I agree with illwill and HNT5, I believe they got right. The Evanix have many QC problems which I do not see them going away anytime soon. The Marauder has few issues with the barrel, the shroud, or the baffles that can be annoying. The last I read was a blog at PA about the baffles touching the bracket, they say due to shipping, which you have to correct yourself and center them with the barrel! That should not happen and I’m not willing to start servicing or work on a new air rifle which cost me around $800.00 (in combo). I can see the Marauder glitches taken care of, by the manufacturer, well before the Evanix getting a better QC. I’m all for US made air rifle, in fact all my firearms are US made. These days, reliability and accuracy are “standard given featuresâ€, not something extra you ask for. I’m happy with my Beeman’s and HW’, HW 95 is very accurate and reliable for less than $500.00, so any air rifle that does not give me at least the same accuracy or reliability is a step downward I’m not taking.