Benjamin Maximus Review

[Bicycleman]

Michael, cocking and loading the Maximus .22 is as easy as (or slightly easier) than my Discovery .22.  Much depends on practice and dexterity.

[Dairyboy]

For basically being a disco with longer barrel and synthetic stock there seems to be some MAJOR quality control problems so far with the ones they have just released which makes no sense if the bones of it are the tried and true disco. Maybe it's so cheap because they skip the quality control to save the money 

[keystonekid]

Mine came without a safety and as I said in another post the bluing in nowhere as nice as my Disco, but it is as accurate as my Disco. The gun will make a great small game woods gun being it is so light, and as said earlier if it gets scratch or banged around no harm done. I must admit when I first took it out of the box I was not impressed, but after I spent time shooting it and seeing how accurate it was and how nice it handled I am really glad I bought the rifle. Now all I have to do is get Crossman to send me a safety, by the way the trigger is better than the one on my wood stock Disco. Hope this helps

[Norm_m]

Well I do agree the string is pretty good but the power is not there.
With 14 gr pellets and only getting an average of 829.53 FPS is not too impressive.
If you tuned down a Disco to those #s you would easily get the same 24 shots

One look at the hammer spring explains the whole thing. It is close to 1/2" shorter then the original Disco spring which is 3/8" shorter then the new Disco spring. The Maximus is 7/8" shorter then the existing Disco spring.

original Disco spring:     New disco spring:               Maximus spring:
length 1.88"                   length 2.23"                       length 1.44" 
OD .292                         O.D. .292                           OD .288
wire .033                        wire .032                           wire .045
17 coils:                         17 coils                              17 coils

So as you can see the Maximus is the shortest heavies spring and being almost a 1/2" shorter then the original Disco spring and there is no preload. When removing the airtube plug you will realize this as when you remove the 2 screws that secure it, it remains in the tube and doe snot fly out like the Disco tube cap does!

This Maximus is now listed in the Classified Gate!!

Norm
                                             

[MDStroup]

Michael, cocking and loading the Maximus .22 is as easy as (or slightly easier) than my Discovery .22.  Much depends on practice and dexterity.

Right now I dont have a handpump yet, so i dont want to shoot it and deplete the last little bit of air in the gun. I havent shot my whole life, but the majority of it has been with milsurp rifles. So i know what hard to load/cock is in a rifle. This gun is harder to cock/load then a mosin nagant with dried cosmoline in the chamber and within the bolt. My main concern is how much force you need to load a pellet. Cocking it i can understand being a bit hard as it is new. I can leave it cocked for a few days so it can take a set and be a bit easier. But i shouldnt have to use all my force to load the pellet. And i am not a small dude.

The very nice customer service lady said it just needs to be broken in. I will try that when i get my handpump within the next few days. If it doesnt get better, i am sending it back for a new one as i dont want to have to tear apart a new gun to get it to function properly.

[MDStroup]

Mine came without a safety and as I said in another post the bluing in nowhere as nice as my Disco, but it is as accurate as my Disco. The gun will make a great small game woods gun being it is so light, and as said earlier if it gets scratch or banged around no harm done. I must admit when I first took it out of the box I was not impressed, but after I spent time shooting it and seeing how accurate it was and how nice it handled I am really glad I bought the rifle. Now all I have to do is get Crossman to send me a safety, by the way the trigger is better than the one on my wood stock Disco. Hope this helps

ok, this i will admit,  mine came with a safety.  It also has a very nice short, crisp trigger. It is no geissele,  but still good.

But my finish was so rough on the air tube thqt it actually drew blood the first time i ran my hand over it. That isnt somehting i care to m6ch about as i planed on painting it any way. That is why i asked about if painting it would void the warranty.

[rangerfredbob]

My maximus hasn't shipped yet, they have my money and patiently awaiting the shipment confirmation...

Just a note on the loading, what type of pellets are you loading? From what I hear that makes a big difference with the steel breech from Crosman. I haven't shot my 1322 much that I put a steel breech on (keep forgetting about it, not much time to shoot lately...) but from what I hear there are a few things that cause the difficult loading. First is the front breech screw hole, if that is where the pellet is catching add a bit of candle wax to that location and smooth it off. The next thing is the transition from the breech to the leade in the barrel is pretty steep, if you decide to disassemble it a little by taking the barrel off (can be done by taking out 3-4 screws) you could polish that section with some sand paper (fine grit) and such which should help a lot.

Also a note on UPS from some statements on the first page... My work uses UPS almost exclusively, they make multiple deliveries every day and pick up at the end of every day. FedEx we have to schedule a pickup a day in advance... I don't think we've had as many issues with UPS as we have the trucking companies (we sell engines for boats and industrial equipment), there's some shipping companies that seem to drive like rally drivers, we shouldn't have problems with engines rolling over on their pallets... And on the comments on asking UPS to just keep it at their distribution center, good call since after I ordered I hear Crosman has a signature required policy which won't work with my or the womans schedule , the UPS center is 1/2 mile from my work which would work out splendidly...  I didn't have it shipped to work since they always seem kindly open my boxes for me...

