Benjamin Armada Air Rifle

The Armada is simple and comfortable to shoot. A great PCP for the price point. Great trigger and safety. Easy to fill with air. Disassembly is easy. No special tools. I shoot three days a week and it's accurate every time I shoot.

It would be great to have better magazines the are durable. Maybe a 4500 psi air tank on the Armada. The scope is a Hawk optics Vantage IR 4- 12X40 AO. I changed out the factory magpul stock and upgraded to a more comfortable Magpul stock. Magpul carbine stock for a better cheek weld. Changed out the plastic pistol/AR grip for a Houge Rubber grip. Houge Beaver tail modular rubber with finger grooves. Changing those items out made a world of difference in comfort. I painted the Armada desert brown because of the terrain in my area. This rifle is great the way it comes from the factory.

My set up I am shooting 25.39 JSB pellets. They fly very well for my style of shooting between 88 and 134 yards for varmints.

I like the look and feel of the gun.

The stock is cheap. The price should be the same as the marauder.

I can shoot a 1/2 inch group at 50 yards easily with a 25cal.

All the Picatinny rails and the rail lengths. I have a GenI Marauder with the 11mm/dovetail rail. I got tired of having to switch rings for scopes to go from my rim/center fire rings to the 11mm/dovetail rings. The bolt throw is less than the GenI Marauder. I like the bolt better. The 5 other mags I have work in the Armada. Very quiet. Fit and finish is excellent.

As others mention, the stock is a little loose, but I dont think it is that big of a deal. It defiantly puts the stock, bore, and rail height very close together. On my GenI Marauder, it had less of cheek weld and more of "lower jaw" weld. The Magpul stock does add weight, but it is also high quality. That is a trade off for weight, which I am perfectly fine with. She is front heavy, but I dont mind. But then I prefer the M1A to AR-15s. Later I will change out the stock and the grip. I like something a bit more beefy concerning the grip.

As I mentioned before, I own a GenI Marauder. I have heavily modded this Marauder to include a Tim Hill Regulated Premium Match Parts kit/ polished the stock barrel. I added a Tim Hill barrel band, and I was getting dime sized 10 round groups with H&N slugs, at 35yrds. I will establish a NIB baseline for both accuracy and FPS/energy using a given pellet (5.52 JSBs) and slugs (H&N .218) and compare those with previous performance with the GenI Marauder. Unless a high quality barrel and match grade chamber, all rifles have a preference for a given pellet/slug be it design/shape, diameter or weight. Once defined, I will then install the upgrades and test again and compare. I expect the regulated match parts kit will result in similar performance as it did with the GenI Marauder. While the first stage of the trigger is heavy and long, the second stage is very good. By the looks of it, the Armada will be easier to adjust the trigger. Will post my findings later.