Page 16 - Benjamin Marauder Synthetic Reviews

This rifle is an excellent choice for a first PCP I have the .22 and the .25 . Both rifles are extremely accurate and will hold their own against rifles costing twice as much. Not the prettiest girl at the dance but certainly dances very well and able to stand up to the woods without worrying about the elements

nothing this is a nice rifle as sold

enjoy the quality and power of these rifles

Its suuuper quiet, accurate enought with 15.9, at least mine

The trigger pull its horrible, but mannageble it takes time to get used to

it gives you three mags with one 3.000 psi charge so buy 3 mags, and increasy a bit the pressure

Very accurate. Easy to load. Shoots a variety of .25 caliber pellets. Great trigger. Good overall feel. A pleasure to shoot.

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The Owner's Manual recommends using Crosman Silicone oil on the barrel O-ring and Moly Graphite EP grease on the bolt. I wish the Pyramyd description of the gun would have mentioned this since I would have bought these two items when I purchased the gun. I had to order them after I received the gun and read the Owner's Manual. Also the Benjamin Pump that I ordered as a package works well, except the pump gauge is pretty useless. I found it takes about 120 or more pumps to get the gun's pressure between 2600 and 3000 PSI. It is a very good workout. I pump 50 strokes, rest, let the pump cool, then do 50 more. However, I am seriously considering buying a Carbon Filter tank since that should making for mor shooting time and less pumping time. I love my new Benjamin Marauder however and Pyramyd Air is definitely THE BEST!!!

The whole package, well made, beautiful, power, accuracy, just excellent.

Nothing really but higher shot count with the .25cal would be nice. I am going to try some adjustments soon to see if I can improve shot count a little but just enjoying shooting it right now.

I received one of the first Marauders and had to return it when the bolt jammed in both directions which in the process of wiggly the bolt around the pellet clip cycled 3 pellets and jammed. Then I dropped it trying un-jam the pellets per Benjamin's instructions...So sad... BUT Pyramyd took it back and gave me another under the 30 day guarantee. Eclxcellent customer service!!! This rifle is unbelievable thanks Pyramyd.

The synthetic stock is a game changer, worth the money. Over all great gun. Great accuracy. Super quiet.

The bolt removal is difficult. And makes cleaning the barrel harder than the traditional marauder.

Most popular gun for a reason. Great beginner gun, great hunting rifle, perfect shooter. I am very satisfied with mine.

The over all feel and quality of the gun. Amazingly accurate with a small amount of adjusting.

The bolt action is a little clunky feeling on the pull back. A little better quality magazine.

beautifully made airgun. So accurate. So quiet.

The spring loaded magazine. I prefer the air arms design.

In the .177 cal. I had some pellets jam. It might be the smaller pellets being .177 do not like this type of magazine or maybe the pellet types I was using.

I like the performance of this piece. Accurate, fast, and hard hitting. Crosman got it right with this latest model with this one. My 25 cal Marauder is quiet, compared to a 2240

I would change the pressure gauge to the side of the stock consealed under sliding cover plate perhaps. The magazines could be of better quality, however, they work fine but are delicate..

If you thinking of a PCP rifle, for the price, you can't beat the Marauder 25 cal. Get one!

It is a quality built, balanced and very accurate pellet rifle...great for target shooting or small varmits.

It is a little bit of an exercise to use the hand pump to fill it...but not too bad. If you plan to use it a lot I recommend the scuba tank fill method.

this gun is great, very adjustable smooth shooting quiet and very accurate.

the only thing I would change would be a way to keep it from being able to stack pellets.

I wish I had bought this gun first. I bought a gas spring gun first and now I don't even want to shoot it anymore. This is a fun gun for anyone to shoot.

Very accurate right out of the box!!!, pump it up, and shoot dime size groups at 50 yrds. Shooting 100 yards was tough but really fun!! It is really quite for the amount of Energy it delivers The 8 shot magazine is awesome The adjustable cheek peice is great The stock trigger breaks like light glass and I haven't even tuned up yet.

The stock looks like and feels like it could be improved on kinda plastic looking, my Harris bi-pod pulled the sling stud out of the stock with out much force I'll fix that better. The flat satin finish looks nice but scratches and smudges show easily.

It is an amazing gun but take into acount the trajectory and wind deflection and think about your effective range.

this rifle is super quiet!!

No need for a floating barrow, this causes sighting-in problems. Also, gun should arrive shooting at its max level(thus 10 for 10). Needs a scope made in USA.

For the money, just not up to par. overall rating-good;value for money-nothing sprcial;accuracy-what accuracy when you have to shim barrow to control flight of pellet.

the gun is very quiet, accuracy is outstanding, feels good in my hands

bigger air capacity, offer larger caliber

can't go wrong with this air rifle, price vs value is outstanding, stay with the Benjamin ammo and get great results

Its a marauder! I like all of it!

