Benjamin New Entry Level PCP - Maximus

[StevenG]

Quick question, Steven = Who controls the supply of pumps that Crosman sells?   

Sun optics, but pumps are fungible. If sun optics or crosman tried to raise the price they would be making air venturi's day.

[Bicycleman]

Thanks Bill.  I am cool with that.

[Sfttailrdr46]

Not that it matters but, I think it was more like 400 FD-PCP sold. I'm pretty sure I heard that from Mike. As far as ONE "exploding".... no comment on that... I wasn't there and don't know the circumstances. Hearsay is all I have. Which, btw, is certainly still enough to raise caution. None the less, this thread is about the Maximus.

Depending on how the Marauder project goes for my I may get a Maximus .22 as a next attempt at modding

[Iamscotticus]

I wonder if that stock would interchange with the wood disco stock??

(whispers) Crosman maybe next a thumbhole stocked version??? I personally would fit a great excuse to buy one if they did lol

trigger group looks the same.  don't see why not

[Iamscotticus]

PCPs are the new thing... but remember that for every pcp they sell, they sold 100 springers... and to the starter masses, a 100 dollar quest will always look more appealing, since there is no need for 150 worth of ancillaries and accesories.

The nitro piston is attracting a new crowd.  Break barrel simplicity and low price.  Whats not to love?

[K.O.]

PCPs are the new thing... but remember that for every pcp they sell, they sold 100 springers... and to the starter masses, a 100 dollar quest will always look more appealing, since there is no need for 150 worth of ancillaries and accesories.

The nitro piston is attracting a new crowd.  Break barrel simplicity and low price. Whats not to love?

Limited fpe and the more fpe the more likely it is to be a scope eater and hold sensitive... and then there is barrel droop..

pumpers for me since the 1960s...

[birdmove]

    I just ordered my first NP model Crosman. Called the F4, I think it's also called the Fury. Composite stock and no open sights. Wal Mart sells them online and mine was $69.95 delivered. I wanted something hopefully quieter than my Phantom. That Phantom made scopes slide. Went to a one piece mount with a stop pin. The sliding stopped, but then the Phantom broke the scope.

    How loud are guns like the Disco, and probably this new one?

[jaed.43725]

    I just ordered my first NP model Crosman. Called the F4, I think it's also called the Fury. Composite stock and no open sights. Wal Mart sells them online and mine was $69.95 delivered. I wanted something hopefully quieter than my Phantom. That Phantom made scopes slide. Went to a one piece mount with a stop pin. The sliding stopped, but then the Phantom broke the scope.

    How loud are guns like the Disco, and probably this new one?

I don't know how loud they are stock. But the disco has a few moderators available that'll make it whisper quiet

[MattMac91]

    I just ordered my first NP model Crosman. Called the F4, I think it's also called the Fury. Composite stock and no open sights. Wal Mart sells them online and mine was $69.95 delivered. I wanted something hopefully quieter than my Phantom. That Phantom made scopes slide. Went to a one piece mount with a stop pin. The sliding stopped, but then the Phantom broke the scope.

    How loud are guns like the Disco, and probably this new one?

I went through two nitro pistons. Still have them and they are great. A couple months after getting them i went ahead and bought a discovery. Theres no going back. It is loud...and the echo of it in town with houses near by makes it so loud. I got the tko muzzle brake hoping it would do what everyone says and it really does. I shoot my discovery all day in the backyard in town. The tko took 5 days to get to me and i was expecting about a week or two which was really cool

[Iamscotticus]

PCPs are the new thing... but remember that for every pcp they sell, they sold 100 springers... and to the starter masses, a 100 dollar quest will always look more appealing, since there is no need for 150 worth of ancillaries and accesories.

The nitro piston is attracting a new crowd.  Break barrel simplicity and low price. Whats not to love?

Limited fpe and the more fpe the more likely it is to be a scope eater and hold sensitive... and then there is barrel droop..

pumpers for me since the 1960s...

Granted, Im thinking of the newbie that looks at the 1200 fps tacticool springer at the mega box store and sees that he can drop critters like that Shockey feller for under $200.  Then he gets home to find the scope was stolen from the box.

