Marauder Benjamin Gen3 - It Just Works and Works Well

[Pumacarl]

I was referring to the 250z, sorry LOL. The last thing I did with the Marauder prior to removing the stock was move the target back to 75yds. Unfortunately with the JSB 18.3gr pellets the groups really opened up. The Apolo slugs did good at 50yds. I need to finish the stock and then try some others. I’ve spent most of my time working on the GSX-CS4. The Walmart NSA did terrible in the Marauder. They have 216 in the part number, makes me think they are too loose.

Hey Bill, the JSB are 18.13gr the last time I checked, lol. Unless they did change them, it's been so long since I bought any, they might have.

 

[Billm]

Hey Bill, the JSB are 18.13gr the last time I checked, lol. Unless they did change them, it's been so long since I bought any, they might have.

Well, I have a super accurate digital scale that I paid $20 for and my JSBs are 18.13gr. Or I was giving them the same status as my coveted 18.3gr AEAs, take your pick.

 

[Billm]

I guess I’ll spend Labor Day editing all of my 18.3gr JSB posts lol.

 

[Pumacarl]

I guess I’ll spend Labor Day editing all of my 18.3gr JSB posts lol.

A labor of love!

 

[Pumacarl]

... The last thing I did with the Marauder prior to removing the stock was move the target back to 75yds. Unfortunately with the JSB 18.3gr pellets the groups really opened up.

Some people might jump all over me for saying this, because I don't compete, but I do dispassionately read all their results and can see trends w/o any emotional baggage, and the only two pellets worth shooting at high speeds in a .22 are the JSB MRD (w/flyers and all) and the AEA 21.9. If you've got some old MRD's, those all day long. I absolutely love the 18.13 JSB pellets, and they can shoot well fast sometimes, but they will lose it where the other two won't. If you shoot a 18.13 between 850-900 it won't give you any surprises as you move out. I shoot my spinners at a 100y quite regularly, using them. Yeah, there's more drop and drift, but that is easily figured for, and they are my number one choice for plinking. Seeing as you are mostly going for benchrest I think that you would be better off just sticking with shooting the AEA and getting used to those, at least until/if the MRD's get back on track.

 

[Billm]

Some people might jump all over me for saying this, because I don't compete, but I do dispassionately read all their results and can see trends w/o any emotional baggage, and the only two pellets worth shooting at high speeds in a .22 are the JSB MRD (w/flyers and all) and the AEA 21.9. If you've got some old MRD's, those all day long. I absolutely love the 18.13 JSB pellets, and they can shoot well fast sometimes, but they will lose it where the other two won't. If you shoot a 18.13 between 850-900 it won't give you any surprises as you move out. I shoot my spinners at a 100y quite regularly, using them. Yeah, there's more drop and drift, but that is easily figured for, and they are my number one choice for plinking. Seeing as you are mostly going for benchrest I think that you would be better off just sticking with shooting the AEA and getting used to those, at least until/if the MRD's get back on track.

Finally, you’ve confessed: AEA is not a “bandwagon”, it’s the way!
I’m just trying to use up my Wally World haul.

 

[Pumacarl]

Finally, you’ve confessed: AEA is not a “bandwagon”, it’s the way!

Currently. If just starting out with no old ammo. In .22. Yes.

I have always said that anyone who competes is always going to shoot the most accurate ammo they can find. To do so would mean that you are not just competing but also making a statement. Whether it's a patriotic one, or brand loyalty. A singularly focused competitors statement is to win.

Know this Bill, if AEA had actually shot better than anything else I had, in my guns, I'd shoot it. If it shot equally well to JSB, I'd shoot that, I like their soft lead better, and that a shooter started the company.

I like that there is competition between them so that there is something to keep them on their toes, that's for sure!

 

[BBGunn]

I have one rifle that will literally shoot JSB, AEA and JTS so close to exactly the same that my choice of going with AEA is because they are the least expensive. If JSB were priced better (like when they first came to the US) I would shoot those no problem.

Point being, all things being equal, I'm going with best price.