Marauder Reviews

Nov 2009 Rile Magazine Marauder Review.

Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:35 pm // 0 comments // DaveShooter

Nice review of marauder in Rifle Magazine for Nov 2009. Also can be seen on line. Ya goota love the Marauder.

My New Marauder

Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:31 am // 6 comments // dcmaruader09

I just got my new .22 cal Marauder Friday this week. Took pictures that I wanted to post here but it looks like I am not allowed to post as I cannot find any links to attach files or past pictures--perhaps it was just me and I cannot find the right link. In any case I will just describe my initial observation using descriptive words:

I got mine from PA, and it was well packed and survive the rough handling from UPS. It came with the Benjamin hand pump, 3 .22 cal extra clips and crosman premier hollow points and 4X16-40 scope. The serial number was a little bit strange, 809 and the number 4 at the end stamped on the air tube assembly. I think 809 stands for made in August 2009. I checked brown carton from Crosman and I found a sticker stating 8/5/09, not sure if this was the manufacture or shipping date.

Out of the box the stock looks good, no scratches or rough finishing, however, not as well finished as the other more expensive over $1,000+ European airguns. More scrutiny and closer inspection revealed what looks like a stripped head slot on the Plunger Assembly, Item 7 (Part# 1763-106) on the marauder parts lists. It looks like someone at the factory over torqued the plunger bolt/set screw and the slot where the screw drive sets was almost completely stripped. Third item I notice was the O-RING, AS568B-118 (part#1763-026) on the Fill Adaptor Assembly, was over tightened to the point that that half of the o-ring was deformed and torn with small pieces of rubber. I remove the barrel band assembly as some folks are saying that this can cause the barrel alignment issues due to UPS handling, and sure enough, it was misaligned. Took my allen wrench and loosened the band and all is well, I can see light around the shrouded barrel when held against light. Lastly, I open the barrel shroud assembly to check and see the four shrouds and it looks well made and no issues there.

OK so overall apart from the issues I identified from the preceding, I decided to start pumping air into the MROD's air tube. I was initially worried about the condition of the o-ring as it may not hold, or worse, start leaking HP air. 160 strokes laster and lots of sweat, I got her to 2000PSI and I decided to dry fire to test and see how seriously "quiet" this AR really is. Well, I was extremely pleased from what I heard--just like the reviews I've seem and watched on youtube, the AR is really and unequivocally the "QUIETEST" production PCP on the market today! I say production, as other PCPs can be as quiet or even quieter that the MROD, but that is after you have spend additional $$$ for after market shrouds. It is not dead silent, but man, this is quieter than my subsonic .22 cal rimfire ammo as 500FPS...WOW I am impressed. I then proceeded to load the pellet rounds onto the 10 shot repeater clip, pulled back the bolt, inserted the clip and push the bolt forward...the bold will not engage forward no matter how hard I was pushing and after several attempts, I broke out the manual and there it says on page 3B
"With the cover of the clip facing the butt of the air rifle insert the clip from the right side and push it inward until it snaps" What I was neglecting to do was "push the clip inward until it "SNAPS"... doh...LOL... the clip has to snap before any pellet can be inserted into the breech...wheew...

I aimed the MROD to my target, squeeze the nice and crispy trigger and there goes my first shot...again, another wow moment...as the pellet came flying out the barrel and into the target. Cocked the gun again and the 10 shot repeater is really nice for the first time, I do not have to reach for a pellet to load, I just continue to shot away being careful not to double load as others I have heard had done inadvertently. So overall I have no issues with the Marauder, I just need to call Crosman next week about those "nit picky" issues about their QA. I wonder if any of you have seem these same quality issues with your marauder.

Now I have some question for you folks that have had your MROD for a while now about the the fill pressure and factory settings. I have not change any of the hammer preload, striker, and metering--they are all factory default at this time. My question to you is, what are the factory settings for hammer, striker, and metering? Second question is, I pressured my MROD to about 2800 PSI and test fired a few rounds and I seem to like this setting since I can get a lot of shots in between fills to about, say 1600 PSI before the next refill. Are there any issues with this higher fill and leaving the factory settings/defaults to the original values?

Sorry for the long post, but this Marauder is a keeper after I have tested and evaluated other comparable PCPs and break barrel, this is the best thus far.

- DC

My Quick Review on #008~22 cal

Sun May 31, 2009 8:38 pm // 1 comment // Dave1899

Here's my Quick review ('cause you've already read all the other in depth reviews on the Internet) of the Crosman Benjamin Marauder .22 with Leapers Accu Shot 30mm SWAT 4-16X56 Full Size A.O. Range Estimating Mil-Dot Illuminated Scope

I LOVE this rifle!!! It's beautiful, extremely quiet, very accurate and packs a very nice punch. I have not changed any of the factory settings. Between 2400 psi and 2000 psi she is very consistent. So far I've found she loves to shoot CP's 14.3 gr giving an average of around 905 fps and 26 lbs of energy. Beeman Kodiak Extra Heavy's 21.1 gr produce an average of 800 fps and a hard hitting 30 lbs of energy. I had dime size groups with both pellets, 10 shots each. What more can you ask of this fine American made PCP?

David

#59 short review

Fri May 08, 2009 8:49 pm // 0 comments // pawpawdan

#59 thats my baby.I was waiting by the door when ups showed up at 11am.pooring down rain.he looked like a drowned cat.box got wet i guess it was enevitable I hurried into kitchen got the camera started taking pictures.box seemed alright.openend it to see another box with all the fancy printing proceeded to open it,was very pleased with how well it was packaged.first thought was wow oh wow upon closer inspection i noticed scratch on front of stock,closed eyes let hands go over stock felt all imperfections,there were many.brissles from brush where they put on stain stuck to stock in many places.looked in spots where they tried to cover gouge or scrape,not horrible but brought the whole gun down to a 95 in my book. Now the metal to wood very good metal parts and fit seemed very finished.the barrel was filthy chek it before you shoot.Thanks for the warning Shootski .after around 25patches it cleaned up real nice.put a nice scope on it Silver Antler by tasco med rings with shims folgrers lid.Ithen filled to 2500psi this is what they suggest.set up chrony started shooting .1st string hi-869 lo-858 avg869 dev5.5 2nd hi-873 lo-863 avg868 dev5 [url][/url]jsb15.9 I adjusted scope at 25yds 3" left/5"up in the basement Very Quiet really quiet got a few pictures of what i found do not know how to down load to site crap

The Benjamin Marauder Review by B.B. Pelletier

Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:47 am // 0 comments // sacshooter

The Benjamin Marauder Review by B.B. Pelletier

Part 1
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009/04/benjamin-marauder-part-1.html

Part 2
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009/04/benjamin-marauder-part-2.html

Part 3
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009/04/benjamin-marauder-part-3.html

Part 4
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009/04/benjamin-marauder-part-4.html


Roger

Brief Review

Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:06 pm // 0 comments // sacshooter

I found this brief review on the Yellow Forum:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/79537/message/1236996788/I+shot+the+Marauder+tonight+-+brief+review

Roger

Initial Observations on the Crosman Marauder

Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:29 am // 1 comment // sacshooter

It looks like the frist test rifle was sent to Jim Chapman.

Read more here.
http://www.americanairgunhunter.com/marauder.html

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