Stoeger Arms X5 Air Rifle

I received my X5 yesterday and I was immediately impressed with it's quality. The bluing of the steel and finish on the wood was flawless. The trigger pull although being a bit long was very smooth, much better than I expected, and doesn't take away from the gun's inherent accuracy. Within 5 minutes I was consistently hitting a 2 inch targets 20 yds away with an unsupported hold. Today I put a scope on was hitting the same targets at 35 yds, also unsupported. If you do your part the X5 doe's it's. My gun doesn't seem to be hold sensitive, but I'll know more when I shoot from a bench.

I agree with others that the comb is too high for comfortable use of the fiber optic sights, but works best with a scope.

The X5 is one smooth accurate fun all day shooter and would easily be a great deal at twice the price. If you like making small objects dance at 30+ yds buy this gun. You won't be disappointed with the X5 or Pyramyd Air.

Workmanship; quality look; bluing; fit & finish; ease of cocking; price; ergonomics; power and accuracy

Nothing, except for the plastic muzzle brake, sights and non-adjustable trigger.

Shooting the first 50-75 rounds with a CP 4x scope was testing as I had to refine sightings constantly. It finally came onto a tight target and I've not had a chance to give it more testing, but it may be the scope. I have a X20 S and that is very accurate tack driver, but needed a GRT trigger upgrade to achieve that accuracy. Most of these guns out of the factory have long trigger pulls without a discernible break point and for the second or so while you're squeezing the trigger, you have to guess the break point. This sometimes pulls you off target. With a crisp trigger upgrade, that becomes a non issue. I found that I can't get an trigger upgrade for this model and am looking for some possible fixes?
Other than that it's a really nice gun for the money and would no doubt bring game to the table if necessary. I like the Stoeger/Benelli brand and the quality of their guns, especially the nice two year warranty. For this price you can't go wrong. Returned an X5 for it-too little power!

Size, weight, feel, ease of cocking, accuracy, and the fantastically low price. I agree with the observations made by others, it's just one heck of a nice gun. There are a couple of things I'd change but really, for the price, you simply can't go wrong.

The rear sight is hard for old eyes to see properly, probably because of the image mottled by the green dots (I have less trouble seeing the all black rear sights of my grandson's Grizzly). Locating the trigger further back would be a nice touch, as would narrowing the forward edge of the stock a bit.

When I first shot it, the gun dieseled a couple of times but has since settled down. Even with old eyes and a fuzzy rear sight image achieved a perfect cloverleaf at 30+ feet almost immediately. Later mounted a Hawke 2-7X scope on it. At first it performed fantastically, but in a short while the zero started shifting badly. I had used the same scope on an IZH 60 and a QB78 successfully before. I think the X-5's spring shock was beating up the Hawke scope, hopefully it hasn't destroyed the innards, haven't checked yet. Just a caution to others. At first the trigger was awful stiff, so I sprayed some lithium lube into the area where the trigger pivots and in a short while it has settled down.

Wood stock, easy cocking and light weight

Would like the front sight to be more easily replaced.

I bought this after shooting my cousins' Weihrach HW30S. For a third of the HW30S price, I think the X5 provides 95% of the qality and 100% of the fun. I highly recommend the X5 as low cost, high value air rifle. I ended up buying another X5 for my sons' birthday.

I managed a 5 shot group at 25 yards that a dime would cover. that is near excellent in accuracy so 4 1/2 stars for that rating It is VERY easy to cock this rifle and perfect for all day shooting.

a better trigger. I did a little work on mine, however it is not a trigger one can make super light without making it unsafe. it is a very firm pull to get it to fire in stock form

my 9 yr old nephew could cock the rifle

mine likes the RWS 8.3g pellets at 25 yards the best and the RWS flat nose 7 grain just about stack at 15 yards.

I purchased this rifle for my wife as it was difficult for her to cock my RWS Diana 34. She has no problems with this one and it is plenty accurate.

It has a two stage non-adjustable trigger and has a bit of travel.

I mounted a UTG 3-9x40 Mil-Dot,1/4 MOA 1" tube scope and had to remove the rear site for proper clearance. This isn't really a problem just a side note.

Light weight, easy cocking, good accuracy

I wanted this for open sight use, so I would like a stock without the raised cheek piece.

This is a handy little air rifle. It cock easy, is very accurate and has enough velocity for close range pest dispatch. The perfect rifle for a youngster, wife or big kid of 66 like me. I own several air rifles and it seems I always grab this one to plink and play with.

I like the size and weight of the rifle. I bought one and liked it so much I bought another. I like to use a scope but also fiber sights. These are so reasonable I picked up the second one. Best purchase I have made in a looong time! 25 years ago I used to shoot the RWS 75 and Feinwerkbau 300 off the bench and burn a single hole in every target. I miss doing that witha n airgun and I own a lot of springers, German, Turkish and now Chinese. There are a lot of great shooting springers at all different price points. This Stoeger x5 was a real jewel of a find. Sprigers are know to shoot off a bench rest terrible and I'll tell you that most people who give poor accuracy reviews is because they do not understand the spring piston airgun. I have not shot off the bench since the big old (recoilless) Target rifle days. Until now. This X5 shoots off the bench as the same offhand. Shooting a 10 meter range off the bench with a 4x scope and this little jem will shoot a 1/4 in hole. That's a fact!

The metal work is as good as the German guns. The stock is well machined and has a nice design. I would prefer a rich darker Walnut color on the stock. The color on mine is very reddish almost purple. I put some paint and varnish remover on the stock and 10 minutes later, wiped it off and the finish was exactly the same.The reddish purple is here to stay. (without the option of paint)

I was really sceptical with the Stoeger brand because of it being made in China. I enjoy shooting this little rifle more than any other airgun I have ever owned and I have had them all at one time or another. I have 2 of the tiny x3's coming as well. One for a scope and the other with the fiber sights. There is something very satisfying when you outshoot all your buddies (with a 89.00 rifle) and they all have the Biggest and Best.

Easy to Cock, very accurate ,Light weight, Quiet,nice Wood Stock , Nice 3 3/4 Ib trigger pull !

Nothing !

This is my 5TH Stoeger X5 and these Rifles Beg for Peeps or Scope.That will really make it Shine !Great for Young Kids and any Air Gunner !All my X5 rifles came with Nice Crisp Triggers of 41b pull or less ! Go Stoeger !

ACCYRACY , ACCURACY, ACCURACY !

Nothing ,easy to cock very light , oh and did I say its ACCURATE !

When I first got the rifle I got more of a pattern rather than a group . Thought about sending it back but with Pyrarmyd Air's 30 day money back warranty and most everyone saying air guns need as many as 500 or so shots for a break in , I decided t give that a try . WOW ! after about 400 it just kept getting better and better . Now at 700+ I now have a "tack driver" GREAT rifle