Benjamin New Entry Level PCP - Maximus

[ztirffritz]

  Am I correct that the new Maximus is a bolt action single shot, while the Marauder and Discovery are repeaters?

The Marauder is a repeater.  The Disco and Maximus are both single shot.

[birdmove]

Okay! Thanks for that, ztirffritz!!

[Sfttailrdr46]

  Am I correct that the new Maximus is a bolt action single shot, while the Marauder and Discovery are repeaters?

Although the Discovery comes from Crosman as a single shot rifle there is an after market breech available 

[Bicycleman]

https://www.pyramydair.com/product/benjamin-maximus-air-rifle?m=3910  <---  Maximus


https://www.pyramydair.com/product/benjamin-discovery-air-rifle?m=1543  <---  Discovery


https://www.pyramydair.com/product/benjamin-marauder-mrod-air-rifle-combo?m=3541  <---  Marauder


You might find this helpful.  You can see the "Specifications" of each rifle and compare.


You're welcome!

[Airgun.Sniper]

BNM makes a breach and shroud for the disco. I wonder if they will make one for the maximus.

 Cheers

 Jay

[MartyB]

will have to wait for the parts list to be certain, but off pictures, it looks like a disco with a different barrel, stock and front sight.
If thats it, the current BNM option will work.

[Monkeydad1969]

will have to wait for the parts list to be certain, but off pictures, it looks like a disco with a different barrel, stock and front sight.
If thats it, the current BNM option will work.

Disco with a 26" barrel.  BNM would just need to make a longer shroud.  BNM breech will work.

[Iamscotticus]

is 26" necessary?  is there ay more gain?

[Monkeydad1969]

is 26" necessary?  is there ay more gain?

I'll let you know once I get one.  Looking at the .177.  I can compare it to my son's .177 24" barrel.

Joe

[Pellethuntr]

is 26" necessary?  is there ay more gain?

There will probably be a gain of 10-15 fps with a stock valve.

[Bicycleman]

Brian, according to the published figures, the velocity of the Maximus (850 FPS) is 50 FPS slower than the Discovery (900 FPS). 
I know.  I KNOW!  It doesn't make any sense to me either.

[StevenG]

Makes sense if it gets more shots.

I think I read here that the current disco has way too much hammer strike and as such get a nasty bell curve for a few shots. Reducing that flattens the curve and gains shots.

If crosman is finally going to tune for something other than the highest number they can get on the box, I think we should all be pretty happy about that.

[farmerjoe99]

Brian, according to the published figures, the velocity of the Maximus (850 FPS) is 50 FPS slower than the Discovery (900 FPS). 
I know.  I KNOW!  It doesn't make any sense to me either.

Actually in a way that is great news,
think about it what does everyone complain about with the disco?
and then what do they do to it?
they cut the hammer spring lower the fps just a little and double their shot count.
So it possible maybe that cromsan has combined a 26in barrel and slightly slower fps
so they might actually get those 30 shots per fill.

Edit: you beat me to it StevenG

[StevenG]

Great minds think alike is all


If Crosman has finally made this discovery then maybe there is hope for their competition too!

[Monkeydad1969]

Well if the Maximus is gaining shot count, then it is just the re-visited Discovery from a few years back when they did get shot count and not to much power.  I would prefer that myself and then tune up from there if so desired.

Joe

[rualert]

   It looks quite interesting to me, specifically for a base gun to build from. The tube is 135cc so Disco tube, disco trigger, less expensive stock. Like someone else stated, just get the M-Rod trigger (1763A105 $48.73)  add the spacer, and there you have your nice trigger. The one thing I find funny is the Challenger uses the exact same trigger assembly right down to the part number but they don't have a spacer on it. I guess the few that broke a sear figured out the few mills of extra space prevented the issue. Since I have a custom disco build in progress, this might be a more cost effective method to finish gathering the rest of the parts, before I drop the coin for the Boyds stock I was planing on using. I also personally like the Syn stock, and the slight weight reduction. Might just wait for someone to get some referbs in, and snatch up a couple to play with. It makes a lot of sense for Crosman to use as many off the shelf parts as possible and only have to invest in one more injection mold for the stocks rather than re-tool to make a new low entry price rifle.

Casey

P.S. Just posting my thought so I can keep up with the thread..

[jaed.43725]

Has this thing even come out yet, or was it another idea that went into the trash?

[ezman604]

It's out...we have a few that posted about it and even have reviews in the Review Gate. I bought one and will be massaging it a bit before it goes up for GTA raffle.

[jaed.43725]

Good. I'm glad they followed through.

[Bicycleman]

Has this thing even come out yet, or was it another idea that went into the trash?

Jacob, this is the review I wrote ---> June 2016 The Benjamin Maximus .22
Here is another --->  Benjamin Maximus Review