Page 3 - Browning 800 Express Reviews

Simple basic well built pistol. Great for a beginner air pistol owner like myself.

Had for about six months, would not change anything at this point.

Don,t wait until your 56 before you buy your first air pistol. Great way to defend your property from the squirrel invasion!

Powerful and fairly accurate

On this pistol the rear sight is improperly installed. It is mounted on top of gun over to the right side many degrees off center. The fiber optic sights are totally unuseable. Good thing I purchased an scope setup. Can't understand how this gun left the factory or Pyramid air in this condition!

It is a BIG Pistol with a lot of power. After cleaning and shooting 50 rounds to site-in the scope it is accurate enough at 10 yards and consistently hit quarter size targets. The primary purpose for this gun for me is close range rat and squirrel elimination and plinking. Beyond that its just target shooting. Possibly made by Hatsan for licensed logo of Browning distributed by UmarexUSA, and more powerful than the Hatsan Model. The trigger was gritty and clunky at first but after 30 rounds it was like silk very smooth. The anti recoil works really well. the on-board sites took a bit of work but do the job. I like the Cocking aide, as it is really needed. safety breaks in like the trigger, nice and easy. So far for the power and not going PCP it fits the bill.

If they had a additional butt stock that would be great. Even with the anti-recoil, that is only for the grip and stock not for the scope or mount, and in "Hatsan" style this gun needs a heavy mount that will hold up and keep the scope in place. An video review is helpful watch prior to buying to save you the headache of the scope and mount issues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0DCTCi13DQ I wish it had weaver mounts instead it just makes sense with this type of gun. Maybe a Vortex piston to save weight and less fatigue.

I'm a big fan of Hatsan and UX's RWS, this Browning pistol has been called "Unwielding" but if you take the time and concentrate on hitting your target it will make you a better marksman. An Airgun Pistol Rated scope in my opinion is mandatory, but the on-board sites do the job just a lot slower. Don't cheap out on the scope/site mount, get the UTG/Leapers Accushot RGPM-30M4 or similar that will bolt down hard to the dovetail. Otherwise your scope much sooner than later will fall off. For the money under $180.00 it's a good setup and without having to go to PCP

Power with accuracy. Trigger was excellent after replacing adjustment screw with one long enough and a thin enough head to make the proper setting and still not interfere with the safety. Automatic safety setting on cocking is good to have! Pyramid Air was very good and quick in both approving replacement and then sending a new one to replace the first one I received which was defective.(see later comments)

The trigger adjustment screw isn't long enough to properly set the trigger. And the replacement cannot be just a longer one--the head has to be thin such that when set properly, it does not interfere with cocking and setting the safety. The scope mount grooves are too shallow to hold anything against the massive double recoil (maybe triple recoil given the recoil spring). I could not get anything to hold on, even a very light red dot. And there is no recoil set hole in rail for proper airgun mounts that would prevent slippage--it doesn't matter since the scope, mounts, red-dot or whatever will be knocked off anyhow. Maybe they should weld a Weaver or Picatinny rail on top instead of cutting mounting grooves that are too shallow. Eventually, I ended up drilling 2 (insufficient), then 3 holes and tapping for a Ruger Mark III scope rail which has the right curvature to match the barrel, but the metal depth is very thin--had to increase screw diameter to 8 from std 6 to get strength.

The recoil reduction spring set-up works from your hand's standpoint, but I suspect it adds a 3rd (maybe 4th) jolt to anything mounted on the moving action: (1) the spring release (2) then the piston stops moving (3) the action moves back and stops (4) action returns with the recoil spring and stops again. See my change suggestions for ideas, since mounting alternative sights is REALLY hard to do. The first one I received had a horrible trigger that somehow got very good after only a dozen shots; then all of a sudden, when cocking and returning the action, it fired by itself on closing with the safety set. Checked with no pellet and holding barrel to prevent bad snapping action and it did it again. Tried a third time and this time it would not cock at all. Called Pyramid Air, explained situation and they set me the RMA, etc. for replacement. Total turnaround was less than 2 weeks and new one had no cocking, self-firing issues.

I originally bought this gun in .22 for its power in a pistol. and after firing about 1ooo rounds trough it the trigger smoothed out tremendously almost a perfect trigger. The accuracy is perfect, but mounting a scope for me was crutial But after securely mounting a 3x9x40AO Center Point scope on it the gun was a dream to shoot. And when that happened, I bought another one in .177 cal. the same thing with it, after 1000 rounds everything is perfect, except this time I mounted a Tru-Glo red dot scope on it, and even now although I have many pellet pistols, I really only shoot these two pistols, and they are equally just as accurate, and powerful, and I shoot both of them with the cocking assist left on, for me it helps with the military hold I use to shoot the pistol, but it doesn't interfere with the gun. For me there is no other pellet pistol any more powerful, more fun to shoot, or more accurate than this pistol. And that's true in either caliber. GO BUY ONE OR BOTH, YOU'LL LOVE IT!

nothing, it's perfect, jusif you want the perfect gun!!t take the time to break it in, you've gotta do the work

buy two or three cans of 500 round ammo, and don't stop shooting this gun till they're empty!

