Introduction As an outdoor writer, and moreover one specializing in hunting airguns, I get to shoot a lot of airguns. There are many good rifles being produced today, and a few great ones. But what we have been missing is a great hunting airgun at a price point most hunters can afford. In a marketplace [...]
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Marauder Single Shot Tray is available…
Since releasing the Marauder we have had one accessory request more than any other, a single shot tray. Well we heard you loud and clear. The new single shot tray slides in the same channel that the multi-shot clip fits in and allows for a single round to be fired from the Marauder. The single [...]
Reporting on the Crosman Challenger PCP: Part 2
I promised you I would check out the shot performance of the new Challenger right “out of the box”. First, using the Benjamin hand pump, I charged the Challenger to 2000 psi – the factory recommended fill pressure. I used the gauge on the pump for all tests to maintain consistency. Next, I chronographed the [...]
Reporting on the Crosman Challenger PCP
Meet Ray and Hans Apelles – Crosman Pro Staff, and National and World Field Target Competitors The father and son team of Hans and Ray Apelles “The ‘A’ Team” started shooting field target in 1995 after reading a magazine article about competitive field target matches. They attended a local match together, and the rest is [...]
Discovery at Junior Shooters…
The Marauder has been generating a lot of excitement since it’s release, and rightly so. But we can’t forget the Discovery, which has been a PCP phenomenon in it’s own right. The Discovery paved the way for the Marauder and is still out there making it’s mark and getting great reviews from shooters everywhere. A [...]
Benjamin Marauder: Your mileage may vary
Crosman recently released our new Marauder PCP gun, and one of the features that make it different from its predecessor, the Discovery, is its adjustability. In fact it is probably the most adjustable PCP gun on the market. This also makes it one of the most versatile guns. Its adjustable hammer energy and valve transfer [...]
2009 Northeast Regional Field Target Championship
Summer is here and it isn’t just the weather that’s heating up, so is the shooting! One of the fastest growing competitive shooting events is Field Target Shooting. Competitions are popping up like dandelions in communities all across the country. Field Target Shooting is a hunting simulation game where shooters fire at steel silhouettes shaped [...]
Benjamin Marauder – part 3 by Tom Gaylord
In this report I’ll show you the accuracy and velocity I achieved with my test Marauder. Remember, I have a .177. Crosman asked me what velocity I would like with which pellet before they sent the test rifle. So I was fortnate to have the rifle arrive set-up the way I wanted it. I asked [...]
Benjamin Marauder: Part 2 by Tom Gaylord
The Benjamin name is on the bottom of the forearm so everyone knows where the rifle is in the rack. In Part One I stopped just before I got to the trigger, so let’s begin with that. Crosman says this trigger is an adjustable match-type unit, and I know that kind of terminology gets kicked [...]
