Page 7 - Beeman P17 Reviews

Good weight and feel. Feels like a full size semi-auto. Front fiber-optic sight is bright. Far more accurate than I am.

A bit difficult to load at first, but gets easier once you find a technique. Rear fiber-optic inserts are too tiny and fragile. (But they can't put $40 sights on a $40 gun. I just removed the green inserts and use the blacked out rear sight)

Requires a good effort to cock (close the slide). Probably can't be done by a small woman or younger teen.
Just buy it.

Price mostly and is a very pointable gun. I also like the velocity with mine, 430 fps with 7.3 wadcutters. I didn't purchase mine from pyrmyd air but have purchased quite a lot of stuff over the years. Pyrmyd air is usually my go-to airgun store.

I would like a model that is easy to load and as I'm not a fan of big ole glowing blob at the business end of my guns make an option for a simple blade sight.

You will probably get a few blood blisters before you figure it out. This gun is easy to take apart and rebuild. Be careful with the drift pin up front as it has a large and a small end and if put in wrong you can damage your gun.

Price mostly and is a very pointable gun. I also like the velocity with mine, 430 fps with 7.3 wadcutters. I didn't purchase mine from pyrmyd air but have purchased quite a lot of stuff over the years. Pyrmyd air is usually my go-to airgun store.

I would like a model that is easy to load and as I'm not a fan of big ole glowing blob at the business end of my guns make an option for a simple blade sight.

You will probably get a few blood blisters before you figure it out. This gun is easy to take apart and rebuild. Be careful with the drift pin up front as it has a large and a small end and if put in wrong you can damage your gun.

This is the second P-17 I have purchased. Both are very accurate. The scope rail works well for mounting my optics on one , while leaving the open sights on the second for my son , whose eyes are much better than mine.

The plastic sights are adjustable but very flimsy.

Be aware of the pinch hazard when cocking the gun.

This thing is fantastic !! super accurate. Indeed it is match grade shooting at 10 Meter. Really good trigger. Very flat bullet trajectory makes it possible to shoot tagets at 30, 40 meter as well. It is robust . Shot 500 Pellets now and have had no issues what so ever

For PyramydAir +> Hi International shipping is way to expensive . I had to pay more then 150 Dollar. shipping / handling For two P17 guns and a few extra things ( Gamo cone Pellet trap, Resetting Airgun Target, Gamo Rocker Pellet Trap,) Because Pricing of this gun is so good , I still bought it. got Two for the price of one HW40 !!

Get this one for your collection at this price very, very good deal. It is not a hunting gun it is a great pratice gun

I reviewed this earlier and commented on its great accuracy and the remarkable trigger. I am a hunter, not a target shooter, but this pistol with pointed pellets will take out noxious birds and even chipmunks.

Well, I would love still more power, but that is not what it is built for.

It is tricky and time consuming to load but I have found that I can leave it open with a pellet in the pipe, so all I need to do is charge/close it and I am ready to reduce the pest population.

Good repeatable power.Takes a bit of getting used to, to cock and load, but it is an adult airgun; you'll get used to it. The gun can be easily worked on and maintained. With a little practice you can get good accuracy from it. I've gotten one for me, my two sons, and a spare. Fast-twist pistol rifeling,decent sights, and adjustable trigger. A real bargain for the money.

The manufacturer could be more consistent with regard to fit and finish, but then it would be a P-3 right? Still a bargain.

This gun should have,with a minimum amount of smoothing-up, the the ability to keep up with higher quality guns on targets. Power is pretty consistent. I've shot mine in relaxed competitions with friends, and done surprisingly well. I'm very pleased with my Beemans.

I am amazed that an airgun this cheap can shoot so accurately.

It takes a significant amount of force to cock this gun. It is necessary to achieve the power that this pistol has.

Accurate fun little pistol. Perfect for a day at the farm of plinking.

nothing

Little hard to cock at first but you get used to it!

I absolutely love owning this particular pistol. Not having any consumable gas is a great bonus. Also, only having to pump one time keeps your shooting interest fresh !

If I had the opportunity to change something, I would make the sight adjustment screws a bit more resistant to being jostled or moved when cocking the gun.

This pistol is relatively quiet, and hits pretty hard. I am in Canada and do not have a firearm license, therefore am restricted to 500fps and under. I honestly believe that all of my airgun dreams came true when this Pyramid Air Treasure arrived at my home. The price to reward ratio is excellent. Do yourself a favour and buy this gun. I promise you will not be disappointed.

Very accurate. From a bench rest at 10m is a big ragged hole with the right pellets. Good trigger. I use a mounted red dot. I have fired over 500 pellets with it from several manufacturers.

I bought it for basement practice. Single stroke is on the heavy side but manageable for an adult but some smaller sized people may have trouble with it. This is a good value with very good accuracy. I do recommend it to my friends.

Very light and powerful for shooters of all ages or size. Auto safety is a plus. Maintenance is a breeze. Virtually zero recoil!

Anyone with large fingers might find loading the pistol a challenge and frustrating. The opening for the breech latch is narrow and doesn't allow you to use the Crosman or Air Venturi pellet loaders.

A very fun air pistol to shoot, definitely follow the directions on cocking the weapon or have plenty of bandaids standing by, and large tweezers for those with large fingers.

Fairly accurate even for my old eyes. Pretty good power.

Cant think of anything!

It worked great for maybe 3 weeks, then it started to lose pressure after sitting for awhile. The lowest time I found (without checking more) was in 1 hour it would not push the pellet out of the barrel. I emailed customer service 3 to 4 days ago, and have not heard back from them yet.

Fairly accurate even for my old eyes. Pretty good power.

Cant think of anything!

It worked great for maybe 3 weeks, then it started to lose pressure after sitting for awhile. The lowest time I found (without checking more) was in 1 hour it would not push the pellet out of the barrel. I emailed customer service 3 to 4 days ago, and have not heard back from them yet.

The gun is overall pleasant to shoot and very accurate with that being said I have greatly improved this pistol. read Things I would change because I did.

My goal here is to take a $40 airgun and make it as accurate as possible Ive worked on the trigger which is now 6.2 oz. Ive re crowned the barrel polished all the stamped parts trigger and sear related and finally the grips Ive used epoxy putty to remold the grips externally

Buy this pistol you will love it

The power and distance is great.

I got the smallest load and will be getting a larger load next time. Got a lot of critters around hear that need to be rung off. LOL

It's a little hard to load but it's all good do. Just had to get use to it.

Not alot

Very hard to load. It was not at all cited in when I got it. Still is not very accurate.

Very hard to load. It was not at all cited in when I got it. Still is not very accurate.

I like the gun very much it’s easy to use the trigger is great and it’s a great value

I wouldn’t change anything on it

Just gotten my P17 air pistol yesterday. But only thing was the barrel assembly was hard to close for me wishing it was a little bit easier. Other then that. I loved it. Thank you ??

The barrel assembly Making it a little bit easier to close.

Nothing right now.

Well, of course the price is amazing.It is a handy size.Feels good in the hand.Looks good as well.The sights are very good. Trigger is also very good, No recoil at all. Accuracy is acceptable.

There seems to be some difference of opinion on whether it is hard to cock.I feel it takes a pretty strong person to close it after reloading.The closing stroke is what charges the gun.The first time I closed it I was very surprised that anyone would not think this was a difficult gun to pressurize.Also it is tricky to get a pellet in the chamber.These are the two things that I would like to see made easier.

Once again the cocking and loading are the guns only problems that I see. It is difficult to pressurize ,That could be a deal breaker for some people