Benjamin Marauder Semi-Auto (SAM) PCP Air Rifle, Wood Stock

The SAM is a beautiful rifle with a lot of punch and accuracy. I love that I can shoot as fast as I want to with confidence.

I would like to be able to feed a single pellet without using the magazine.

I am new to PCP air rifles. I contacted customer service at both Benjamin and Pyramyd with questions and got amazing, friendly and courteous help. I am very happy with the rifle I bought and where I bought it.

Looks

Quality control

Pay the extra to have pyramid air to check it out.

It's semi auto. Really quite quiet. Very backyard friendly. Adjustable cheek comb. Pretty accurate WHEN it operates properly.

Magazine feed worked great for about 50 shots. Then it started jamming. Magazine would regularly become jmed in the weapon. I am using Crossman Premium pellets. VERY DISAPPOINTING!! I DID NOT BUY AN $800 PCP, only to have to return it within a week. The magazine is a big problem!! I would NOT recommend this weapon to anyone until the magazine issue is (proven to be) resolved.

I have three Benjamin air guns. A Trail, which was billed as being accurate...it is SO not. A .457, which is looking good so far. And now this dissapointment. Looks like Benjamin engineering & Quality Control are lacking! 2 out of three are duds????? I really wanted to like this gun. I wasted a lot of time and money outfitting a huge piece of junk!

I like the semi-auto ,the wood stock,and the trigger is ok for me any ways ,

Like many have said a way the cocking bolt could stay open to load the magazine,its heavy but im in a wheel chair and i bench shoot so its not a problem for me, make cocking a little easier its hard to cock,

I greased the Detent Ball and now its so easy to cock, before i was pulling it all the way back till it wouldnt any more,but now i learned its just a quick pull and its cocked,i have two shooting ranges ,one at 40 feet and the other at 60 feet, i have all kinds of different targets to shoot at, also my accuracy is all over the place, seen youtube videos where they shoot right on target ,it is so much fun to shoot i have 9 magazines,my only real complaint is that it shoots all over the place. But let me tell you i get all my guns from PA and i have bought a lot from them but if you dont have alot of money like me ,they finance thru AFFIRM fINANCE FROM 3months to 12 months ,i usally go 12 months but pay it off earlier.

High Shot Count, Wood Stock with adjustable cheek riser, shrouded barrel, Foster Fill, Manual Safety

Needs to be able to HOLD OPEN THE BOLT!! How are you supposed to clean, or replace the breech oring if you can't hold open the bolt? Requires three hands to load, one to hold back the charging handle, one to insert the magazine, and one to HOLD THE RIFLE! Get a bipod, you will need one! Get extra orings, if you fire the 11th time on an empty magazine, you will blow the oring out of the breech 1 out of 5 times.

Cheek RIser cut out is unsanded, you can still see the saw tooth marks. Trigger is OK, not great. Accuracy is OK (3/4" @ 25 yds, 1.5" @ 50 yrd) 875 FPS for 60 shots 14.3g CHP. After 1500 shots the trigger stopped resetting, The sear needed to be polished. After 500 shots the charging handle started to stick, needed to be worked on with a dremel, it was out of spec.

it's a benjamin, it is super accurate and fuctions great. It has power and a good trigger.

send an extra clip with it

it is a great gun for the money

this gun real good and fun ~!

when i get trigger is stuck so i fix my self i hope benjamin make better trigger next time.

this is best gun without trigger part but you can fix easy.
so don't worry.

I like the concept, the look. Looks real too.

Could be lighter, would be nice if there weren't scratches on the stock or marks on the barrel. Maybe after I send it back to the factory for them to repair whatever it's causing the charging handle not to close all the way then I could tell you about accuracy and such.

Really disappointed, I thought that I was paying for higher quality since I paid more. Not to mention Pyramid Air, was not helpful in the purchasing.

The accuracy is excellent. As great as my F&T Marauder with Lothar Walther Match barrel. I love the quick follow up shots. Accurate out to 40 yards so far. The fit and finish are very good. I purchased my SAM when PA had 11% off Black Friday sale!

Make it so the bolt, charging handle can be locked back when inserting the mag. Checkering around the pistol grip would also be nice. Have an optional premium wood stock or synthetic stock available.

The hardest thing is loading the mag. Easiest way is sitting down. Pull the charging handle all the way back until gun cocks and load mag while keeping handle back. Release handle and push in forward assist button above charging handle. Make sure gun cocks when pulling back charging handle. If you don't and gun doesn't fire, pull charging handle back again until it cocks and remove mag. If you don't, chances are a double load will result. This happened to me a couple times.
My SAM loves JSB pellets and Crosman Premiers are good too. Surprise so far is it likes Predator GTOs, but doesn't care for H&Ns to much. Only have three to four hundred shots through gun, so more shot testing needed. This rifle is a blast to shoot!

Excellent accuracy with dime sized groupings at 50 yards. The semiautomatic function, allows you to keep your eye in the scope as you send 10 shots at the target. Incredible fun to shoot and you will go through lots of pellets quickly with that rapid fire capability. The picatinny rail on top is easy to find many brands and heights of scope rings for mounting. I was able to use a swivel mount bipod by Caldwell that works very well (apply screw thread liquid to keep from loosening). Its a heavy rifle and you will want a bipod and / or a sling to carry. Has 2 swivels for easy connection of a Benjamin or other brand sling.

Would be nice if the charging handle stayed back so you could insert the magazine with one hand.

Don't make my mistake. If you get a pellet stuck in the barrel (rare once you find a reliable pellet brand and weight) be sure to follow the instructions and UNCOCK THE TRIGGER BEFORE YOU STICK A ROD DOWN THE BARRELL. The one time I did not do this, I pushed a pellet back into the action and it got wedged in the charger action preventing it from moving fully forward. I had to send the rifle into Crosman who repaired the rifle (2 weeks old) at no cost to me. Crosman did not send me any updates (away x 2 weeks) during repair or notice that they were sending it back .... this is out of the control of PA. Only had 1 jam since then when i tried using Diablo Jumbo Monsters from the test pack - I don't recommend them for this gun = too heavy. No problems with any pellets in the 15 (+/- 2) grain range! For the jam, note that I decocked the gun, gently tapped with a jewelers hammer on to the end of a short rod held against the flat side of magazine and the stuck pellet split easily!