Could be a bit lighter

My First PCP and I love it. Really accurate and easy to fill with the hand pump.

I use this gun for target shooting and for getting rid of some destructive squirrels. the gun is very nice for the price. its basicly an entry level to PCP guns. but its extremely quiet with the shrouded barrel and hitting targets out to 50 yards isnt too much of a problem. I have the .22 cal version and mine tends to like either the benjamin marauder hollow points or the crossman domed. basicly made by the same company. I think you could get the crossman hollow points a little cheaper and there the same pellet. for the money though this is a great air rifle and works very good. I'm not the best shot in the world and I'm still trying to get used to this gun after having springers and nitro piston guns. but I must say it is so nice to have almost no recoil.

I would like to see this gun be a bit lighter. it feels like with my scope and everything on it. it feels like around 12-15 lbs. for an air rifle I thought it was a tad heavy. but its minor to me.

oh heres something I thought of. I had to look this up because I was a bit confused at first. the barrel is free floating. witch means theres nothing holding it in place at the end of the gun. only where the barrel is attached in the block. I had thought this may be the reason I was having issues with accuracy at first. but once I read more about it and tried a few different pellets things worked out. the barrel free floats because if it was attached to the air reservoir it would move with the reservoir as it flexes with different air pressures. so in leaving it free floating it keeps it accurate. there is a band at the end of the barrel and basicly it protects the barrel from being moved to far so its less likly to be bent. other than that I love this gun. its as accurate as I would expect for the price. much more so than the springers I had and on a full fill I get around 20 good shots before I start to see them dropping off.

I'm able to break paintballs at 50 yards AWSOME in my book.

Reinforce the sling bolts with a washer and nut on the inside so it doesn't strip out when mounting a set of bipods.

The hardest part of using a hand pump is filling it up the first time to 3,000psi. After the first fill going from 2,000 to 3,000 is not so bad.

Great start for a pcp air gunner. Best decision I made, going from spring or nitro piston to a pcp air rifle. I got the .25 version and man what I tell you, this shoots with a lot of energy. Due to the shot counts per fill this exemplifies a real hunting rifle and definitely worth the price. Can't ask for anything better with this price, very accurate, very powerful, great trigger, and light for a rifle depending on your scope.

I would definitely change the air reservoir at least exceeding to 30+ shots per fill. Mines take about 18-20 shots, for it to be at 2000 psi. I wouldn't shoot lower than 2,000 due to the shot string.

You should throw a 32 power , or even a 40 power. You should buy a scuba tank, pump requires a lot of time and energy. You should buy jsb exact kings, and benjamin domes.

I like how solid this gun is. Not flimsy at all. It is very quiet. It'd be ok to shoot this in your backyard in a crowded neighborhood, shouldn't annoy the neighbors at all, soundwise that is. The fact that this is a repeater makes it great. I put a bipod on mine and it is great. Very accurate with great groupings.

I have the marauder and a discovery. I go back and forth between which one I like better. The discovery doesn't take as long to pump (because it 1,000 psi less capacity), and in my opinion is much lighter. If I want to just shoot a few rounds in the backyard, I always chose the discovery. But If I want to shoot for a while, the marauder is my pick. The marauder matches the fps of my discovery, and is just as accurate, plus much quieter. My discovery echoes though the neighborhood and makes me a little nervous. The marauder you can shoot at 6am and nobody will even know. It's a tough overall pick, but marauder > discovery.

This is my first small bore pcp rifle and it is awesome. I got mine in .25 caliber because I heard mixed reviews about the barrel and accuracy issues of the .22. Real easy to tune to your preferences. Can be tuned for 8 max power shots, 16 shots, or 24 shots with a real tight standard deviation. All with the turn or two with an Allen wrench. Shoots .25" ctc 5 shot groups from a rest with jsb's at 25 yards. I can't ask for more.

Air gauge on bottom of gun is terribly inaccurate. I fill to 3000 psi off my tank and gun reads 3500 psi.

If you are on the fence about the marauder in a .25 just do it. You won't regret it.

This is the most accurate gun I have ever owned. I'm a 40 year shooting veteran. Mostly high powers & 22lr. I love never missing!

I wanted the wood stock & after saving for a year, all I could buy at Pyramid was synthetic. When I got it, I put a versa-pod on it. It promptly pulled out the front sling swivel stud. Pyramid's customer service & tech dept has been no help at all. They didn't know why I couldn'get a wood stock (.22), had no idea why it wasn't available or if it ever would be again. Then when I had a problem, they had no idea how I could fix it or why it happened. They did offer to exchange, but I had a couple hours in scope mounting, sight in & set up. I am a fixer & that made the most sense. So I ordered a machine screw swivel stud from Brownells & with a little alteration, nut & washer, it's better than new.