Benjamin Marauder rifles still popular??
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The marauder was a popular airgun. I own one and still have it since 2010. It is the most quiet airgun I ever shot. All you hear is the ping of the hammer hitting on valve. This is 2020. We have the new avenger. It has more shot per full than the marauder. It has an external reg adjustment. Which the marauder doesn't even come with a reg. And its just accurate or better than the marauder. And best of all, price is cheaper at only $300 vs I remember the marauder sold for $460.
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You can still find deals on a new Marauder ~360 or so. Up until a couple of years ago there was really nothing in its class. Then came the Marauder, Gauntlet, some SPA guns, the Urban...lots of competition for the dollar. The Marauder is still worth the money, but more choices to fight against.
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I think many from the pnuematic side of the airgun community has owned one or more, as advances were made they fell out favor. You now have guns with more power combined with larger mags and shot count that cost more money. For an affordable easy to work on gun with very good customer support the Marauder fits the bill. I'm curious with the new semi autos. If you get the reliability, combined with quiet They could be a very efficent rat gun.
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Still a fairly popular gun and, unlike most of the others, still made in the USA. Also still waiting for the semi-auto to appear.
The new guns coming out in the marauder name, including the semi-auto, are reportedly made by Kral. I don't know if they will continue selling the USA made marauder once the kral versions are shipping, but I hope so.
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Bummer looks like I won't be buying one of the new semi-autos after all. It's a shame cuz I really wanted one. If they start making all of the Marauders in Turkey I will stop buying anything Crosman.
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The mrod is a great gun but IMO they are not worth 500.00 -/+ 30. There are much better guns in that price range if you go new or used. Never shot a gauntlet or a urban but I choose these two in .22 over the marauder. A used streamline is getting close to a new marauder.
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The Kral IMHO is a better gun than a Marauder. I had to buy a TJ barrel and a HUMA reg for an old Marauder just to keep up with my Krals straight out if their boxes.
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I’m looking for an armada right now. Just something to tinker with and customize inside and out. I’m kinda playing catch up with where airguns are currently at so this will be more of a project gun to learn from and play with so I don’t wreck something more expensive 
There’s still a lot of good aftermarket parts and support for the marauder/armada which is one reason I chose it.
There’s still a lot of good aftermarket parts and support for the marauder/armada which is one reason I chose it.
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I am well aware of everything that is out there and I still just recently put together a Marauder. I had a problem with getting foreign parts for another airgun and decided that I wanted at least one simple domestic airgun that I could get parts for and fix if I had to. I don't regret my decision at all. I built a MROD that is just about bullet proof and can't work out of adjustment and I would have to drive over it to get a poi shift. It is one trick pony but does exactly what I want, which was one magazine of 34gr JSB MKII's at 875fps. It's good to have one club you can rely on.
[EDIT] Wasn't too popular with the woodchuck I shot today, 75y right through the ear!
[EDIT] Wasn't too popular with the woodchuck I shot today, 75y right through the ear!
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PumaCarl... you said it perfect. I built an armada to be just what I wanted. The marauders and armadas are the jeeps of the airgun industry. Easy to maintain, tons of readily available aftermarket parts, or just tune it and shoot it as is. Lots of 40-40 tuned marauders out there and some tuned for power, very versatile guns.
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every one should own a mrod ! its USA ! great trigger and fun to work on , H&N makes ammo for the older 22 cal barrels tha shoots good, M_ROD YES GOOD ! you can get parts ! fun gun
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Kral isn't making the semi auto. It is still a full NewYork built gun. Kral is making the 3 new rifles though. Great guns. Will be hard to beat for the features and accuracy vs price.
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Conspiracy theory- maybe some sorta connection with FX and Turkey. IF people keenly paid attention to the freakishly similarities of HATSAN and early FXs like the Tarantula and spinoffs then Webley Raider from FX then Hatsan made them then came the AT4410 similar bit higher capacity 10 round instead of the 8 shot FX with same indexing system then the FX semiautos and FX style tear drop load first pellet tail end first from the front which fits the FX guns with minor modification some fit as-is too but FX dropped semiautos due to reliability and longevity issues which HATSAN hadnt learned yet and still keep on keeping on selling them. Too bad they didn't copy the FX triggers. Probes are interchangeable with FX guns too then the Kral supposedly a different company (same talk Turkey) is born that's freakishly consistent like the old school unregulated FXs now that Akula like the Dream Pup. I'm anxious to have an FX Dream Pup owner to do a side by side. Then what's next? A HATSAN or Kral Impact? If so, that should be at least half the price. Might be Even better since HATSAN and Krals aren't well known to be leakers and do fine without regulators. Even cheaper after their refurbs department start getting them in.
Crosman was smart to NOT have a Turkish company do a semiauto for them. Let's see how reliable Made in the USA is instead.
Crosman was smart to NOT have a Turkish company do a semiauto for them. Let's see how reliable Made in the USA is instead.
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Great "project" gun
That stock I love it. Pro varmant?
for the OP. I have a synthetic marauder gen II with crosman barrel. It shoots near pellet on pellet to 50 yards and groups about 2” at 80 yards with JSBs. 43 shots at 39ft/lbs. not bad for a 200cc cylinder gun. No problems with it either.
there are more parts out there for Marauders than most guns too, like others have said. Still underrated in 2020 IMO.
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Marauder experts: Does the original Marauder barrel interchange with the gen II? I had an old Walther 22 airgun blank machined back when to fit my original mrod but sold the gun before ever installing. Wonder if it would fit the later version as well.
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