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Rifle feels solid and shoots nice. Very consistent and accurate shots with no mods.

Benjamin should step up quality control. When you send a a paper target with 5 tightly grouped shots and the the rifle is leaking air faster than I can pump it in I find it hard to believe those shots were taken from the rifle I received. I found a torn oring and a strand of poorly placed teflon tape. After I replaced the oring and cleaned the tape out of the threads it sealed up and shot nice.

Don't waste time and money on a hand pump. Just get an electric and be done.

It is a very nice air rifle and the first Semi-auto that I have been able to afford. (That actually loads a pellet into the barrel - not a revolver) I like it and it works well now that I know how to get it started. See Helpful hints. I am waiting for Crosman to provide more details on how it works and parts (Or some intrepid You Tuber)

Yes, for target shooting or hunting there are improvements that could be made. And an AR-15 version would be great!

Helpful Hints for when you get this semi-auto rifle (So you will not jam it up completely - do not ask how I know!)
You can pressurize it and dry fire (no pellet) it without the magazine in place. Do that (safely) a couple of times. That will show you the trigger and more importantly it will show you what the Cocking T handle feels like when the Bolt is all the way forward and seated in the O ring. I.e. it doesnt want to come back at all (it is just stuck a little and then there is some spring pressure) When you put the magazine in and release the T handle and push the Forward Assist (which is the button on the back just above the T handle - all it does is push on the back of the bolt spring - not like your M16) Check to see that the T handle feels the same way. Do not pull it back more than a little or you will load a second pellet (this in not good. Remove the magazine and use cleaning rod to remove the 2 pellets.) If your not sure: Load a magazine and push out all but 2 pellets.

It dry-fires a few times before the first pellet is shot. The accuracy is not better than my $164 Gamo Swarm Maxxim. Not good at all.

This purchase has cost a lot of trouble to me. I bitterly, deeply regret.

Semi-Auto. Stock.

Jams a lot. I have 14 magazines and maybe some are sticky, but I've (once) gone through 5 magazines with no jams, and when I was trying to Chrono it it jammed at least every other mag. Very disappointed. Doesn't group as close as the non SAM regulated Mood.

First bad review I've ever given. I have many Mararuders (.25's, .22's, etc.) never a bad word. Was excited to get this. Lot's of jams. Tried loosening the screw on a few of the magazines just a tiny bit. Didn't seem to help.

First and foremost is the semi-automatic action. This air gun is just awesome. The action is smooth and quick and never has failed to load yet. Without the recoil you can keep shooting into the same hole over and over again. The accuracy is spot on at about 5/8" at 50 yards on the bench. Spare magazines are now available and you will need them. The fit and finish is excellent and better yet it is American-made (I think).

This is a toss up between a crisper trigger or the bolt locking back when the magazine is empty. Or for that matter, some kind of mechanism to lock the bolt back. The trigger pull in the second stage is really long. This is not a match trigger. For hunting, however, you get used to it pretty quickly. I would like to see this with a Lothar-Walther barrel.

You have to add some quality glass on top and a DonnyFL Sumo to the front to quiet it down a bit more. Varmint Hunter Hobbyist is the first YouTube channel that I've seen that uses the SAM Marauder to grease rats.

somewhat accurate, decent fit and finish, sling studs, baffles in shroud are good. has a threaded shroud so a mod can be added but mine clipped.

WAY too heavy, WAY too long of a trigger pull, plain Jane stock, only one mag, loud on the back end due to cycling, terrible instructions- (too small of type), no checkering on pistol grip, stock is slippery. safety position is awful and too close to trigger. had difficulty loading mag at first and understanding loading process which involves "charging handle" and also "forward assist"

It would be nice of Crosman would have printed instructions you didn't need a magnifying glass to read and I have 20/15 vision, D-, so the gun is heavy C-, it sounds loud from shooters perspective, it only comes with one mag C-, the mod clipped so I removed it and accuracy came back which was good with 18.1 FX pellets and Crosman 14.3s, no checkering on pistol grip and the stock is slippery C-, Weaver rails suck as they have sharp edges and don't have the adjustment that a dove tail has C-, trigger is a mile long with minimal adjustment C-, safety design is too sharp of an angle towards trigger so its hard to remove and should have been like the original and is too close to the trigger D, trigger itself is a flat blade and should have been upgraded or knurled - D, Crosman wont call me back F, want to add a mod and an air tube extension and decrease the mile-long trigger pull, have not hunted with it yet as im still testing, watch Donny on Baker air guns for loading mag instructions.

Accuracy is excellent and rate of fire is impressive.

I am sure that in the future modifications for weight will be dealt with. It is heavy for a hunting rifle. I use mine to hunt with it is a lug in the woods.

If shooting raccoon your shot placement must be exact or you will not make a clean kill.

Excellent accuracy , excellent quality for the money

Would be nice if it was lighter weight

Good value for the money

Just got the weapon home, put a Sig Sauer red dot sight on it, it was heaven on earth. I took it home, replaced the sight with a very low to the picatinney rail Buris red dot, and sighted it in with 5 three shot one hole groups. Finished up the rout of the range with 40 kills on 22, 9mm and 45 ACP cases. This is the finest training weapon I've held in the last 50 years! My plan is to use it teaching the nurses I work with the finer art of Rapid Fire shooting without the fears of recoil or loud noises. One hole groups at 60 feet, are so easy it's like I'm 20 years old again. Can't miss if you purchase this air gun! I'm going to sell a couple powder burns and get three more for the lady's at work to practice with. Lol.

Nothing, it just gets smoother with each clip. They only send one clip with the gun, thats truly a sin! Back ordered five, just got five more from Pyramyd Air straight from God to my gun.

Shot a full Scuba tank, not one problem. If you don't own one of these Mauraders you are likely to miss one of the true pleasures of the shooting world, an I'm a World Champion ( MULTIPLE TIMES).

Made in America

The bolt needs to lock back to load the mags

Got mine did not work right ,mags kept jamming, sent it back as soon as i got a rmo disappointed in the product