Beeman HW70A Reviews

Its a real Beeman, craftsmanship, accuracy, balanced power, look, feel, compact size, durability...I can go on :)

Front sight inserts probably but maybe its not allowed for a reason.

Get your hands on one before they stop making this pistol. First time I discovered this pistol was back in 1980 when we were snooping in my neighbor friends kitchen drawer. We took it out in the backyard and shot it and noticed there was absolutely no twang sound like other springer airguns make. Just a nice, crisp snap! Fell in love with this pistol ever since.

Stock and adjustable trigger.

Trigger travel, Rear sight, Power. Not a 10 m. gun! At 6 m I can group all shots in the black at point of aim. At 10m the group drops about 2 inches. The Rear sight was raised as far as it would go before the adjusting screw fell out. Still grouping low. The Rear sight had to be adjusted all the way to the right in order to group in the black. Power may improve after "Break-in" but I doubt it.

Very accurate. Easy to cock. Super trigger. Just the right weight.

This is the second one I got. The first one had sights that could not be regulated. Sent it back and received it back from the shop. Still shot off by a large margin. That was with a hard hold or soft hold or combat hold or artillery hold. With target pellets or hunting pellets. It didn't matter. The second one was perfect so I understand the first one must have been a fluke. Hope so.

The service was acceptable and warranty work carried out professionaly.

Accuracy

Was unable to bring sights onto target as there was not enough adjustment to do so. Sent back for replacement.

Well made as usual from Germany!

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The only problem I had was,I was unable to turn the trigger adjustment screw and I had to return the gun for replacement!

Surprisingly accurate for its size.

I have the older version without the safety. The plastic stock one snapped in me HW sent me a new one at no charge.

A classic air pistol, simple, easy to use, very accurate.

The quality and German made. Accurate out of box. Good feel in hand. Very good trigger adjustment. Power is as advertised.

Better instruction manual. High dollar air gun and photo copy for manual..

Simplicity of design and self-contained format. Comfortable in the hand, excellent sites and trigger. The volocity is significent and the accuracy is excellent.

The quality of this pistol deserves a wooden stock. The gun is fine as it comes out of the box. I own two of them. Just personally, I think this fine little general pistol deserves a wooden stock. At least as an option.

Do not overtighten the stock screws. This solid little pistol is very strongly built, but the frame inserts for the stock screws can be stripped. Not a complaint, just a cautionary statement from my experience. The only general purpose pistol, you need.

This gun is solid. Just a well built German Pistol. First of all I like the light weight, the gun just feels well balanced. The gun packs a hard paunch. I have no doubt that it will chrony the advertised speed. It is very accurate. I had no problems with the gun after getting used to it. I can see why it does not have a scope mount. Shooting this gun with a scope would take all the fun out of it. The rear sight is easy to adjust. The gun has little kick, and the gun is very very quiet! I have a Baikal 46m which is a terrific gun, but actually like plinking with this gun a lot better. This is a gun, you will end up shooting frequently. Easy to tote to the field and can even shoot indoors.

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The gun is not brown like the picture. It comes in all black.

Everything, the accuracy is great I killed a rat from about 30-35' away

The pen that holds the cocking arm to the barrel tends to tends to want to slide out so I would have put heads on either end with another way to take it down

My dad bought this gun the HW70 the pre safety model, in the mid 80's for around $75.00 thats why I marked the value for money a 1. But overall this is a very rugged built to last air gun and I am the second generation in my family to own this gun and I know it will be around for many more.

Typical great quality gun from HW as usual. Gun has a good feel and balance. Overall quality is great and the gun is a very precise shooter! I was really surprised at the power of this gun. I have not done a chrony on it yet, but will not be surprised to see it shoot at advertised levels. Very accurate even up to 40 yards. A really very good gun, especially for the money.

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I have tried a number of different pellets and most seem to fit very tightly. The gun is advertised at 38 lbs of cocking effort, however it is very easy to cock. Another nice feature is the that this gun is surprisingly quiet!

Great construction of the metal parts, nice fit and finish. Comfortable grip and nice balance. Very good trigger.

Odd blueing color, looks almost like a black polymer finish on my gun (an older pre-safety model). Limited rear sight adjustment for elevation. Polymer stock needs to be reinforced as it can crack at the attachment screw inlets.

After *years* of owning and shooting this gun I still can't get any really accurate shooting from it...this is undoubtedly due to my poor technique, as it is dead on as far as windage, but very unpredictable for elevation. I think the problem (for me) is recoil, specifically the fact that there is forward recoil to be dealt with before the pellet has left the barrel...