Page 5 - Benjamin Marauder PCP Reviews

Accuracy, 8 round clip, quietness, value for the money.

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This is my third air gun and the most expensive. I have finally found my dream rifle. I felt it was very accurate with the stock ammo it came with, then I shot it with the Benjamin domed pellets at 35 yds. I thought I missed the target the second and third times until I walked closer. The shots were almost in the same hole. I love how quiet it is. I can shoot in my yard without anyone noticing. I couldn't be happier.

This PCP Rifle is the best thing I came across.I bought the .25Cal version and its extremely accurate. It groups 1 inch in 100 yards and that's more than enough because you won't be shooting at anything small at that distance anyway. The gun is Light so better placement of aim,The mag system works great and the bolt action make you feel at war!

Works great with 8 shots to a .25cal version. would be nice to have double the amount in one go.

Because it uses a mag that fits in and bulges out the side of the scope rail, you need to get a rail that separates and leaves a gap to allow w mag to slide in and out, therefore I used the Welman_11mm-to-Picatinny_Drooper_Rail_22_MOA_ from Pyramyd air and it works perfect to fit my Hawke Sidewinder 30 which is a 56mm. That combination is the bomb. The benjamin Hand Pump works incredibly good for this device..some work involved but its worth it because each shot made is a delightful one with this rifle

I've had Crosman guns for about 45 years now, still have the 1st one I bought. Any time I have had a problem Crossman has never failed me. Bought the .25, then got the .22 disappointed at first, but bought the single shot loader, now it shoots one hole groups. Just got the .177, Stellar, at first I thought there was something wrong with it, as it barely made a noise. went about 4 feet in front of a 1/2" of plywood, blew a hole right thru it! Wow.

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I installed a depinger, look up on youtube if you want. Ordered single shot loader, increases accuracy, same as for any rifle. Shoots great tight groups with the Crossman brown box 10g about 1200 pels in box, and these are plenty heavy enough to whap a vermin goodbye, in fact you will probably shoot right thru.

Everything about this gun is great. Lot of adjustments to make it shoot really good and the power you want. Very quiet, well balanced with a nice trigger.

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Like most guns likes some pellets better than others. Once you find the pellet it likes shoots great.

The accuracy is nice and so is the wood finish. The gun is a bit heavy but i dont mind that. Very well built pcp for the price.

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I have got a hill pump and it isnt too challenging but a scba tank is the best thing you can get along with a shoebox compressor if you can afford it.

I am a skeptic and having been very disappointed with a different air rifle, I thought I was probably making a big mistake spending this much on an air rifle. But I read the reviews, and the power, accuracy, and noise levels everyone kept praising seemed so consistent among the reviews that I decided to take a chance. WOW am I glad I did! I never write reviews about products but I am so happy with this purchase that I decided I just had to add my voice to the chorus. In spite of the reviews claiming how quiet this rifle is, I was still shocked the first time I fired it. Absolutely unnoticeable by neighbors. The noise of the pellet hitting the target is as loud as this thing is when it fires if that gives an idea. And I could go on... Ok, I will... The claims about accuracy are also true. It really is a tack driver. Once I had it sighted in, I couldn't miss! I'm going to have to dig a mass grave for the annoying critters I'm picking off. Just like when I was in the 82nd - with this rifle the old motto stays true: One shot, One dead. The power is also nothing to laugh at. I have certainly gotten what I paid for with the Marauder.

If there was anything at all that I would change, and it's almost a stretch for me to say this because I feel this air rifle is the best that I could have bought for the price range; it would be only with regard to aesthetics. I'll probably pull the stock and put a high gloss finish on it. But that's the only thing I could think of that would improve this thing.

I bought the package deal so that I'd have the hand pump and a little extra ammo. The hand pump is also accurately reported about in the reviews I read, in that it can be a little bit of a workout getting the rifle to full pressure. However, I am seeing probably close to an shot per pump is my rough guesstimate - that is, I probably pump it about 80 to 100 times getting it to full pressure, and I can get almost the same amount of shots out of it before I need to pump it again. I feel the hand pump is worth it because I would rather put a little effort to avoid spending the money on the air. Simply put, it takes some effort to get the rifle to full pressure but it won't hurt ya to do it.

