Greetings.
I own a Benjamin Marauder .22. The factory magazine has worked flawlessly with the several types of ammunition I use.
One ten-round magazine is limiting, so I bought three more from PA about one year ago, give or take. None of the three magazines would fire more than a few pellets without a stoppage. As I recall, I don’t think pellets were jammed: I pulled the trigger and nothing!
So, I figured I had hit a bad batch. I bought three more from PA. The same thing happened. Then I bought three more. I removed one mag from its plastic wrapping, and the same thing happened. Two magazines are still in the package because I figured that this was a futile enterprise. Seven magazines failed to fire reliably.
Pyramyd Air took six magazines back (I kept three of them), but they were not at all helpful in solving the problem. I asked them to have some technician find out what was wrong. They would not, but instead referred me to Benjamin, I think.
Now, I am not the handy sort. However, I watched YouTube videos and tinkered with several magazines, resetting the spring tension in the three possible slots, and I did this multiple times with a few of the magazines. The magazines would still not fire the full ten pellets. Perhaps I got one mag to five or six pellets once or twice. Typically, if I remember accurately, two or three shots was the average.
So, life called and I put the matter on hold. (I do not shoot much.)
Yes, I have the correct magazines: Marauder/Armada ones.
Did PA have an entire batch of bad magazines?
Is my MRod a one-mag gun? I hardly think so, but who knows.
I stopped buying magazines but will now try to get some and see if the problem persists. But before I do, I want to see if anyone among the savvy folks here has the solution to my riddle, as I have three brand new magazines sitting in a closet.
Thank you for any assistance. S7
I own a Benjamin Marauder .22. The factory magazine has worked flawlessly with the several types of ammunition I use.
One ten-round magazine is limiting, so I bought three more from PA about one year ago, give or take. None of the three magazines would fire more than a few pellets without a stoppage. As I recall, I don’t think pellets were jammed: I pulled the trigger and nothing!
So, I figured I had hit a bad batch. I bought three more from PA. The same thing happened. Then I bought three more. I removed one mag from its plastic wrapping, and the same thing happened. Two magazines are still in the package because I figured that this was a futile enterprise. Seven magazines failed to fire reliably.
Pyramyd Air took six magazines back (I kept three of them), but they were not at all helpful in solving the problem. I asked them to have some technician find out what was wrong. They would not, but instead referred me to Benjamin, I think.
Now, I am not the handy sort. However, I watched YouTube videos and tinkered with several magazines, resetting the spring tension in the three possible slots, and I did this multiple times with a few of the magazines. The magazines would still not fire the full ten pellets. Perhaps I got one mag to five or six pellets once or twice. Typically, if I remember accurately, two or three shots was the average.
So, life called and I put the matter on hold. (I do not shoot much.)
Yes, I have the correct magazines: Marauder/Armada ones.
Did PA have an entire batch of bad magazines?
Is my MRod a one-mag gun? I hardly think so, but who knows.
I stopped buying magazines but will now try to get some and see if the problem persists. But before I do, I want to see if anyone among the savvy folks here has the solution to my riddle, as I have three brand new magazines sitting in a closet.
Thank you for any assistance. S7
