Page 7 - Barra Cowboy Series 1866 Reviews

I've owned a Barra 1866 Cowboy for a couple of years now and my experiences with it are that it is a good buy for a reasonably priced air rifle. Very accurate at reasonable air gun range with both lead pellets and steel round BB's. And very powerful for a lower priced air gun: at ten paces with ten pumps both lead pellets and BB's will easily pass through a thicker gauge steel spray paint can..this gun is NOT a toy! Only caveat: pellets can be rather tricky to orient properly in the loading chamber..use dome or pointed nose pellets they load easier than the flat nose wadcutter type.

Awesome fun little air rifle so fun to sit around and target practice with thanks.

I bought this gun, around one month ago, and I have gone small game hunting with it, this gun is perfect for hunting or if hunting isn't you're thing it is PERFECT for looks in your house it has that nostalgia of the wild west days. Also LOVE that it can shoot bb's and pellets.

Bought this today got home and tried it and it was awesome love the weight it had easy to use spent hours in the back yard with the kids shooting can so much fun

I decided to teach my 7 year old son to shoot this year, so I picked him up the old Buck 105. While shopping for it I saw the 1866 and figured "why not get myself one as well". After a while of teaching him to shoot (with him getting a little cocky) he started asking me to shoot with him. Holy smokes this gun is great! First two shots were just about as close to center as you could ask. After a few minutes there wasn't much of a bullseye left. Plenty of power, even with three pumps for basic target shooting. The gun does feel a bit plasticy like in the stock, but overall it is a solid gun that looks great and shoots like dream. This gun will definitely be your "old reliable". I was shooting BBs, and occasionally one would fall into the side of the slide - it didn't jam or cause any issues, but if you aren't paying attention you'll be shooting air. Fun, accurate, cheap and looks amazing. Definitely worth the money.

This rifle is beautiful, its vintage style makes it very pleasing to the eye. Its weight is fine, it is not so light that it feels like a toy nor so heavy that a child cannot use it. It is easy and simple to pump it to its limit. The shots are very powerful.

I would love it if it had some improvements, such as the quality of the paint on the charging lever, it is very poor and rusts easily. The trigger could be improved and I'm not sure if it is metal, which would be very good to improve quality. Another factor that would be very good to change is to make the hammer have a different function than the safety. It would be much more realistic and desirable if it moved with each shot.

It is a fun weapon to shoot at cans, break bottles or compete as a family to see who has the best aim. Also to teach shooting or safety rules it is ideal. Remember that there are two versions: the children's version, which is a single pump, and the adult version, which reaches up to 10. Be careful when purchasing, so that you do not receive an unwanted one.

Great starter air rifle for target practice and learning.

I bought this BB gun to plink targets with my grandchildren. It’s fairly accurate, I consider it a good purchase, and would buy it again.

I bought this air rifle for my son to use, and it is pretty darned nice for the money. The styling is great, overall build is fairly good, and it does provide plenty of power. Accuracy has been decent with bb’s but not great. Admittedly, he hasn’t tried any pellets in the rifle yet. My assessment of this air rifle is made taking the cost of the rifle into account, and in that regard I would say that it is well above expectations. I would like to see a higher end offering that is manufactured using more metal and some wood furniture. At that point it would be just about perfect.

Just purchased and have shot 6 rounds only. Seems to shoot pretty good. Looks very impressive.

Bought the Gold Cowboy Rifle as a gift. Test fired it and decided to keep it for my self. Great quality, Great looks, Fire Fine & a Touch of History (The Rifleman). I pumped 4 times with a pellet & shot into a 5 liter beer keg at 30 yards. Can't say much more for now, but I highly recommend. Look forward to using on a daily basis for target practice/plinking!

It a great gun it feels and looks like a real gun alots of power the only thing I have bad to say is that the cocking slid it doesn't stay alway close

This gun is the real deal. It is well made in America and weighs like a gun and not a toy. The gold-looking finish is very good looking. Loading is a little difficult because I have large hands but is a minor deal. I really like the pump which is easy to use. The gun fires well. Over all for the money I don't think you can find a better air gun that looks and feels like this gun.

Put the box love it has good power and feels good love the details on it! Very accurate as well

Great gun very accurate out of the box only down fall is recvier is a lil small for pellets with bigger fingers used a Dremel shaved down material works great

I just bought this air rifle and I immediately liked it from the weight of to the feel of it

I bought this gun yesterday. It was so cool. It is extremely accurate and easy to use! I love it! It is a lever action, but the bolt is a little hard to use. so cowboyish.

Bought this rifle for my son he loves to go out and shoot cans. He was greatly impressed , as was I at the power that the rifle had. It was easy to use and not hard for him to pump up. This is a product that I had not heard of but really like. And it was very affordable.

This rifle is so accurate and my son loved it, he says he feels like a cowboy!

My dad bought it for the family about a week or two ago and we are having so much fun shooting cans and bottles.