This is a PHENOMENAL rifle! Packaged very well in box, craftsmanship is tight & clean, I shot about 30 rounds sighting in my new CenterPoint 4x16 40 AO scope the first day I got it & you can believe all the statements made on this guns accuracy!!! I first sighted in at 25 yards, shot a 1/8" thick steel piece of muffler pipe, dented it deeply, sent another shot perfectly at the exact location & it punched a hole through the pipe at the exact location of the first dent!!! Power & accuracy.....if that's what you want, from an affordable PCP, that looks like a well made 20 gauge, THIS GUN IS FOR YOU!!! Everyone said this gun in .25 caliber is loud, but I think it's quiet! Nothing but a quiet "ping" & the sound of air leaving the gun! The target slap is loud however! I had a coke can filled with water, sitting by a small piece of angle iron, shot the angle iron from 35 yards, the pellet hit the angle iron so hard the shrapnel from the DESTROYED pellet pierced the coke can, causing it to leak profusely! Very impressive rifle!!! Quit thinking about it & BUY IT!!! ;-)

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I got the Hill pump. It's not at all hard to pump like SO MANY people say they are! It's a high quality pump & it took me 77 pumps to top off to 3,000 psi from 2,000. NO BIGGIE!!!

It's powerful and accurate, pair it with a decent scope, don't cheap out on that part.

The grip is a little far from the trigger

It is on the heavy side compared to other rifles and the .25 is not as quiet as people say. The crack was almost as loud as my old Gamo Hunter

The trigger was perfect out of the box. Finish nice but again not Turkish Walnut. Functioans flawleesly and with extreme accuracy. Bolt action operates smooth and effortless. Using theFactory settings I am getting over 100 shots per fill up on Co2 and velocity of 640 .177 cal.

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This gun is super accurate groups under .25 in at 10 yards are the norm my best .163 in. Only my xs28M in .25 gets that tight. For target shooting you can not beat this gun on CO2 hpa would be an unecessary expense. I have no plans to mess with the adjustments as from the factory they are perfect. They only problem I have foud is that you go though ammution that Grant took Richmond over 1000 rounds in 2 weeks. Best fun for the money you can have. I have a 3x9x50 sniper scope with RGB illumination mounted on this gun. Get one try it on co2 yo will love it and save the xtra 700 dollars hpa costs you.

Accuracy... bought the 22.. lil scared I'm gonna admit because of all the negative reviews on the 22 cal. I really wanted to wit for the synthetic version, but there's no way that I'm getting rid of this one. Factory tune except that I opened the area under the stock all the way out... installed at leapers 3-16x44 mm easy tap and let me tell u its an eyeball sticker. I shoot crosman premier hollows/domes an jsb exacts heavy with the occational eun jen dome 28 gr for bigger game. Haven't found a pellet that isn't accurate.

I would let customers know when the synthetic version is coming out. Lol. The clip is a lil short for the eun Jens an prolly some other longer pellets. No problem tho one shot tray does the trick and one shot is all it takes.

My scope is set close to the shroud. Time sited in at 10 yards which puts me an inch or so high at 20-30-40 but it falls back into dead on at 50 an hair low at 60. Perfect for hunting an target applications... also this thing is accurate long range. I've put up impressive 100-150 yard groups. I will be adding an HDD and convertingto bullpup thank u Benjamin an crosman... buy one. If not what I said pyramyd air will make it right. I sent back a springer before purchasing this marauder. Full refund :-)

Everything, this gun is a tack driver. I have no problem shooting golf balls at over 100 yards. pop cans are easy at that range. Never thought that a pellet gun could do that. Great job Benjamin..

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Save up and buy one,you will not be disapointed.

Great rifle at a great price, Extremely accurate,Excellent fully adjustable trigger. Very Quiet!

It is heavy,But I don't think there is much that could be done about that.

I shoot all the different forms of rifle silhouette,except air rifle but that is about to change. I purchased this rifle to practice at home when I can't get to the range,and I couldn't be happier! The rifle shoots great with crosman premier pellets and the beeman kodiak pellets that came with it, Light weight lead free pellets shoot awful in this rifle, you may be able to tune it to shoot them better but I see no reason to change it when it shoots lead so well.

everything! Powerful accurate to a dime at 75 yards. It is not pellet picky. Shoots them all with great results. The predator poly-mags the skenco ultra shocks and the JSB's all shoot excellent!

A bigger air supply I suppose.