[moorepower]

After a little thought I think I have a better way to describe an affordable PCP. There are some on this forum that can't afford a Crosman 760, but to most it is an affordable gun. I am guessing that many on here are like me, that have several powder burners, but don't want to just in head first and start with a Marauder or Hatsan, or Air Arms. This was me when I started. I ordered a .22 and .177 FDPCP with a pump with full intentions of selling the one I liked least, but ended up keeping them and now have 10 PCP's with a Disco on the way, with the tanks and Shoebox to go with them. This is why I think it will be a gateway drug to Marauders for Crosman. I thank Crosman for doing what they can to get the base price PCP down a little more.

[Mikes Garage]

I'm in.  It'll be my first PCP and I'll fill it with it the hill pump I already have.  I think it looks great compared to a disco.  I've been waiting for this kind of price break, and this will be much better, I think, than building up a QB79 or scaring myself with a FD-PCP.  I think Crosman is continuing to do good things.  Kudos. 

[WECSOG]

I agree. And I will be surprised if street price doesn't end up being under $175 in a few months.
As for the Disco, it sells extremely well. Especially considering that it isn't typically sold in big box stores. I'm seeing comments that people don't buy Discos in the big box stores because they're not cheap enough; but it seems to me that the reason they're not buying them in big box stores is because they're not in the big box stores for them to buy! Cabela's, Academy and Gander Mountain around here carry airguns, but I've never seen a PCP rifle nor any PCP ancillary gear in any of them. Almost as if they don't exist. IMO, that's why Joe Average doesn't know they exist.

[jaed.43725]

I agree. And I will be surprised if street price doesn't end up being under $175 in a few months.
As for the Disco, it sells extremely well. Especially considering that it isn't typically sold in big box stores. I'm seeing comments that people don't buy Discos in the big box stores because they're not cheap enough; but it seems to me that the reason they're not buying them in big box stores is because they're not in the big box stores for them to buy! Cabela's, Academy and Gander Mountain around here carry airguns, but I've never seen a PCP rifle nor any PCP ancillary gear in any of them. Almost as if they don't exist. IMO, that's why Joe Average doesn't know they exist.

The only place I have seen a PCP for sale in person was a pawn shop that specializes in guns. And the idiots behind the counter didnt even know what it was. I think it was a few BSA R-10's.

[39M]

I'll probably end up getting a .22 Maximus. I just wish they had made it with a slightly shorter tube and slightly shorter shrouded barrel. I like the idea of the cheap price, but would have liked to have seen something about half way between a Prod and a Disco in length and weight in a Disco price range. Single shot and cheap plastic stock are fine with me.

Somebody needs to start a thread on that hot rod 2100. Maybe I missed it.

[K.O.]

Bait and switch on the price now it is $220...  funny how Corporations believe deception in marketing works...

http://www.crosman.com/new-for-2016/new-for-2016-airguns/maximus-177

Here is the press release  that says the MSRP is $200...

http://www.crosman.com/connect/benjamin-airguns-announces-new-entry-level-pcp-rifle/

[Bicycleman]

Yesterday, the price for a Discovery .177 at Walmart was $219.99.  Just saying.

[StevenG]

It's a preorder, so the price is higher than the MSRP. If you want it first you gotta pay.

Within a few weeks/months these will be selling for less than MSRP.

[moorepower]

It will be interesting to see if the street price mirrors the $50 less than Disco retail price. I still prefer the Tupperware stock.

[ztirffritz]

Bait and switch on the price now it is $220...  funny how Corporations believe deception in marketing works...

http://www.crosman.com/new-for-2016/new-for-2016-airguns/maximus-177

Here is the press release  that says the MSRP is $200...

http://www.crosman.com/connect/benjamin-airguns-announces-new-entry-level-pcp-rifle/

Use promocode 'TEDHLDVR' to get 15% off, that makes it less than $200.  If you wait until Tuesday you might be able to use '20OffTuesday' for 20% off, but I can't test that code until Tuesday.