Benjamin Dusted Off the Old Maximus. Nice!

Just last week (the misses) found dusty Maximus I got from "SteveV" a forum member over a year ago that I only fired maybe 20 times before putting it away -had no extra scope and cant use iron sights anymore-.
Bunch of custom parts, trigger, adjuster, hammer spring adjuster,spring, TP, other. Happen to have a new Hawke Vantage laying on the table & thanks to your reminder about these low psi rifle think I'll slap that scope on and give it a go tomorrow.
I'll try and post up some info.

John

Have a Q about this rifle:
Mine has been under the bed for probably 2-3 yrs. When I put it there the tank was pretty much full @ 2000 psi. Took it out the other day....guage still read 2000!! However, I put 3-4 rounds through it, no way does the tank have that much pressure. Where it was stored was not excessive temps. Is my guage bad...do they just go bad sitting around at room temperature? Should these tanks hold pressure indefinitely...? What do I do to get it back in shooting condition? (I have not tried to pump it back up but will do so before attempting any fixes)

I was surprised to see how slow the psi drops with only a few shots. Took about 10 shots for me to see the psi move on mine. I've had them sit for months without drop but they never make it a few years as I use my 22xx often. You can always pump it and see the pressure differential. The guage do go bad at times but only seen that with being over pressurized.