Benjamin Bulldog Reviews

Power. HUGE power for a bullpup (.457). Haven't shot it a lot, just scoped it and tried it out. I do have the gen I .357 and that's got a lot of use shooting mostly Nosler 145's.

I'm not a fan of the gravity magazine. Hard to load as it's loose and slugs keep falling out. Also, note that the slugs (Benjamin 350grs) shown as recommended among will not fit the magazine as they are two long to use the magazine and need to be individually fed. The 196 NSA's work well (and get more power) but feel very sloppy in the magazine.

Very powerful and accurate

Foster fitting cover is very flimsy and cheaply made. They put a lot of effort into making this an exceptional rifle, but skip over this little detail.

It's definitely a slug gun. It will fire .25 pellets and slugs, but not very well. It is chambered and rifled for .257. Griffin slugs are exceptional in it.

A true powerhouse. The M257 definitely lives up to the hype. Packs a really good punch, and is very accurate. I am sure it will get even better with use and breaking in.

The protective foster fitting cap leaves much to be desired. Very cheap and flimsy. I believe they could do much better. For the price they have installed a regulator, but overall performance is good.

Don't expect to get good results with pellets. This a slug gun, and bored for .257, not .25. Although they will fire, they are not accurate at all.

Power, power, power. Not too heavy. Shoulders nice. Great pic rail. Easy to fill. Accurate out to 100 yards. Nice side lever.

The magazine has some slight issues with how it holds the ammo and cycles, but not too bad.

The gun is a beast and it's one of my favorites to shoot. A real powerhouse and accurate. High priced but ultimately worth it for hunting or blowing up water jugs or other targets. Quality is high priority at Benjamin for sure. Heavier ammo seems to shoot best. 140 grain slugs. 80 gran pellets work decent too, but the slugs seem to be the most accurate at distance.

Great power, compact design, balances great for a bull pup.

The thread m-18x1 sucks too big 1/2x20 would be just fine for a LDC sized for 357 the gun is loud very loud so without a LDC herring pro is a must have

You better have a bottle to fill a fast shot of air on a new gun because my gun had two stuck valves one was the main hammer spring valve and the second was the check valve on the foster fitting

I have the .457 rather than the .357. Nice piece for the price.

Easy to load and cock

Better air feel cover

Has plenty of power

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It would be nice to have a single shot tray.

Just that it's a very accurate rifle

Fun to shoot fit with donnyfl modd

More air volume

Great starting point for 457

Accurate huge power threaded barrel excepts ronnin donnyfl silencer

Shot tray is clumsy I prefer to single load need single shot tray. Needs scope risers

Buy a compressor!!!!

Big power accurate shot grouping

Riser for scope in package. Single shot tray would help with longer ammo

Objective Bell on scopes need to clear pica buy a riser or rings that are tall

Using the 357 version, I like the accuracy, i like the fact that i likely have 10-12 kill shots, which most seasons is more shots that i fire all season. I have fired more this season because i needed to target practice. I am shooting wild feral hogs and deer, so far this season i have hunted twice, dropping a wild hog with a head shot, and a spike buck, also with a head shot. Both these shots have been close, 35 yards or so, as the season goes on, i will try to get and take longer shots and will report the results here.

Not much.

I purchased 2 of the .357s , one for me, one for my wife. Unfortunately, my wife took a bad fall and injured her shooting shoulder and hasnt shot since, so that second gun has been fired only twice - me shooting to see that it was sighted in ok. On mine , i had PA do the magic to give mine a bit more power, and i added the suppressor from the Florida gentleman. We live in a neighborhood and the different the suppressor makes, is my wife can here the shot fired from her rifle (no suppressor) , when i shoot mine, which i do quite a bit in the back yard to target practice, she cant hear it at all. When I shot the spike buck, there was a doe with it, the spike dropped, and the doe jumped - seeing the spike go down - but the doe, just looked around, apparently did not hear the shot. I really like these guns - i am tempted to get the 45 except - the description says, it only has 3 shots. At 70 years old, i am not as accurate as I once was, so i like having extra shots.

It's fun to shoot. Plenty of power. Solid value for an accurate bigbore. Plenty accurate for my needs. I spent most of my life shooting less accurate airguns. I paid for the added power upgrade, although tPA isn't transparent about what's included in that package. Fingers crossed.

The fill cover is like a bad prank. Worst engineering job ever. So, the thing you have to access every five shots is a crappy little piece of plastic that doesn't fit well and is like wrestling a bear to take off? What were you guys thinking? How about fix it...ASAP! Idea: aluminum with a tough hinge and solid latch. The ping is a lot louder than it appears on videos I've seen. I have a Hill depinger on the way - to go with the DFL Ronin I have on it now. Looking forward to

Watch a bunch of videos before you buy a Bulldog. Get familiar with modifications and the combined cost and effort to building a sweet rifle, for the money. The kit PA offers for this Bulldog includes a nice scope.

