10-31-2018, 06:10 PM
I don't know what has possessed me. I threw caution to the winds and bought a .22 Benjamin Marauder with the synthetic stock and a refurb'd hand pump for $489 all told off of Amazon. I had to buy some screws for the pump as some assembly was required and being second hand the screws either never made it back into the box or fell out through one of the holes in the weathered box. I had been reading that the general consensus was the NPXL barrels were a crapshoot, which was certainly my experience, but that the marauder barrels were actually made using a different process and the quality was lots better. The gun did not come with a scope or rings and had no iron sights but fortunately I had a couple of fairly serviceable scopes lying around from my ordeal with the NPXL. Finally! I am now getting groups that will fit under a nickle at 15 yards, not great accuracy for some but game changing for me. The gun is also really quiet.
Hmmm. There was a target in the box labeled "5 shot group at 10 yards" with a group that would fit under a dime but the gun did not come with a scope or sights. They could have mounted a scope for the test then taken it off again but the vibe I get is that they wouldn't have gone to so much trouble.
Hmmm. There was a target in the box labeled "5 shot group at 10 yards" with a group that would fit under a dime but the gun did not come with a scope or sights. They could have mounted a scope for the test then taken it off again but the vibe I get is that they wouldn't have gone to so much trouble.