Page 7 - Browning 800 Express Reviews

Powerful enough for squirrel and rabbit. Good fiber optics.

Front sight housing came off after only 20 shots, probably a result of torque applied by cocking assist device-not a good design. Rear sight is much too wide.

Pistol must be sighted in every time front sight housing moves. Pistol is heavy, needs a rest for best accuracy. Don't try to aim like a rifle, rear sight will cut you with recoil.

One motion to cock gun rather than multiple pumps.

The front sight assembly is held onto the barrel by two small set screws. The pressure applied to the assembly while cocking (breaking) the barrel losens the assembly, moving the front sight, moving rounds all over the target. Indentions should be drilled to recieve the ends of the set screws so the assembly cannot move.

Looks like something out of a "James Bond" movie in the 60's or 70"s. The auto recoil system and safety are GREAT! The factory sights are excellent if you want open sights. This pistol has a nice punch and is very accurate.

Lighten the tigger pull just alittle. Ease the cocking effort without loosing the pellet punch. Offer a "Nitro Piston" model of this and make it quieter. Offer a Camo verison. Smooth up the safety.

This is a nice pistol, but it does have it's problems. It's a HEAVY pistol! I ordered mine with a BSA Edge 2X20 pistol scope and I never had to adjust evelation or windage after it was on the pistol. Dead-on at 25 yards, guess I'm lucky. The grip is alittle small for a man's hand. Cocks "SUPER" hard! Very, very heavy and very, very accurate.

right out of the box...iron sights...dead on at 25 yards...wonderful design..powerful...a lot of thought went into this machine...cant wait to try it with a pistol scope...high marks all the way around

This pistol is fantastic. Very accurate very little recoil.

I can not think of anything so far. Have only shot a little over three tins. If anything shows up will re submit.

This pistol is much more accurate than than I am at shooting it. Put a BSA 2x20 Pistol Scope on it.

The pistol in .22 cal. is very powerful for an air pistol . This airgun is much more accurate than my Webley Tempest and Hurricane pistols . You can shoot penny size groups at 10 yards easily ( using RWS 14.0 gr. Target wadcutter type pellets ) Other styles of RWS pellets and other brands opened groups up 25% to50%. Noticed point of impact changes more than I liked when changing brands and styles when testing.Good clean trigger, but a little on the heavy side.Cocking effort makes long shooting strings tiring.Pistol is fairly heavy, but good buy for the money. More suited to plinking and shooting pests than for use as a target gun.

I have only shot about 250 pellets with this pistol ,and think I would not change anything at this point until I can shoot it more .

The spacing on the dove tail rail is rather short. I would suggest if you mount a red dot or scope on this pistol that you purchase narrow rings and check to be sure the space where your turrets on the scope or red dot sight will alow you have enough clearance (front to back )to mount your sight and still allow you to clamp your rings on the pistol dove tail base.The sight and ring ring combination is tricky , but once you get the right combo you are ready to blast away.

Nice .22 cal pistol. At 20 feet can go thru metal lid and many pages of phone book, Accurate. Not to load, but does is loader then my Trail XL NP .22.

GET RID OF SLEEVE ADAPTER!!! THE CURRENT DESIGN WHILE COCKING OVER TIME LOOSENS THE SET SCREWS THAT HOLD THE SIGHTS ON. SET SCREWS WILL THEN NOT TIGHTEN DOWN CAUSING SIGHTS TO BE OFF. I CONTACTED FACTORY - ANDREW RMA'D GUN TO FIX ISSUE.

STILL LOVE THE GUN EVEN THOU THE BARREL DESIGN IS NOT THE BEST. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MULTI SHOT PISTON AND MAYBE USE THE TRAIL NP XL PISTON.

Pyramid Airs customer service and price. This is a lot of pistol for the money. Mine shoots 630-640 fps across the chrony with Crosman HP .177.

A sturdier muzzle break. I'll probably have to locktite mine on.

This was the third Browning I received. The first one would not cock. the second one shot very far to the right. Pyramid air's customer service was excellent though. There turn around was really fast too. I understand that things can happen in manufacturing so I'm o.k. with the product. Buy from Pyramid Air and they will take care of the customer. This is a big pistol. It's almost like a carbine rifle. I really like this gun though. This my first air pistol and it's been a lot of fun for back yard plinking. I believe it's probably strong enough to take a squirrel though.

Its very accurate an extremely powerful for a pistol. cocking it was okay after the first few times. it comes with great fiber optic sights.

give it a smoother safety.

with good pellets it is powerful enough to make a clean kill on small game such as squirrels and doves, but i dont recommend this unless you are very proficient with it. the assister will wear away the muzzle a little

very nice gun but the first one developed trigger problems with less than 50 rounds.contacted customer service to get the rma and they were very helpful and the replacement was recieved a few days later and it is preforming like a champ. very accurate!

a better scope mounting rail, i had to peen mine to keep the scope from sliding with every shot.

nice gun for the price

It does exactly what it should. It launches a .22 pellet faster than other pistols, and with good accuracy. This gun is well made, although not perfect. On the other hand, it is reasonably priced, and is easier to shoot than I had thought. The anti-recoil system works. With a Walther red dot, I find it pretty accurate. The open sights are ok. This gun is fun to shoot.

