{"id":1755,"date":"2009-10-04T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T20:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/10\/04\/marauder-groups\/"},"modified":"2010-06-05T05:18:20","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T10:18:20","slug":"marauder-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/10\/04\/marauder-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Marauder Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have not posted any .22 Marauder groups, so I decided that a post or two was in order.  I got in a lot of trigger time yesterday (and am still getting more today) as I tried various things to fix my leaking Marauder.  While I do have a problem with my Marauder, there are a couple of positives to point out.  First, using the Hill hand pump has given me a ton of exercise!  If I stay with the Marauder and PCP, I can see the light (almost) of going scuba.  Second, I really like the Marauder.  For backyard shooting it is a ton of fun; that repeater is just silly \u2013 load up four clips, and blow through 40 pellets in a manner of minutes!<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/10042009\/marauder_01.jpg\" alt=\".22 Marauder Groups\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><em>.22 Marauder punching paper<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I know these results are not by any stretch <em>great<\/em> (probably average at best), but for my purposes I think they are pretty darn good.  First, I was shooting in the 2200-1900 psi range, so I am not coming close to maximizing the potential of the gun.  Second, I was shooting at about 65 feet from a sitting position.  In other words I bet the results would have been better off a bench.  The top view is a picture of ten shots.  If you take the time to count the holes, you will notice that I landed five shots in the center hole around the crosshair.  Not too shabby!<\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the Marauder I was getting a load failure about 1 out of 20 shots.  This eased to 1 out of 30, and now I cannot think of the last time this happened.  The problem occurred when the bolt got stuck and did not load the pellet properly, or maybe even loaded two pellets!  I am not sure if this was a breaking in period, or maybe just user error since this is my first repeater.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, except for the problem with the leak, I am pretty pleased with the Marauder.  It is a real treat to shoot in the backyard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have not posted any .22 Marauder groups, so I decided that a post or two was in order. I got in a lot of trigger time yesterday (and am still getting more today) as I tried various things to fix my leaking Marauder. 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