I got the Benjamin Marauder Field Target (regulated) with a Lother Walther barrel, so I can only speak for this particular setup. It’s fantastic! It’s boringly accurate…in a good way, of course! This is probably due to that Lother Walther barrel. When it arrived, I threw a scope on it and took a few shots and it was so impressive that I still haven’t borhered to clean the barrel. It is something I normally do with all new airguns, but I never had one shoot this percise out of the box, so if isn’t broke, don’t fix it. I’ll run some patches through it when pellets stop landing on top of each other. I’ve only shot at distances between 20-50 yards. This rifle hasn’t wavered a bit in that range. I’m shooting pellet on pellet, over and over again, without a single flier, and I’m not a marksman by no means. Shooting is a hobby I picked up a few years ago. I’m shooting .22’s, between 14 and 18 grain in the FPS sweet spot of about 850fps, and an FPE between 24-28ft/lbs. Typically you get about 30ft/lbs with a .22, but this regulator lowers that just a bit. It literally unnoticeable, and can be tuned via the adjustable hammer spring for different power levels, anyway. You can easily reach that 30 FPE with a slight tune and/or heavier pellets. I haven’t tuned mine. Straight out of the box it comes tuned for a massive shot count of 80-90 "regulated" shots at about 850fps and 24-28fpe. I feel that’s perfect for my needs as a target shooter/plinker. It also has an adjustable match grade trigger. For me, that was also perfect out of the box. Its got a nice Turkish walnut stock with an adjustable cheek riser, and nice deep, grippy checkering. Being a wood and metal rifle it’s got some heft to it at about 8lbs with a scope, but it’s balanced very well and is very manageable. Being left-handed, I was happy to know the bolt can be switched to the other side. I’ve been shooting from a bench so I haven’t found the need to switch it over, but I’m planning to. Having the old-school bolt action I found the cocking action not as smooth as my lever action airguns, but it’s not difficult. It’s smooth for a bolt action rifle, and I quite like the old-school tactile feel of using the bolt. As far as magazines, I usually buy aftermarket mags for my airguns, and I did the same for this, but found that they weren’t really much of an upgrade from the stock mags. The stock mags actually function great. I did gat an aftermarket single shot flip open tray, which is very nice because the rifle doesn’t come with one. Customer service has been very responsive to all my emails. Aftermarket parts are everywhere for Marauders. So o-rings/barrel bands/ mags, etc, are very easy to find. I added a swivel stud picatinny rail and stud extension to mount a bipod and still be able to use a sling, and that’s worked out great, but I was just shooting off a bag rest at first and that was fine, too. With all that said, plus the 5 YEAR WARRANTY, you can’t go wrong with this rifle or any Marauder, because they’ve been around for a long time, so aftermarket items are all over the internet, and Crosman/Benjamin technical support are always there to help if you ever run into an issue, unlike other manufacturers. You can’t beat that. I’ve also never seen a truly negative review either, aside from random one-offs that are most likely due to user error. They really hit it out of the park with this one! My Benjamin Marauder regulated Field Target with a Lother Walther barrel is EASILY the best PCP I own. Excellent PCP at a great price point! I highly recommend it!
