Page 17 - Beeman P17 Reviews

I can't believe I can buy this quality of a pistol at this price. OK, so it isn't the end all, but for the price it offers a lot of fun. The weight and feel of it, the sights, rifled barrel, etc., it is a hoot! Nothing else to buy but pellets!

I wish it was easier to cock/pump, but then that would mean a reduction in velocity. Btw, I put this gun through my chronograph and it shot a very tight spread in the 496-504 range with Crosman 7.9 pointed. It is a little tricky loading, but not really a problem.

When I first got this gun I pumped it and was thinking that it took so much effort that I probably wouldn't shoot it much. Wrong! Once you start shooting, you just keep going like the Everready bunny. I wear a glove on my left hand making it less punishing to pump during an extended shooting session. It is hard to pump and it is single shot but it is still fun and has a trigger that I like a lot and I'm actually pretty spoiled on triggers. It feels good in the hand, it is a full sized pistol and it points well and I love being able to see the pellet in flight when the light is just right. It is so inexpensive, and so good it is hard to argue against owning one.

Great looking gun. It has good weight and balance. It has good power, equal to 7 pumps of my Crosman 1377, so in the low 400s.The sights are simple, although no information was included about the sights, and are quite accurate. The automatic safety setting is probably a good idea. The trigger pressure is the best. It makes my other guns seem very clumsy. I'm sure the light trigger pressure is one of the main reasons the gun is as accurate as it is. The barrel length is fairly long and the sound really is quite muted, both good things.

The manufacturer claims the cocking pressure is 28 lbs, but I'm not a sissy and I have difficulty cocking it without out bracing it on my leg. There is no cocking assist like on some other guns probably because of the way the guns is set up. Along that same complaint is, in order to get the best grip on it to cock you have to touch the rear sight. I have harmed it yet, but it is a distinct possibility. The other thing is the loading of the pellet. It is hard to fit the pellet in because there is no guide. You have to get it just right in order for it to fit in the barrel.

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With a 6.5" barrel it's the most accurate pistol that I own. The best value for the $$$$.

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Following cocking which maybe hard the first few dozen times, the pistol self locks on safety, which to me is a nice feature.

The accuracy for the price paid.

The cocking effort for this old body is hard

First gun only lasted 2 shots. PyramydAir promptly replaced it. Second gun has over 200 shots through it and still going strong.

Price and ease of use.

Fiber optic sights are useless for precision. Also I purchased the one with a red dot sight. The sight is barely usable. Dot is to big and bright and elevation adjustment does not stay put.

I have shot over 500 pellets through this pistol and is working great. Accuracy is well above average.

Accuracy, appearance

quite loud

Pistol is very accurate

Nothing at this price

I purchased 1 to try out. I liked it well enough to purchase 2 more as gifts for my friends. Follow directions & do not try to pump more than once. Gun works good when directions are followed. When closing top keep Palm of hand flat being sure you don't get hand pinched as this will hurt very bad.

The trigger is very smooth. Auto safety feature is simple and effective. Accurate!

Don't care for the sights, they are sharp and dig into your hand when cocking. Be careful you don't pinch your hand when you close the top. The "hammer" cocking latch shouldn't look like a hammer. Several times new shooters tried to cock it unlocking the catch. Back seam of the grip had a sharp edge that I had to shave down and smooth.

Outstanding for the price even with it's quirks. Solid 400+ fps with more than 200 rounds through it. Small fingers really help when loading pellets.

very accurate, fun to shoot

nothing

does take a good amount of pressure to pump gun

Obviously, the price is a big plus. It shoots very accurately. The sites that come on the gun are adequate. The trigger pull is better than any other air gun I own.

Having said the good things about the trigger, sometimes the gun would not fire when the trigger is pulled.

The gun is difficult to close when cocking. While it is a great gun for the money, there are issues that may cause you to doubt the wisdom of your purchase.

Price! Trigger! Accuracy!

Better fit/finish. Scrape the top rail - it's very sharp on the edges, and this is were you have to put a lot of press to cock the gun. Given the single pump style, why would you ever mount anything.

The seams are a little rough. Used my dremel with a fine grinding stone and went all over the gun. The feel now is excellent and you can really notice that it has been sanded. I also used the dremel to remove the edge off the dove tail rail.

