Marauder Gen 3 With BSA Barrel For Order Now

The Marauder Gen 3 with BSA barrel is available now for order at Pyramyd AIR. This is your chance to get in early in what is sure to be a huge demand for this new PCP air rifle!

HAM has brought you information about the Gen 3 Marauder before. However the specific information about the BSA barrel fitment is relatively new news – at least to me. So I spoke to the gun’s designer John Solpietro. That’s John on the left in our heading photo with a prototype Gen 3 and along with Shawn Pragle, who runs the Crosman/Benjamin PCP assembly operation..

Here’s what John had to say…

John explained that – in the past – most Marauders had Crosman-manufactured barrels. However, some specific models were fitted with barrels sourced from outside manufacturers such as TJ and Lothar Walther. Given that Benjamin is now part of the ICOG group, it made sense to consider using BSA barrels as an in-house source of supply.

So, all Gen 3 Marauders are to have BSA barrels.

“I think there’s going to be some real happy customers when it comes to accuracy”, John explained to me about this barrel choice.

“They’re some good guys at BSA and they have many years of experience of manufacturing high quality, hammer-forged barrels”, John continued. “The hammer forging process gives good control over the I/D of the barrel and a nice, clean finish,” he continued. “The Marauder Gen 3 with BSA barrel is going to be a great gun!”

At a selling price of $829.99, the launch-model Benjamin Marauder Gen 3 is priced at $230 more than the regular selling price of the existing, Gen 2 Marauder. But that price difference gives a large number of benefits – the “Gen 3” really is a completely new airgun.

Now we have a much larger number of consistent shots available, courtesy of the built-in regulator and removable, 500cc HPA bottle. That regulator is externally-adjustable, too, for easy power level changes.

Pyramyd is showing an estimated, in-stock date of 27 May, 2026. Yikes! That’s just a couple of weeks from now…

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[BBGunn]

I gave a 'thumbs up' for HAM bringing this announcement to the forum..., but not for the rifle itself.

As much as I love the 'long rifles', this one does not do it for me. To gain my interest this rifle would need a tube instead of a bottle, an elegant and traditional shaped wood stock (think FX DRS Classic) and would need to be 2lbs lighter weight.

Of course, 'each to their own'.

 

[jps2486]

This should be a hit for those looking for a quality PCP for under $1K that has it's roots here rather than some third world country. I wish that Benjamin/Crosman would get rid of that ugly shaped trigger guard though.

 

[AtlasAirguns]

This should be a hit for those looking for a quality PCP for under $1K that has it's roots here rather than some third world country. I wish that Benjamin/Crosman would get rid of that ugly shaped trigger guard though.

Doubtful it is produced "here" and likely made in China, or at least the parts are and then assembled here. Especially after the sale of Crosman Benjamin and the sale of NY property and lease back. I could be mistaken, however, but the engineers are very attentive and can clarify here where the item is made. I remember a few years ago the gen 2 Maurauder was still 60% made in America which was actually impressive to me. I hope the best for them on their new venture. I am excited to check one out and shoot it. It looks like it answers a lot of the requirements customers have requested over the years. Cheers

 

[FL22]

Doubtful it is produced "here" and likely made in China, or at least the parts are and then assembled here. Especially after the sale of Crosman Benjamin and the sale of NY property and lease back. I could be mistaken, however, but the engineers are very attentive and can clarify here where the item is made. I remember a few years ago the gen 2 Maurauder was still 60% made in America which was actually impressive to me. I hope the best for them on their new venture. I am excited to check one out and shoot it. It looks like it answers a lot of the requirements customers have requested over the years. Cheers

See post #18

New Gen 3 Benjamin Marauder Launched at IWA 2026

Mar 3, 2026

The new Gen 3 Benjamin Marauder PCP air rifle was launched at the IWA OutdoorClassics show 2026, in Nuremberg, Germany.

This new model is a completely different gun from any previous Marauder. There’s almost no parts in common – so far as I understand – with the previous, long-running Gen 2 version.

Instead we have side lever-cocking...

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