Beeman Chief II Synthetic Reviews

Good value. Accurate enough for small game out to 50 yards.

An easy way to mount a scope

Great shooter - ease to air up

Very noisy- not recommended for back yard

Very simple to work on, very lightweight, powerful, accurate, weatherproof stock, reminds me of a Benjamin Marauder but lighter weight and not as refined.

Add a regulator.

It's hits really hard for hunting, and it's very accurate.

Amazing rifle, accurate and powerful, at max power and with the magazine filled with nice .22 slugs, I was able to hunt wild hogs! Here at Brazil, It's legal to do so, but I hunted from a tree stand, for safety reasons. Very easy to fill the gun with a hand pump.

You need an Allen Key to adjust the Power output.

You won't need an Air compressor, Just a hand pump. Very easy to fill.

Price and accuracy. Its a very good entry level rifle that shoots better than rifles costing more.

The finish on my .177 is peeling off the stock. Where ever its handled a lot its rubbing off. Its paint I guess. I haven't looked at my .22 yet so it would be nice if what ever is coming off was more durable. Other than that I'm happy.

I have four PcP rifles. Two of these Chief 2 synthetics and a Gamo Urban and Diana Storm rider and the Beeman's are more accurate and consistent than the ones that cost more. At 25 yards I can put a full magazine in a 1/2 inch circle.

I got mine on sale for $180, and for the cheapest pcp out there, it gets it done for my purposes (spinners and squirrels at 25 yards and under). The power adjustment is a nice feature, and can push CPHPs anywhere from 300-870fps. It doesnt do very well with CPHPs but with H&N Terminators and Barracuda Hunters you can get 1/2 inch groups if you adjust the velocity to the pellets sweet spot (the lighter terminators prefer less than max velocity out of this rifle). This is a perfectly capable squirrel rifle within 30yd and probably 50yd if I put in the time to test and tune, though it is not regulated.

Biggest pain: if you dont lube the bolt probe o-rings, they will shear off and the mags will not feed. For months, this was a single shot rifle for me before I figured that out. The power adjustment, I assume a hammer spring tuner, will not stay consistent and will need re-tuning with a chrony. One day I found the velocity had dropped 100fps with the same psi, so I suppose the hammer spring adjustment wiggles with rifle movement. Minor peeves: Trigger can be adjusted for pull weight, but not pull length even though the screw is there, so the trigger pull is rather long, requiring an somewhat unorthodox grip. A tad front heavy from hollow synthetic stock. Unregulated; a given for the price but expect a ~4fpe power curve from 3k-2k psi if the rifle is tuned for 15-25fpe.

You get what you pay for, it is fine for anything 30yds and under if you test and tune for optimal fpe and pellets.

Well built and adjustable

Only problem I have with this rifle is the rear sight adjustment. I have it bottomed out and it still shoots low. I wanted it for the good open sights but I'll have to put something on it

22 Cal. Gauge under fore-arm instead of placement. Fill pressure 3000 PSI which is perfect. Adjustability of Hammer Spring tension. Single tray option.

Correct skew on rear sight. Rear sight is sliding to the side of barrel as well as twisted at an angle. Better quality magazines. One of my magazines failed (tension was lost), as I was loading pellets into for the first time--never even got to the point of inserting magazine into receiver of air rifle. (Pyramyd Air, please send a replacement for the defective magazine). Also Pyramyd, can I purchase an additional magazine as the magazines shown on website only fit QB Chief 2 Wood model? Thanks in advance for taking care of that for me!

Wonderful PCP. Will sale out again. Get yours now! .22 cal is the best cal.

Price. Easy to fill with Hill mk4. No fill probe....has male quick disconnect. Zero to 3000psi with 150 strokes. Easy access to hammer spring adjustment. Comes with sights.

The safety. Difficult to engage, impossible to engage if rifle is cocked.

This is the best budget pcp you can get. Beats diana stormrider hands down.

My new chief 2 plus s just arrived today, 28 Jan 2022. Wanted a low cost but accurate .177 pcp. Air reservoir was near zero psi. Used a Hill mk4 hand pump to fill up to 3000psi. 150 pumps put it slightly over 3K. But the gauge on the Hill mk4 showed 3K. If pressure is still above 3K tomorrow, after cooling down, I will bleed off pressure down to 3K. If no loss of pressure over 1 weeks time, will assume no major leaks. Gotta love the male qd fitting for the air fill. My BT 65 .30 that I got last week uses a fill probe. Ordered a second probe incase the original gets lost. Next week, will put some lead down range and use a pro chrono dlx to check velocities. Only have crosman 7.4 grain pointed domes for now. Have to order some 12.5 grain slugs to test also. PS: only gave 4 stars for accuracy until I can actually shoot the rifle. Gave 4 stars on beeman's reputation alone. Will adjust rating as needed.

I would most definitely change the safety to a different style. Like maybe a crossbolt safetey. And make the moderator removeable, so an aftermarket moderator can be attached.

The safety is wonky. A bit difficult to engage. And impossible to engage if the action is cocked. Rifle can be decocked in normal manner to allow safety to be engaged. But a pain to do an extra step just to engage safety.