Beeman .
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Great gun for indoor Winter plinking, Shoots most any pellet I've tried equally well. Best gun for the money out there. They sometimes sell really cheap when they go on sale.
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I was also skeptical about the P17 but kept hearing good things about it. I finally bought one over a year ago and it's been a great pistol.
No regrets.
No regrets.
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Seconded. Especially since I got a few of them when they were marked down by Amazon to $7.50 each for a short while. They are amazingly good, even at list price. Got to watch out for pinching, but other than that, they are fun. Noisy for their power, but not bad at all. Modified one of them to 22 machining a Crosman barrel to fit and filled the end of the piston to increase compression. Got 362 fps average ES=5, with 14.3gr 22cal CPHP's. Was one of my first AG projects. I like that P22 the best of the 6 that I have. In 22, they are a lot easier to load. Have a 1.7x20 pistol scope on it, which coincidentally makes it slightly easier to cock.
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My unmodified P17s shoot great as well. No lemons in the one's I have. They remain one of the great AG bargains.
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It’s a cheap enough gun to modify and not feel bad if you break it. What scares me is when people modify $4000 guns.
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i had a model HW40 first easy to cock and made a new trigger adjustment screw right away
it uses and long dogear grub screw but it will bottom out and the post in the screw stops you from being greedy
you have to drill a 3mm screw and add a longer post and that would be impossible with a thread check to screw the grub screw in to hold it
so i bought a P17 down the road and it shoots fine did the same thing to the trigger but the pistol has a big problem
the damn thing is almost impossible to close at cocking and i have read the same thing from others
it uses and long dogear grub screw but it will bottom out and the post in the screw stops you from being greedy
you have to drill a 3mm screw and add a longer post and that would be impossible with a thread check to screw the grub screw in to hold it
so i bought a P17 down the road and it shoots fine did the same thing to the trigger but the pistol has a big problem
the damn thing is almost impossible to close at cocking and i have read the same thing from others
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Hmmm, by the title -
Worst trigger EVER. Even my ol cap gun as a 10yr old kid, has a better trigger.
I took it apart, filed, sanded, polished. Much better, but still mostly, still...junk. Took it apart again. more of the same. again, better but........
Now it sits. If I can find my 6" cast iron frying pan, I may take my rosebud tipped torch to it, let it melt into the pan like I did two other "junk" BB guns.
Mike
Beeman P17 - Junk ???
You must be talking about mine !Worst trigger EVER. Even my ol cap gun as a 10yr old kid, has a better trigger.
I took it apart, filed, sanded, polished. Much better, but still mostly, still...junk. Took it apart again. more of the same. again, better but........
Now it sits. If I can find my 6" cast iron frying pan, I may take my rosebud tipped torch to it, let it melt into the pan like I did two other "junk" BB guns.
Mike
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My P 17s have killed many rattle snakes a 177 right to the head and dead as a door nail, small one here but I have taken big six foot ones also
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They are deadly against soup cans at twenty yards. Not pellet picky. Cocking is a little tricky but once you figure out the ergonomics it is easy peasy. For the price everyone should have one. Makes a great 10 meter fun gun.
Pro Tip: This is a great upgrade for $8.
Pachmayr Grip
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The P17 is nothing short of amazing for the price. Its only real drawback is that it's tedious to load, and as a point of personal preference I don't care for the sights. But mine is very accurate and more powerful than I expected. It's not a PCP, but it's a pretty nice little package. Bring the price into consideration and it's simply unbeatable.
GsT
GsT
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Amazing - best bang-for-buck in all of air gunning.
I hit a soda can 7 consecutive times at 30 yards - offhand with a cheap Chinese red dot !
I hit a soda can 7 consecutive times at 30 yards - offhand with a cheap Chinese red dot !
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LOL, If you release rattle snakes in a nearby bush , You will have a very short life span,, Most but not all give a warning with a rattle sound but not all, If you step on one , Game over your getting the full bite.
Mike
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I read so many reports how wonderful they are and I made a BIG mistake and ordered one. If there is any fun in shooting one it had better come already cocked. Or get a Missouri mule to kick cock it. Of course it might be my old age giving it to its failure to bring any pleasure. Yes, I did manage to shoot it about 20 times and then in the closet it went and will probably stay. Charles
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