Page 2 - Benjamin Marauder Semi-Auto Reviews

I purchased with the 20 for $20 so II arrived after being sighted in with the scope. So when it arrived it was ready to shoot with plenty of air. The only thing I had to do was figure out how to load the rotary magazine. Fortunately I had watched a YouTube video showing how but still took some time because the instructions are not clear that the first pellet has to be inserted from the bottom and the other nine from the top. First three shots were on target.

The quality is very good, I will probably paint the stock in the near future. The rifle is as accurate as my two other Marauders. Shooting a semi auto is definitely fun. It Is just like plinking with a semi auto 22 rimfire.

The trigger has an unusually long travel, that detracts from the accuracy of the rifle. They should have included a bolt hold open feature. That is a major shortcoming in the design.

Stock up on pellets!! You will need them!! Fun rifle to shoot!

Very accurate pcp, first semi auto pcp I've owned. Overall, the bigest complaint is the beautiful finish- it is scratched or even rubbed off easily, not as durable as some of the other wood stocks I have. Other than that I am quite pleased, the accuracy is commendable @50 yards, its quiet and is a high quality pcp.

Either offer a synthetic stock or a more durable finish and it would get a 5 star rating from me.

If you ever have to remove the magazine while it still has pellets in it, when reinserting the mag it is very easy to double load and jam the gun. However, it's not necessarily a defect, could even be that I've never owned a pcp until now and so I'm not used to the style of magazine.

accuracy is amazing with the right pellet. Semi auto functionality has been perfect so far with ~6 types of pellets and a few hundred rounds total. trigger is VERY nice.

it is very heavy, i would prefer a synthetic stock, it should come with at least 2 magazines, also make them available separately please...

semi-auto really ups the "fun" quotient... buy lots of pellets...

Great semi auto, no jamming. BUT. Only comes with one magazine and they arent available. Please pyramid air get the magazines!

Many more magazines

It's a semi.Beautiful gun.It shoots fast.Very accurate.Fun to shoot.

Synthetic stock would have been better also I think it should've came with more mags.

Whole lot heavier than my other Mauraders .Very accurate with crosman 14.3 domed puts most of them in the same hole haven't tried any other brands yet. I've searched everywhere for mags and can't find any after 3 weeks of owning this gun everyone said wait about a month.

--Very accurate as-is. --Light trigger pull. --Picatinny rail makes optics mounting easy. --Semi-auto works well with short 17gr or less pellets. --Finish is very attractive color. --Quality. You can tell this was well inspected prior to shipping. No quality issues, everything is seated and works properly, no leaks. --Version 2 of this weapon will be absolutely awesome (see things I would change)

--Forward assist requires a dowel to fully push forward the pellet into the breech. This needs to change. --Consistently jams with use of long or very heavy pellets. --Need to fully insert pellets into the magazine to avoid jams. This may require you to insert the pellet in the mag, then push each one down with a dowel. --Charging handle could use more tension in order to fully insert the first round from the magazine (this may also help with subsequent round loading jams with the use of heavy pellets) --Need to add a charging handle catch in order to unload the magazine from the weapon when the magazine it is not completely or you need to remove a pellet using a barrel rod. Honestly, this should be added for safety reasons alone. --Finish is easily scratched, would prefer a synthetic stock option.

--Very heavy weapon. --Prefer pushbutton safety. --Must own a barrel rod to remove pellets if they jam. --If a pellet does not fully load and you pull the charging handle back, rather than the forward assist to push the pellet forward the magazine moves to the next round each time you bring the handle back, so going forward it loads another pellet into the already full breech. Do this two or more times and you truly have a have a mess on your hands. It is relatively easy to get into this scenario, since you don't really know if the blank fire, is a result of an improper pellet insertion, or if you just didn't get a pellet from the magazine into the breech the last time you fired. Since you cant lock the charging handle to remove the magazine, it is difficult to determine whether the mag is caught on the front side by a half loaded pellet, or is caught in the back side by the charging handle. Each time the charging handle moves forward you add another pellet to the mess.