There are many fans of this weapon, and if you disagree with my ops, that's ok. We all have our own opinions to go on.
I guess we'll start with the stock.Well designed, but poorly manufactured. The action slot was cut out in a sloppy manner, and the whole thing looks as if it were dipped in polyeurathane and dripped dry. The blueing on the action itself is decent, but nothing to write home about. The muzzle-breakis big, obtrusive, and just cheap looking. The rear sight is a flimsy plasticcomponentthatis a poor excuse of a sight. Like most otherQuest type rifle sights. Trigger guard,....you guessed it,...more plastic!!!
Now for actual performance.The only pellet I could find that wouldn't fire super-sonic was the heaviest I could procure,...the Beeman Silver-Arrows at 11.5 grains. After about 500 rounds of break in, I could drop the weightto the mid 8 grain Cro-Mags without going SS. But for accuracy, I had to stay with the SA's.This rifle dieselled alot, and still does on occation, but it has calmed down some after 1000 rounds or so. Last chroney with the SA's was around 970 fps at Bob's place a few weekes ago.I wouldn't recommend any pelletunder 10 grains for this shooter!!! The SS is a powerful rifle with a ton of torque in the spring,....too much for my personal taste,and I didn't really enjoy shooting it much at all. Of course a lube tune would smooth this rifle out,...my objective was to break it in and get the scope sighted.I did add some secret grease (not Di-electric though) and did a little sanding on the inside of the stock to smooth the cocking cycle some.
Sighting the SS useing the 'irons' was a complete waste of time. With such a harsh and violent firing cycle, the poor plastic rear sight couldn't handle this kind of power. Not to mention the front globe sight is kind of long and hard to sight through on anything but a sunny day. I removed the front appeture and painted it orangehoping this would help,....and it did some, but the rear sight just wouldn't/couldn't stay in place. So let us try the glass.
Scoping the SS was a challenge for this rifle. It came with a one piece mount and a Crosman/Center point 3-9X40 AO scope. Not too bad a scope really, but not the greatest scope ever built.To my surprise, the barrel droop wasn't very noticable at all, so shimming wasn't nessasary. There's a bright spot!!! Because of the torque of the spring being so powerful on recoil,....no amount of tightenning the mount would hold it on the action. The scope stop pin simply sheared off after a few rounds, which I excpected it would anyways. I even installed a Gamo scope stop with the yellow rubber shock absorber, but this still wouldn't hold the scope mount in place. After talking to the rifles owner,....all I got in response was "just do what you can", so I did what I could. I didn't see any need to over-tighten the mounting bolts, so I drilled out the holes in the mount and ran through-bolts in it with a flat washer, a split lock washer, and a nut. Then I torqued them dowm as much as I could. Problem solved!!!! I dremmeled the remaining bolt threads off flush with the nuts to give it a cleanner appearance. But the best part is that that glass ain't going No Where. With a few click of the rets we were in business. Swapped out the trigger with the GRT-III and things have continued to improve. But only to a certain extent with a factory condition rifle. From the picnic table at 25 yards, I can keep a half dollar sized group. With diligent practice and learning the SS's firing characteristics, I'm sure I could shrink this groups to quarter and possibly nichelsized groups. But that's as far as I would take it considering how rough this rifle fires. It's just too strong a gun to shoot with anything but heavy pellets,...and accuracy would be a major challenge to acheive with anything else. Average weightedpellets are not designned to travel at these speeds and with that you can throw accuracy out the window with this rifle.I'm not sure if I'd even want to shoot this rifle on a regular basisand invest the time in it if it were mine. It would probably sit in my cabinet collecting dust.
My final thoughts,.....for $300, you'd be well advised to invest in a better quality rifle. It's too much rifle for most folks, and not very enjoyable to shoot. If you've got a Benji SS, and you like it,...Great, Super! I hope you get all the enjoyment you can out of it! But for the newer air-gun enthusiast,....this isn't the weapon for you, nor would I recommend it to anyone but the seasonned shooter that knows what to exspect in a rifle of this type and power.
Like I stated earlier, these are only my opinions of the Super-Streak. I've tried togive this weapon (in it's stock condition)an objectionable and fairreview withoutbeing biased in any way that I know of. If I've angered any of the many fans of the SS, then knowthat this was not my intention at all. I'm sure withsome work these rifles can shoot much better!!!
Respectfully, tjk