Crosman will NOT be releasing a new Mrod with a regulator inside

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Crosman will NOT be releasing a new Mrod with a regulator inside - don't know why

Well, we can put our money back in our billfolds.

Crosman will not be releasing a new Mrod with a regulator in it

I emailed and asked and here is the reply



If it is too small to read, here is what it says:

KEVIN SNYDER | MAR 10, 2017 11:17 AM 
Dear Bobby Tefft,

Thank you for contacting Crosman.

Unfortunately we do not currently have a .22 caliber Marauder with a built in regulator, and unfortunately the one that was due to come out later this year was shelved without being released.

Your Generation 1 Marauder rifle is listed in our owner's manual and parts diagram section under the model number BP2263, and a link has been provided below to where you can download the owner's manual and parts diagram for that rifle.

https://support.crosman.com/hc/en-us/articles/203544740-BP2263-Owner-s-Manual-EVP-2009-12-10-

Best Regards,
Kevin

Bobby


 
How strange.

it did sound too good to be true I guess. I must have jinxed it by starting a thread on how great I thought it was...

Perhaps they plan on releasing a new air gun model instead and didn't want to detract from a launch with an upgraded version of the old model. Or maybe it didn't do well in testing. I did wonder how they planned to make a regulator that could be turned on an off with a switch while keeping it reliable and cheap. 

Or.... maybe they are planning to support existing Marauder owners instead by releasing an aftermarket reg like Hatsan did for the AT44. That would be the noble approach.

or maybe someone in Crossman said something like "why are we bothering to market a whole new model when any Marauder owner who cares about a reg can already buy an aftermarket one from multiple manufacturers". 

Or maybe their market research told them that there was less enthusiasm from potential customers about a Marauder with a price tag closer to $700 than $500. 

Either way, I think it's a shame. 
 
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"Smaug"I bet they figured it won't sell @ $600, with the Maximus at ~$150, Marauder at $500, Kral at $500, etc.

I bet they're working on making it adjustable power for $600, to make it more valuable. Adjustable power, regulated and with a bullpup option at a favorable price and high quality is what's needed in this market.
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THIS !!!!!
I couldn't agree more.
I would buy that TODAY if available.
I posted the same thing on another forum and got trolled hard by the Crosman leg humpers.
And, YES, I've called Crosman multiple times to give my positive feedback on this.

Crosman is unwilling, or unable, to compete with Hatsan and FX.
As an American, it's disappointing. 
I just got rid of my PROD and Armada for a new Bullboss, and very happy that I did. 

Not to mention, if I wanted a long and heavy regulated gun, the Umarex Gauntlet can be had for $300.
 
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If you market a new feature, tout it to the press at major trade shows, and THEN pull it, there was clearly a problem. Marketing/product managers got ahead of engineering. Frankly, embarrassing and shows a continued lack of leadership and direction at Crosman. 

Don't get me wrong. I want nothing but success for this iconic American brand. They have become a case study in lost opportunity, however. How long can they survive in the middle of the pack with companies from Europe bringing in very competitive offerings that are feature rich at a lower price point than the Marauder?
 
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It happens, used to be somewhat a common thing at the show, years back. There company their call.
What I see as a shame is the fact crosman had a good regulator design in 2008 ( before really) and was used in the discovery & marauder prototypes - I checked out the discovery, had the marauder trigger group also- but for some reason at the LAST minute dropped the reg & trigger pack from the discovery. All tooled up and ................ .
Had they gone with a low cost regulated rig 10 years ago THAT would have sold.

I'm thinking the Arrow launcher has a threaded air tube w/reg between tube & block ( never seen one so...) they certainly can build a regulator it just seems they cant deside what to do wit it, or, timing?

The shot show is to make yoy drool and get feed back, not all of the thing always come to market. And personally I like my $300.00 marauder with a $100 after market reg.


Shoot on,

John
 
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With all the high quality regulated guns coming out of Europe, I think Crosman had bette offer a regulated air rifle that could compete. For me, the cheaper price of their non-regulated air rifles is not enough to keep me from choosing one of those European guns.

In fact, just recently I bought two regulated European air rifles from AoA - an FX Wildcat .25 and an FX Royale 400.

That's why I messaged Crosman - I was intending to replace my Gen 1 .22 Mrod with the new regulated version. I'd heard that they were coming out with a regulated Mrod and had planned to buy it, but went with the FX's when I heard the news of Crosman shelving their regulated Mrod.

Crosman is loosing business, at least they lost mine. They better wake up.

Bobby
 
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I still have a MRod 25 with just a WAR Hammer debounce (break shoe style) and if I remember I shot 24 shots with a less than -5% standard deviation. My chairgun memory has it at 840fps which is the average and shot lights out at 100yds using 25gr pellets. To me, the bell curve wasn't steep for 24 shots to justify a regulator. But that's the hunter in me saying that. Maybe that's why they opted not to install a regulator in their 25cal. 

Point is, I hope the new MRods has a huge WOW factor to replace existing MRods in the field. Especially those already modified. 
 
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