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lampy · Veteran Member

My main shooter right now is a Daisy 853 and I'm very happy with it but lately I've been thinking about getting a .177 Benji Disco. 99% of the time I shoot indoors in my basement, 10 yard bench rest. If needed I want to be able to dispatch small pests but it's main purpose will be 10 yard bench rest. I like the dual fuel option on the Disco and will probably run on CO2 for most of my shooting. I will play with the HPA of course Smile

Is the Disco able to stay inside a 1/4" bullseye at 10 yards? Mods are no problem and I look forward to tweaking any new purchase.... Thoughts and opinions on the Disco are appreciated.

oddtodd · Silver Status Member

Discos are dead nuts accurate. I had one, but I sold it because i was hurting for money. don't get the crosman pump though. It's a POS. Get a hillman pump. It will last you forever.

lampy · Veteran Member

The Disco arrived last week Very Happy

Started leaking out the barrel 3 days later Crying or Very sad

It is on it's way back to Crosman for repairs. It took all my self control to not open it up and fix it myself.

toadmyster223 · Senior Member

Bummer man. I hope I get a good Marauder my first try

lampy · Veteran Member

I was a little disappointed with the Disco. The fact that it started leaking right away doesn't really bother me, those things happen. Crosman was on the ball as usual and I had a shipping authorization in my email within minutes of talking to them.
There were other issues, pellets didn't load well. CPHP were the worst, not a big deal as they didn't group well anyway (1 inch group at 10 yards). I did try six different pellets. JSB Exact showed some promise with a 5 shot group making a ragged hole. When I tried a 10 shot group it opened up to where I couldn't cover the group with a dime. Every pellet I tried did pretty much the same thing, 2 or three pellets would stack or at least clover leaf then it would start throwing pellets out side that group. I just didn't get that warm fuzzy feeling that this Disco was going to be a tack driver.
I described the problems I was having in a note included with the returned Disco and will see what happens. I realize the Disco is an entry level PCP but I was expecting a little more from it, hopefully it comes back from Crosman with all my issues resolved.

oddtodd · Silver Status Member

a bad valve will cause this which you obviously had. i had to recrown mine.

lampy · Veteran Member

It was definitely a problem with the valve, and I'm surprised I was able to control myself and not open it up. If it wasn't for the other issues I probably would have torn it apart right then. Since it was only 3 days old and had less than 100 pellets through it I thought it should go back to Crosman.

Slavia · Moderator

You were probably right to involve Crosman, but it's still disappointing. Hopefully the end result will make the hassle just a dim memory.

lampy · Veteran Member

There are just to many people praising the Disco for me to give up on it. I plan on doing some mods to it but I would like to shoot it for a while before I tear into it. Maybe even wait until it is out of warranty until I really go crazy on it.