[boatman]

The numbers I see don't look so bad, it's going to have a few bugs, it's a $200.00 gun.  My Disco shot like a piece of junk when I bought it, but I have spent enough on it now its shoot pretty good, but I could have bought another Marauder for what I have in this gun.  It's lighter and looks better than a Marauder, I think Marauders are ugly, and I have two.

[MDStroup]

My maximus hasn't shipped yet, they have my money and patiently awaiting the shipment confirmation...

Just a note on the loading, what type of pellets are you loading? From what I hear that makes a big difference with the steel breech from Crosman. I haven't shot my 1322 much that I put a steel breech on (keep forgetting about it, not much time to shoot lately...) but from what I hear there are a few things that cause the difficult loading. First is the front breech screw hole, if that is where the pellet is catching add a bit of candle wax to that location and smooth it off. The next thing is the transition from the breech to the leade in the barrel is pretty steep, if you decide to disassemble it a little by taking the barrel off (can be done by taking out 3-4 screws) you could polish that section with some sand paper (fine grit) and such which should help a lot.

Also a note on UPS from some statements on the first page... My work uses UPS almost exclusively, they make multiple deliveries every day and pick up at the end of every day. FedEx we have to schedule a pickup a day in advance... I don't think we've had as many issues with UPS as we have the trucking companies (we sell engines for boats and industrial equipment), there's some shipping companies that seem to drive like rally drivers, we shouldn't have problems with engines rolling over on their pallets... And on the comments on asking UPS to just keep it at their distribution center, good call since after I ordered I hear Crosman has a signature required policy which won't work with my or the womans schedule , the UPS center is 1/2 mile from my work which would work out splendidly...  I didn't have it shipped to work since they always seem kindly open my boxes for me...

i have only one type of pellet through the gun so far, that is crosman 14.3 gr 22cal premier hollowpoint pellets. I will be testing my gun some more first before I send it back,  but i just have to get a handpump first.

[wll2506]

I'm thinking of using the Maximus spring in the Disco and a Challenger power adjuster to make my Disco a 20 shot wonder. Using 14.3 gr pellets in this gun is fine for smacking starlings :- )

That really works for me !

wll2506

[microsalmo]

Hey Guys,

I've got one here for review and I be starting on it towards the end of the week.



Best,
Steve
AEAC

[MDStroup]

Hey Guys,

I've got one here for review and I be starting on it towards the end of the week.



Best,
Steve
AEAC

Awesome! I cant wait to hear what you think of it. What caliber did you get it in?

[microsalmo]

They sent the .177. 

I was shooting it all afternoon today looking for its preferred pellet and came away with a dozen that it drills 1/4" holes with at 25 yards.  I'm shocked at how accurate this thing is for $200, lol.  So light and cool looking too.  I can't wait to start filming!!!

Steve
AEAC

[MDStroup]

They sent the .177. 

I was shooting it all afternoon today looking for its preferred pellet and came away with a dozen that it drills 1/4" holes with at 25 yards.  I'm shocked at how accurate this thing is for $200, lol.  So light and cool looking too.  I can't wait to start filming!!!

Steve
AEAC

i should have known.

i was debating weather to get mine in 177 or 22. but since one of the requirements for me was to easily dispatch a rabid raccon that are becoming more and more common place in my backyard i choose the 22. But since 95% of my shooting will be in my backyard and i have 1000+ 177 pellets on hand, i hope i made the right choice.

[Tater]

i should have known.

i was debating weather to get mine in 177 or 22. but since one of the requirements for me was to easily dispatch a rabid raccon that are becoming more and more common place in my backyard i choose the 22. But since 95% of my shooting will be in my backyard and i have 1000+ 177 pellets on hand, i hope i made the right choice.

Sounds like you need a to buy a second one.   

[mobilemail]

i should have known.

i was debating weather to get mine in 177 or 22. but since one of the requirements for me was to easily dispatch a rabid raccon that are becoming more and more common place in my backyard i choose the 22. But since 95% of my shooting will be in my backyard and i have 1000+ 177 pellets on hand, i hope i made the right choice.

Sounds like you need a to buy a second one.   

Dude, you're such an enabler!

[Tater]

Dude, you're such an enabler!

Just discussing options for him.   

[Booger]

Dude, you're such an enabler!

Just discussing options for him.   

Tater, you really need to come to my house and bring your cat. We will have BBQ.

[MDStroup]

Welp, right now i am just twiddling my thumbs still waiting for my replacement maximus to show up. So anyone want to take bets on when that will be?

While i wait, anyone with a 22 cal maximus notice any pellets that are particularly more accurate in their maximus than others?

[Tater]

Tater, you really need to come to my house and bring your cat. We will have BBQ.

I'm in! Just pick the date.
In fact, we have new "kittens" in the backyard now too. So maybe I can bring several.