Benjamin Marauder Air Rifle

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Things I liked: Super accurate, relatively light trigger pull, magazine with 10 rounds. See my comments below about three PCPs in the Benjamin line, All three Benjamin's have their advantages and disadvantages and are worth considering. If you can afford the Marauder, however, it is well worth stretching your budget. It is a great rifle.

Things I would have changed: I wish it were lighter but realize it must be heavily built to contain the high air pressure. Unfortunately, I expect the heavy weight is a compromise that must be accepted for the benefits of this great gun.

What others should know: Pyramyd Air was kind enough to allow me to trade up at fair price increments as I moved up the Benjamin PCP line. I started with a Benjamin Wildfire. On the plus side: easy to pump up, a semi-automatic 10 shot and surprisingly low price. It was a lot of fun for plinking but the trigger pull was so hard in order to make it semi-automatic that after a week I exchanged it because I could not shoot it accurately. The second Benjamin, a Discovery, was accurate with good trigger pull and a hand pump that could get to the required 2000 lbs. but was single shot and very difficult to load under a scope. So a few days later I moved up to a third Benjamin, the Marauder, a wonderful rifle with a relatively light trigger, highly accurate and easy to use its 10-shot magazine by cocking after each shot. The only disadvantage compare to the first two is the price, particularly considering an air tank must be purchase to get the pressure to the higher required level.