Bought the Maximus about a year and a half ago on the Friday deal @ crosman.com. Put a Baker trigger on it,cut two coils off the hammer spring, and installed bubba gunwerks hsa (socket cap screw with jam nuts). Get 21 or so good shots.(last crony string went 845-875-845...2000 psi-1450). Takes around 35 strokes on my chicom pump to get back up to 2000 psi. Just recently installed the geo ldc and 🤩 wow. Super quiet. I have had some harsh words for crosman springers in the past but the Maximus is terrific. I know there are more powerful and higher quality guns out there but for a cheap, basic hunting rig I think it’s hard to beat dollar for dollar. BTW I have a hawke 2-7x32 so scope mounted on it. Good little scope for the money.
Edward lately have been using crosman pointed because I ran out of its favorite jsb 13.4. Jsb 15.9 also very accurate. Have 4 tins of fx15.9 on the way hope they shoot good pointy crosman are pricey but bone breakers for sure have killed a couple of armodillos with them .Earl sounds like you have your.177 dialed in. I’ve been thinking a 177 since I like the 22 so much