This is a fine piece....

Loudness

Excellent for target practice and hunting....

this is the first break barrel pellet pistol I have owned ...so I have no other pistol to compare it to.but overall I have the .22 version and from about ten yards out..i only shoot indoors none of my rifles have ever been outside..is that with the proper weight pellet being a heavier one it does pack a pretty good punch for it size as compared to a rifle.and accuracy is pretty good considering ive recently have problems with my right eye...my aiming eye........so I have to use my left for aiming but I still hold the gun in a right hand manner ..and it still pretty accurate and yes it seems the more it shot out of the box it does just keep getting progressively better until it reaches optimal performance...

someway of making the sight adjustment a bit tighter as it does goe out of adjustment somewhat easy not very bad....but could use improvement....

its a fair price considering the price of a comparable rifle in price.....but the compactness and accuracy well makesup for the slightly bit of lower power as compared.....

the more I shoot it the better I like it>

nothing

great value for the price.

Powerful for a pistol. It does serious damage to squirrels.

Make a stock for it. It's almost a rifle.

Very hard to cock. You don't want to shoot it very many times in a row.

I like the Fiber Optic sights.

I would change the gun to a Nitro Piston instead of the Spring Piston it has. I believe it would make it much quieter and a lot easier to cock. As it is, it is much louder than a similar gun I have with the nitro piston. I'm a man in my 70's and it is extremely difficult to cock. I have to grab both ends with my hands and put the middle of it against my knee just to break it open. Then it is a horriffic struggle to get it cocked. I don't think it is going to be a lot of fun to shoot this gun. Will it get easier with use??? Don't know...Accuracy? Don't know yet.

Very loud and difficult to cock.

Good Power,fairly accurate at forty feet .

So big you should put a folding stock on this " Pistol"? I bought this for my wife and it's way to hard to cock ,even with the added barrel sleeve .

If your buying this for a woman,I would look for something smaller ,and easy to cock.

The power, accuracy and the feel of the gun. When it is working properly.

The entire cocking and trigger assembly. After owning this gun for several months I had to send it back to Umarex twice for repairs because the gun would not cock to fire. After receiving it back a third time, I had the same problem. Each time I received it back it works for a little while then stops cocking. I gave up on it.

I would not buy this gun again or recommend it to anyone.

This is a really powerful pistol. My .22 version is good enough to hunt small varmints. The auto safe mode helps to prevent accidentally firing, especially during the cocking phase.

A longer cocking aid for more leverage would be helpful. It's a real b**** to cock.

With a little skill and the right tools, it can be modified to shoot Gamo Shot Shells. This adds to its versatility as a hunting and all around fun. It's accuracy is good, but that depends largely upon the shooter and his/her skill.

Easy to shoot a consistent 3" group at 50-feet with 2-hand grip. Great sights. The best spring pistol I've ever shot.

Cocking lever is a bit chintzy, but very functional.

Very powerful handgun! Way overkill for plinking cans. Be sure of your backstop and wear safety lenses when shooting hard targets.

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Everything

Most obnoxious piece of crap I ever bought. About as handy as a rubber crutch. So over balanced you need a bi pod to aim. Impossible to aim free handed. Wish I had never bought it. Never buy a gun you can't handle first. Learned my lesson the hard way.

Accuracy, power, feel of gun in hand, Overall look.

Ad option to purchase and extra cocking assist device. Cocking aid is sturdy but being plastic, it may fail.

I purchased this gun to use on my nuisance line. It is very adequate for squirrel, rabbits, small raccoons at very close range, skunks etc. Would need something stronger for larger raccoons or woodchucks. Overall excellent shooter, awesome power for size..Mine was in 22 caliber and goes through 1/4 inch plywood easily.

the accuracy, the power, the appearance, the cost;

well it's a little hard to break in as far as cocking the gun goes, but after 500 rounds, that has eased up considerably;

if you don't mind a little work for your money, to get great accuracy and power, then invest in this gun, it's well worth the money, and not like the Crossman which you have to pump up 10 times, what a joke, but this gun is really a dream to shoot, once you break it in, GO BUY ONE;;;;;;;

Grate pistol had it a few week. long enough to put a couple ten threw it. She right on I shoot JSB MATCH DIABOLO 18.13gr. Read to do some squeal hunting with it.

I don't think I would change a thing unless they come up with a good gas spring model

Make you a heavy leather strap that you can fix your belt threw it. about 4inchs wide 8 inch long make a small leather loop for the end of the barrel to just fit in. Make it easy to cook weather moving or setting down. Makes coaking any of the air pistols a lot easyer

Lots of power! Feels very solid and well made. Seems to have very good accuracy. I like this gun quite a bit, it is really fun to shoot.

I would add a longer cocking assist handle.

Make sure you have good upper body strength. Even with the cocking assist it takes a good amount of strength to cock it.

Power and accuracy

Barrel extension for cocking assist

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