The trigger and safety are my biggest complaints. Both are stiff and need work. They may feel better after a few hundred more shots, but they still need some polishing at the least. It is hard to be accurate when the trigger does not have a smooth predictable feel.

The finish on the muzzle break will be worn off by the cocking adapter eventually. The elevation screw on the rear sight would be better if it was slightly longer, and it needs to be secured with loctite. Mine launched off the gun when it loosened. I had seen that mentioned in other reviews and was ready for it.

The fiber optic sites are great. Also very accurate.

The fit and finish is not great. The first gun delivered would not cock. The second gun works fine, but the barrel is not even with the rest of the gun. It is angled up a small amount. I was able to site it in with no problem, and it doesn't seem to affect the operation or accuracy of the gun, just that fit and finish thing.

Seems ok for the price. Reliability is unknown, as I haven't owned the gun for long and have only put about 30 pellets through it so far. A side note: I tightened the rear site mounting screws, and the gun would not cock (like the first one). It seems they are a bit long and block the cocking mechanism. I back them off a bit and it works fine.

Accurate and high fps for a pistol.

The cocking force required, even with the extension, is pretty stiff.

The location of the safety is easy to learn but it's still a bit of an odd place.

It is very accurate using open sights and better with a scope.

Bigger set screws under the front extension of the barrel. At first I had trouble with the inconsistant windage and noticed the front end kept coming loose from cocking the gun. I had to use loc tite to keep them from backing out.

The front sight is not uniform. It looks like it was filed unevenly. This is not a problem if you use a dot scope. I am using a tru glo red or green dot scope and it works great! If you use a scope, you need to buy a weaver adapter.

This my third review..Just like my older review

i Just noticed and watched the Browning on Youtube from Pyramydair. The gun definitely shoots left regardless you adjust the sight even using dot sight or scope. It is just the same problem i am having now. If anyone out there know how to fix it. please let me know

Power, Accuracy, Simple to use

Nothing

This is a great air pistol to start off with in my opinion. It takes quite a bit of force to cock it back, So don't be afraid of breaking it.

This is my second review. I become more and more loving this gun. I owned a breakbarrel rifle when i was in highshool but it was broken and i stopped playing airgun. I just started playing airgun again a few months. And Pistols are gun i began. I owned 5 pistol all co2 power, and this 800 mag is my best one. I am considering buying one more breakaction pistiol.

Like my older review. Plus more adjustable for rear sight.

After 5 days got this gun and fired about more than 50 shots..i got its accuracy out of it. But it is not really great accurate like my others gun. I am finding the way to get its best.

This gun is well made..I have 5 pistols from 3 different mans. I love this gun. It is powerful, nice look, good weight and length. The grip is also fit my small hand. The cocking is not really hard like other said. I am not a big guy..have an asian guy body size, small arm and hand...still make a cock easily. Nice trigger ..only need light pull for it..Someone complained the trigger effort, front side loosing..ect..but i dont have any problem with it.

The gun body looks cheap with it plastic parts. There are some projecting things around the screw holes and other. Need to make it gone before ship it out of manufacture. The plastic part should be polished too. Make the trigger be metal. I have really bad time with the gun accuracy. 5 shots on the bottle out of 10 shots. I have to adjust the rear sight every time i use the gun. Now i still not get it shoot accurately like my other guns. Maybe i need to look for another pellet and buying a scope or dot sight. I am sick and tired of adjust the rear sight.

I love the sights. I really like just one cock & fire. Love the power but it is less than the Webley. Like the accuracy and adjustable sight. Like the auto safety. It is pretty quite.

fairly hard to cock. The device that helps cock the gun is bored and light, so you can shoot it without removing it.

UPDATE - I've been using this pistol for at least 6-8 months. It has become one of my favorite pistols despite it's several flaws that all have been noted in these reviews. I thought prospective buyers would like to know how it holds up under less than casual and careful use. I shoot a lot. It is not uncommon for me to go through a tin or even two tins of pellets in a week. The Browning has held up very well considering the amount and type of use. I'm not saying I abuse the pistol but I don't handle it with the same amount of care as my Baikal 46 M. Still love it. It is one of my favorite pistols.

Just - Exactly what has been listed: Rear sight elevation travel. Front suppressor locking Scope stop

About two weeks ago the pistol started scattering with the same pellets. I thought I may have gotten a bad batch. I tried a known good tin (H&N Final Match) still shots would not group. Changed the red dot out from a TruGlow to a Center Point still no good. I was starting to wonder if I lost my piston seal when I noticed the front suppressor was loose again and instead of the usual re-tightening and putting on a fresh shot of thread locker, I pulled the set screws and I found the suppressor had another 1/2 - 3/4 of a turn before it was tight (I'm assuming against the barrel?) and this placed the front sight post off vertical by 180-270 degrees. I unscrewed the suppressor and removed it. The pistol started grouping better than ever??? (The barrel doesn't seem to have much of a crown either.) I don't have a clue how or why just stating the facts. Perhaps an Air gun Guru out there can offer some Insight. One BIG plus, without the suppressor and that sight post digging into your hand, the Browning is MUCH easier to cock if you don't have that dang extension lever with you. I don't use it anymore! (need to stress you'll need to have good upper body strength.) I may simply have the barrel cut and crowned and the suppressor cut down?