Benjamin Maurader .22 vs .25

If you are hunting larger game you'll be glad you have a .25 or wish you had gotten one. The barrel on the .25 is fantastic. Before I sold mine it was getting 32 regulated shots at 800fps and could bust eggs at 100 yards. 

I have the .22 gen 2 mrod. I know the gen 1 .22 barrels had a bad rep but I could not ask for a better shooting rifle. I got a starling at 52 yards yesterday with JSB 18.13. I know many like the .25 but I'm getting a wildcat soon and it will also be .22 I just like that caliber.

I have a safe full of Powder burners and I'm in a location that I can shoot with them so ill stick with a .22 caliber in air guns for now. (.22 matches the shooting I do at this time)

.25 and never look back (use JSB Kings 25.4 gr). Mine will shoot along with my Compatto and FX Wildcat (downed a grackle at just a bit over 100 yards a couple of weeks ago). As a matter of fact it hits harder than either of the English / European guns! I have mine on a MDRL Bullpup stock and it is a lot better balanced than the factory stocks could hope to be. 

Thurmond

Shooting a .25 Gen II Marauder. Deadly accurate if I do my part. Have taken raccoon, opossum and numerous squirrels and chipmunks.
I'm shooting JSB Exact Kings 25.39 gr. Have taken several raccoons and opossum at 50 yards, no problem. 

I have both, had to recrown and polish the barrel on the .22 to get it shooting great. Buy I never shoot it anymore because I always grab my modded .25 or .30 anymore.

My vote is for .22 cal., I have both and while the .25 is accurate, so is my .22, and the low shot count of the .25 causes me to shoot the .22 more. If you're solely hunting and pesting and don't need a lot of shots, then the .25 is workable. A fair number of shooters just shoot a few shots and then refill with a hand pump. The thing is, they're so much fun to shoot that you end up using a lot of air and pellets. Both guns are tunable for fill pressure and shot count, but tuning is an involved process that requires lots of time, air, pellets, and attention to detail as well as a chronograph.

The .25 mrod I had was very accurate. One of the reasons I sold it because it had such a low shot count.

Being relativly new to PCP and a .22 Mrod, but doing a lot of reading reports of owners, the gun can be "hit or miss", some mention the newer .22 barrels being consistent.

​My gun was bought used in like new condition and as far as I know, still had factory settings, it shoots okay as is, but I couldn't label it a one hole shooter rested, even at 25yds.
If you're set on an Mrod then go for it, and of course if you care to do all the tuning, add aftermarket parts, maybe a hammer forged barrel, it will or should perform quite well

22 will give you a lot more shots per fill, and you'll have more fun shooting and do less pumping. I had very good accuracy with several benjamins and even more crosmans. If you use good quality pellets and have a decent scope, your accuracy will be fine, especially for general field use like you describe. A fair amount of inaccuracy is the result of poor marksmanship, but no one ones to discuss that.

Also you can get 22 cal pellets locally whereas 25 cal aren't typically.

 I have both. The purple Marauder is a Gen 1 .22 in a Blaster stock, and the tiger stripe is a Gen 2 .25 wrapped in GunSkins. The .22 produces 32 fpe(foot pounds energy) and the .25 produces 45 fpe. Neither have a regulator but both have been tuned with a chronigraph. I get 32 good shots out of the .22 and 16 shots out of the .25. So twice the shot count with the .22. The only problem I've had with either is replacing a breech o ring in the .25 self induced, when dropped while hunting(5 minute fix).

The .25 is my dedicated hunting PCP where shot count isn't as important. It is capable of killing a coyote humanly with a head shot ,and I have dropped a large pest coon like a stone with it that almost killed my dog. If you are going to do more hunting then shooting this would be my choice. The Green Mountain Barrels that come with the .25 s are usually very accurate. Alot of folks get 1/2 inch groups at 50 yards or better with theirs and the .25 will be more accurate at longer ranges.

For a Gen 1 .22 mine is very accurate with JSB Jumbo 18.1g pellets. It will shoot with my .25 at 50 yards but not at 100. It's the only Crosman I own that will not shoot Crosman pellets accurately although my neighbor's .22 Maraurder loves Crosman Ultra mags. I've had it for a number of years without a hick-up and at 32 fpe it is a squirrel killer, but I would not hunt coyotes with it. If I was going to do more shooting than hunting this would be my choice.

I got the .22 first then followed by the .25. They just fill different niches. If I had to get rid of one it would be the .22 because at this stage of my airgun addiction I have several PCP s to shoot, but the .25 is a hunter.

No matter which one you get there will be times you wish you had the other cal.
thats the hook soon you will have a whole closet full of different brans and cal.

At 100 yards the .25 is more accurate. On my .25 I have a Leapers 3-12x44 accushot glass etched reticle with side wheel. On the .22 I have a Aeon 3-12 x50 with field target reticle. For the money the Leapers is a good scope to begin with and pairs with a Marauder nicely. I have never taken it off for an upgrade. The glass etched Leapers are better scopes than the wire reticles but more expensive. If you are getting out of your budget the wire reticle Leapers work fine. Hawke also has some good mid range scopes scopes as well as higher end.

Westwind it sounds like the voice of experience, thus, the .22 and .25 Marauder.

I've been shooting for 6 weeks and I bought a Marauder 22. I'm dimesize@ twenty-five and nickel @fifty yards. anybody tells you they won't shoot is either Prejudice or had an old one. I don't know but these things will shoot your eyeball out and they're so quiet you won't hear them do it.