IF you want a new stock that is lighter and with a pistolgrip thumb hole. The Benjamin Nitro XP .25 stock fits on the Benjamin Marauder perfectly and is only 30 dollars for the stock. All you will need to do is drill the air pressure gauge hole in the stock to get it to fit other than that this would be the cheapest way to get the gun lighter and have a more stable platform.

This is by far the best air rifle I have ever owned. I put a mid priced OA scope on it, sighted it in, and it is very accurate and consistent. Noise level is wonderful in that is it very quite. Weight is heavier that I expected, but that also increases the consistency of the patterns. It does help to have a rest or tripod of some sort while using this gun. Of course with practice free, standing is also effective.

This is a real air rifle and should not be considered a toy. Adult supervision is required with this air rifle. It is very effective.

I bought a used Marauder in .177, but it was in practically NEW condition. The accuracy is wonderful, and the ability to tune to my desired shooting velocity is great! I always thought PCP would be too expensive for me, but when the Marauder first came out, I knew I had to save for one. .177 is quiet, even at 970fps! The gun does weigh a bit, but that makes it more stable offhand. The trigger is wonderful, and can be adjusted to your liking! I am personally a fan of 2-stage triggers, and the Marauder is a good example.

The stock. It could be slimmed down and shortened a little. Also, the valve port adjustment screw should be accessible without taking the stock off!

Best value in PCP. Sure, there is the Discovery, but those are NOT backyard friendly. The Marauder is quiet, powerful, and accurate. If your looking to get into the world of PCP airguns, this is a good place to start! There are better guns out there, but not in this price range!

Incredible accuracy. I can get about 24 quality shots (.25) on a fill. I could leave it for a month and it wouldn't lose a single PSI stored. Hits hard. Easily will go straight through 5/8" Plywood with 25 grain pellets. Overall, not a cheap, but a quality air gun. Feels good, mechanisms work well, also surprisingly quiet. You could shoot it indoors with no ear muffs and you won't go deaf. :) I haven't done long distance shots, but at 40' it will easily shoot right in the same hole if you can hold it steady.

It's a little on the heavy side but not bad.

My first PCP. I bought the .25 and like it allot. Well made good F&F. The .25 is a beast I started at 30 yards to sight in and soon moved to 50 yards and was holding 3/4" groups or better with JSB kings. Right now I have it tuned for the Eunjin 35.8gr pellets and they hit hard at 80 to 100 yards. I like the Bolt action and 8 rd mag allot just make sure you have scope mounts that are tall enough so your mags will cleat the bottom of the scope. The .25 comes alive and is best suited at 50+ yards. I cant say any thing bad about the trigger, but like all triggers it could be made even better with a few simple changes and polishing. Its also not too pellet picky I found it shoots well with a wide range of pellets. I found the JSB kings the best for target and plinking and the 35.8 grain Eunjins best for hunting.

The .25 is an air hog I added a air tube extension to mine and I got a good 28 to 30 shots before I need to pump it back up to 3000 psi. It much louder than the .22 and .177 so it might not be as back yard friendly but still perty quite for how much power it has.

Do not hesitate to pull the trigger on this rifle if its your first PCP you will not regret it. Using the Hand pump can be a work out but still is a good way to charge your rifle.

Everything. A great, accurate, hard hitting rifle. I don't think you can beat this one for the money.

I would like the rifle to be a bit lighter.

Benjamin domes and the JSB Diabolos are great for this rifle out of the box. 1" groups at 100yrds accurate

You won't be disappointed with the Marauder. The first PCP I ever shot was an AZ tuned Theoben Rapid- I definitely set myself up to be disappointed with anything else I shot, but the Marauder is awesome. Super quiet and plenty accurate. I shoot in my backyard without issue and I am flanked by neighbors on all sides. Great trigger.

I'm never a fan of a safety inside of the trigger guard.

It will throw a flier once in a while (1-2 out of 10) but for the most part shoot dime sized groups at 30 yards- I have not gone beyond that. The "practical" accuracy of the gun is awesome.

It absolutely looks and feel the part of a true mid-value hunting rifle,its extremely accurate with the 14.3 gr.target pellets. The marauder packs a heavy punch for varmint and small game where I live.A true must have in the Air rifle genre.

Maybe a little darker wood finish. Other than that nothing at all.

Treat your weapon well and it will surely do right by you as well.happy hunting gents