I ordered a .22 Maximus a while ago with a 25% off discount. It just shipped. Looking forward to it. I really like my P-rod and I think this will be similar. I need to make some room somewhere for it though. Things are tight in the gun cabinet.
The Maximus is en route
- Thread starter ztirffritz
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My buddy and I were drooling over it. It looks almost exactly like the discovery in a synthetic stock. I would almost bet they were interchangable. Congrats on the gun btw.
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Due date is 6/15...ugg...fortunately, my wife is out of town, so I won't need to jump through hoops to hide it.
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ztirffritz,
I know what you mean. I also had to jump through hoops to hide a new airgun purchase but eventually she will see the gun. For example, I bought my prod months ago and my wife first saw the gun a few weeks ago. She asked what gun was that and I told her what it was. I could tell she had more questions but didn't ask them
I know what you mean. I also had to jump through hoops to hide a new airgun purchase but eventually she will see the gun. For example, I bought my prod months ago and my wife first saw the gun a few weeks ago. She asked what gun was that and I told her what it was. I could tell she had more questions but didn't ask them
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Fellows, you just take the woman out to purchase some shoes or dress then dinner. When she notices the new air rifle the next day you are good to go.
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I guess I have it too good. My wife is supporting my starting a new air gun business and importing guns to supply it even though we live far from the city and people. 
Thurmond
Thurmond
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Well the .22 Maximus came in this morning. It was at around 900 on the gauge so at least I know it holds air. I have no way to charge it yet. So testing will be in the next few days.
This is a road I said I was not going down yet. So much for that. This week I also have a .22 Marauder that has been shipped and a hill pump that has been shipped.
So knowing how I am it will take about a week for me to order a new compressor to feed a freedom10 shoebox that I'll order.(unless I go for the $3k all in one compressor). And of course a bottle to take to the range.
See how bumpy my road is getting? Now the less expensive rifles will be fun and the grandsons that live next door will love using them also. But knowing how this works, I'll need at least 2 nicer pcp rifles. One I would say will be a bull pup and the other something like a Air Arms S510.
So as you all know that list can be long. Maybe just a FX .25 bobcat and .30 Impact? Or a Vulcan?
anyway its a rough road, here is the start of this madness
Ok let me update this new rifle..............I ordered a .22 Maximus and the pellets that came with the rifle case are .22. But guess what the rifle is a .177. So now I have to print a return label and drive to the ups store and send it back and then they will send me a .22 like I ordered in the first place. I'm thinking its Chips fault? And they didn't offer a free sling or anything for my trouble so I guess life goes on.
This is a road I said I was not going down yet. So much for that. This week I also have a .22 Marauder that has been shipped and a hill pump that has been shipped.
So knowing how I am it will take about a week for me to order a new compressor to feed a freedom10 shoebox that I'll order.(unless I go for the $3k all in one compressor). And of course a bottle to take to the range.
See how bumpy my road is getting? Now the less expensive rifles will be fun and the grandsons that live next door will love using them also. But knowing how this works, I'll need at least 2 nicer pcp rifles. One I would say will be a bull pup and the other something like a Air Arms S510.
So as you all know that list can be long. Maybe just a FX .25 bobcat and .30 Impact? Or a Vulcan?
anyway its a rough road, here is the start of this madness
Ok let me update this new rifle..............I ordered a .22 Maximus and the pellets that came with the rifle case are .22. But guess what the rifle is a .177. So now I have to print a return label and drive to the ups store and send it back and then they will send me a .22 like I ordered in the first place. I'm thinking its Chips fault? And they didn't offer a free sling or anything for my trouble so I guess life goes on.
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What I want to know .... is the barrel threaded ? Some say yes, some no.
Now that the gun is out I would like someone that has one to see if under the front sight if it is threaded.
wll2506
Now that the gun is out I would like someone that has one to see if under the front sight if it is threaded.
wll2506
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It is not threaded. The original promo materials said it was because this is based on a European model which is threaded. They dropped that feature for the US version, probably at the request of their liability lawyers. Chip Hunicut from Crosman confirmed this as well.
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My Maximus arrived today, but I noticed that it was marked to "Ship to Pyramid Air", but I ordered it through Crosman.com. Maybe PA is handling order fullfilment for Crosman. I just thought it was odd.
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Nice looking stock-has the vibe of no frills powder burner. I had a Katana (Disco with a Marauder trigger group and different stock) a few years back, it had a good barrel but suffered from POI shifts. I finally sold it and got a Marauder in .22, mine is a shooter. Here's a pic of the Katana for the record book. Wonder if the gen 1 Marauder trigger group will work with that synthetic stock?
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I haven't shot the gun yet, but I did unbox it and I can share my first impressions. Out of the box it was filthy. Not like there's a little oil on it, but more like there's oil dripping off of it. I took the gun out of the stock and drained it. There were little puddles of oil in the stock. I wiped down the barrel and action, cleaned it and applied some Ballistol. I cleaned the barrel. It actually wasn't too bad. There was a wad of what appeared to be grease around the quick connect, but it may have been thread sealant. I'm not sure. At any rate, there was far more than was needed so I wiped the excess off. The gun is pretty hard to cock compared to my Marauder. It is lightweight in comparison though. The optical sights seem to be serviceable. It had about 900psi in the tank when I received it, so no leaks. My biggest concern, and I hope that someone else with a Maximus or a Discovery can chime in here, is the safety...or lack of. It appears to be a little pin that's held in with a spring, but I don't see how it does anything. The pin isn't long enough to push either direction. It's flush with the trigger guard. I suspect that I'm missing a part of the safety/trigger assembly. I'm able to dry fire the gun so obviously the safety isn't 'on', but that's actually worse in my opinion. I'll be talking to Crosman about that. On the whole, I'd say it's about $175 worth of gun, and it has some kinks to work out before it will be ready for mass deployment.
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The safety is missing!! Looks like someone possibly left a setup pin in the safety hole and forgot to install the actual safety pin? Call CS and they will surely send one.
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I finally decided to try shooting it tonight. It's pretty impressive for power and accuracy...though scary without a safety. I'm still waiting for that to arrive. Hopefully they shipped it via the fastest camel they could find.
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