Price, Quality, adjustments available, trigger pull.

Sharp edges on the plastic housing, will be sanded slightly. Not the easiest to load or pressure up.

Great starter gun for those who want to club shoot or just plinking.

I love the feel and the smoothness of the gun. strait out of the package bulls eye accurate I cant say enough about how accurate it is. the ballance of the gun is perfect tiny bit of recoil but shoots the same spot every time at 40 ft. so accurate no sights needed point and shoot amazeing.

I would change the color to blue

for the price it is a steel cant go wrong. oh and from the reviews it takes a man to cock this 28 pnd gun lol

This SSP has a great trigger and is very accurate. Since each shot is propelled by a consistent charge of air, the big limit is the skill of the shooter. The size of the pistol is also perfect.

The pumping stroke requires considerable strength. It may not work well for smaller folks.

This pistol is a great value. Some folks have had trouble with quality issues, but mine was perfect from the start.

Quality is great. Nice and heavy like real firearm.

Nothing

This is a great value for the money.

yes it is accurate and good price.

none

you just need pellets and p17 and you can have lots of fun with it.

As an air-gunning noob, I was looking to get into the sport without a lot of expense. After reading many of the reviews online I decided to take a chance on the P17 - most folks said it was a good value, but there were some concerns over build quality. So far I've put about 200 pellets through the gun and it's been a blast! Yes, it can take a little while to get used to the force needed to cock it, and yes, it is a little cumbersome at first to load pellets into the tight space, but these are things you grow accustomed to very quickly. Aside from some very minor comments on the coarseness of a couple of the seams/edges in the plastic, I really have no complaints. I can't believe this gun was only $40! As a newbie this was also my first purchase from Pyramyd Air. Great service, quick processing and shipping, easy to use website - I'm sure that I'm coming back to buy again.

At this price, nothing.

I'd be fascinated to see what the difference is between this gun and the much more expensive German-made P3. My guess is at this point I'm too inexperienced to really be able to tell the m apart, so I'm looking forward to shooting quite a bit with the P17. Great weight, great balance, smooth trigger and I like the fiber optic sights.

Engineered to be solid and simple to fix. 410fps may not sound like much but it is pretty impressive. I like to take old pharmacy prescription bottles and fill them with water. Then cap it with the thread side of cap to where this no air bubble. From 30ft with hollowpoints the bottles just explode, its fun. Also, I like to take the glue gun and put a bunch of army men all over my target area. It's pretty satisfying to pick 'em off at 30-35ft. Incredible accuracy, shot after shot. My O-rings went out at 2500 shots. When I took it apart I could tell that the o-rings weren't that great to start with. I'm the type of person who likes to take things apart and fix them, and I must say that even for me this was a very easy fix. But if you are new to the disassembly of this pistol, I believe there are Youtube videos. I took me about 10min to fix mine. For the price, this is an awesome pellet pistol. And I am very addicted to shooting mine.

Easier loading with pellet pen. Better O-rings.

First of all, don't modify or tamper with your gun unless you are not planning to return it or the warranty has lapsed. One of the first issues were the elevation adjustment screw. It needs threadlock, and this should be done on a tray or worktable When removing screw please remember that the rear sight is spring loaded and you will lose it if not careful. Also the elevation adjustment screw threads into a nut on the underside. I had to secure the nut in its seat with a drop of super glue because sometimes when cocking my hand would press on the rear sight and push the nut out of its seat, and when you let up it doesn't always re-seat itself completely causing accuracy problems. I had the best results from CPHP. When I tried the standard pointed pellets (not premier pointed) I had way too many fliers. With the CPHP I can put pellets through the same hole at 35ft. Rarely do I get a flier. Its usually the ones that are a little larger at the skirt. Get something to seat pellet properly.

Fun to shoot right out of the box

Not a thing

Cocking the gun gets easer the more you shoot it

The price and accuracy are great. It shoots more accurate then I can shoot.

Enlarge the barrel opening so you could more easy use a pellet pen.

I used Crosman oil on the breech o ring and lubed all the pivot points and trigger. put a coating of it around the piston. I have only had the gun about a week, but have shot several hundred rounds through it. As you use it, cocking effort becomes easier but using wad cutter pellets are a real chore to load. It is by far the most accurate air pistol I own and a lot of fun to shoot.