Page 5 - Beeman P17 Kit Reviews

Not much at all...

Buy the HW40PCA instead.

BEEMAN does not make airguns... you should probably know that. They just pay licensing fees to be able to legally put their logo on other companies' products.
This "Beeman" is exactly the same as the knock-off Marksman, which itself is a (very) poor copy of the the HW40PCA.
Go with the Weihrauch, it is the best gun in this class.

Amazingly accurate!!! Solid feel Nice sights Great trigger Comfortable

I would make this air gun more durable, read my comments below.

I have somthing to say about the value of this gun. I was completely amazed at the accuracy let me say that first. I own 12 air guns and I and pretty pleased with most of them. This pistol has REALLY AMAZING ACCURACY. My first impression was "I cant belive this was $50.00!!!"
It has a nice trigger, it is super comfortable an easy to aquire a target. YES it is very difficult to load, my father cant even do it because his fingers arnt nimble enough. (and hes a avid "firearm" shooter) I dont mid that though.. REALLY it is that fun, beacuse of its accuracy.

Here is MY two problems. I bought two of these guns one for my father and one for me both from pyramid air. Let me say this.. The price is comparable to others but that red dot sight is complete JUNK!! both sights (from each gun purchased, on different orders) proved completely worthless. Let me attempt to explain... The windage "nobs" on both sights have absolutely NO RESISTANCE!!! I can quite LITERALLY blow air from my lips and turn the windage nobs!!!!!! My father was amazed at the "poorness" of these sights. I love Pyramyd Air and will comtinue to buy from them BUT these things are such a gimick its really unbelievable. And the fact that both of them are like that leads me to belive it is why they are offered for free???

READ THIS MOST IMPORTANTLY:
The gun I bought gets shot much more often that the one I bought for my father, and after only 1 tin of Gamo pellets (or two days of firing it) MY GUN DOES NOT HOLD A CHARGE OF AIR ANY MORE!!! I was SO dissapointed, Until then that airgun was the BEST Purchase ever! It seemed so well made for the price I paid? I did not even bother telling Pyramyd Air beacuse I didnt want to pay to ship it back, Also they were so nice about leting me return a "Horrible" made in China Beeman that I was afraid of becoming a nusance (in retrospect I wish I had, my dad keeps sayn "Told you so")

I still have the gun to show my friends how disapointing the purchase was, and most people try to pump it up but it barley hase enough power to put a pellet all the way through the barrel!!! HOWEVER every now and again it seems to charge up enought to shoot a peelet about 2-3 hundred feet per second but only like every 10-15 shots!!! : (

I am SO dissapointed.

Very easy to shoot and very accurate for an inexpensive gun.

Loading is hard.

This gun shoots 9 out of 10 times to the point of aim. The other 10% of the time the pellet appears to be a flyer.

Extremely accurate with the open sights or red dot. The red dot takes a few minutes to sight in but once its on target it's very accurate (though I prefer the open sights).

I see nothing wrong with the gun. Some say its hard to load but I got the hang of it very quickly.The red dot is rather cheap, the elevation adjustment knob is loose and easy to accidentally turn when holding/cocking the gun. The red dot in no way matches the quality of the gun itself, but just remove the sight or buy the one without it.

Definitely get of one of these if you are thinking about it.