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This rifle turned out to be a lot more flexible for shooting a variety of targets and bullets than the advertising indicated. I use pressures of 2200-2500 psi for shooting on a 50 yard range in my backyard. Group size varied from .5 to 2 inches depending upon bullet type and pressure. I altered my magazine with two small notches so round balls could also be shot. 300 grain soft cast 45-70 bullets sized to .457 and lee liquid lubed were shot and compared to round balls at 50 yards. Both shot fine for small game an plinking applications. 10 shots with each type of bullet were taken, with the initial pressure being 2300 psi and the final pressure being about a 1000 psi. The slugs used an average of 120 psi per shot, the round balls used an average of 155 psi per shot. Its odd the slugs used less air, usually its the other way around. The slugs were accurate over the entire 10 shot string - assuming you've learned to compensate for the changing pressure as you shoot. The round balls

were particularly accurate in the 1800 psi range. It is a much better rifle than the advertising indicates. CONS- The rifle shape can be a little slippery to handle. The fill cover needs to be replaced, it's too hard to use as is. Its shape is unconventional, but a forward mounted pistol scope or folding ar-15 sights work just fine. I really like the fact that it is economical with it's air consumption.

With a 3000 psi fill, the rifle will be more than adequate for most American game , big and small, at any reasonble range. The gun is little awkward, but it's performance more than makes up for it!

This is the Airgun to buy. I have two! One is set up with a Pulsar thermal scope, the other is equipped with a Leupold 3-9x40. The Bulldog is a great 100 yard gun. Perfect for coyotes at that distance. For deer I would limit distance to 75 yards. Wide selection of projectiles are available for 357. Because it operates at 3000 psi, it is hand pump friendly. With a standard hand pump, each shot cost you about 30 pumps. So if you fire all ten shots (magazine holds five) you will need 300 pumps to refill. For comparison, the Airforce Texan requires about 60 pumps per shot to refill. (Again, this is my experience) Mr. Hollowpoint makes the best bullets I have tested. His 140 grain hollowpoint is accurate to 100 yards and has a flat trajectory. It is a little loud, but noise reduction is provided by adding a device from DonnyFL. His Airgun suppression is Hollywood quiet. Without a suppressor, the gun sounds like a high power rifle. Bulldog is a solid platform.

I would like for the safety to have a little more resistance. Although it has never happened, I could foresee the safety working to the FIRE position if the rifle is handled roughly. Otherwise, I am 100 percent happy with the Bulldog. It is a great gun for a shooter that wants to buy a gun and start shooting. There is no adjustments to the hammer spring, valve, etc. Any tuning you wish to do must be done with ammunition selection of weights and bullet types. Again, Mr. Hollowpoint makes the best I have tried. Great expansion.

Once loaded, the Bulldog can not be Unloaded. (An Airforce Texan can be) You must discharge the loaded round and then remove the magazine to render the gun SAFE. Even then the action is re armed because the cocking lever has been actuated. I prefer to: open bolt and remove magazine, close bolt (gun is still loaded) fire the loaded round in safe direction. Leave bolt closed. Put gun on SAFE. This leaves the gun unloaded and the hammer spring decocked. Benjamin includes a nice ramrod for unloading, but I find my method safer. Treat this Airgun with the same rules and respect as a high powered rifle. It is lethal to anything you shoot.

Not backyard friendly at all. Very powerful. Only real issue which is a serious issue is ammunition.

Powerful. Balanced and accurate.

Something to dampen the spring noise right by the shooters ear.

The noise of the spring and air entering the barrel is literally right under the shooters ear! VERY VERY loud. Definitely wear ear protection. Especially on the ear closest to the gun. I added the Donny FL emperor and extension, and the noise coming out of the barrel is tamed down a lot, but the noise by your ear most definitely is NOT. Needs to be a warning.

Watching things explode when 145 grain nosler red tip hits it and picking up a full mushroomed 95 grains hollow point from air venturi, the Benjamin bulldog makes these things happen.

Grip texture

This is my first big bore airgun and it gets more shots per fill then most .35 cal other than the Seneca recluse but with 5 shot magazine and smooth side lever cocking.

This gun dialed in super easy, first shot is always high, 2 through 10 are in a 3/4" group. I have the umarex hammer and hatsan blitz along with this rifle and the bulldog is my go to. I love this gun!

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