Beeman Beeman P17 - Junk ???

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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.

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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 !

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Caliber 22 said:
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We don't have rattle snakes but a lot of other dangerous snakes of which the Black Mamba is one. A few times I found one at home but I call a person who catch them and put is in a snake park where they milk it for the venom to make antivenom to tread people who get bitten by the snakes. Other snakes like the Mozambique Spitting Cobra I catch by myself and go release it in the bush nearby.
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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.
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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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airgunmike56 said:
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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The Black Mambas are also very fast to bite, that is why I let a professional handle them. The Cobras are just trying to get away and will spit if cornered. The spit burns like hell if it get in your eyes. If you see your dog with swollen eyes it is 99% change he was trying to catch a snake. Biting is a last resort and is more painful than live threatening.
The P17 will easily kill them but I don't see them as a thread.
 
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the bottom line on the P17 is love them or hate them, they are a pistol that you should invest the small amount of money and try
reading forums will give you a vast amount of information but your hand will tell you what you want to know
the trigger can be improved by building a new adjustment screw not easy and it this thread it is the first time i have read about a bad trigger
how hard they are to cock has been written about before and i have one but a bet if i tested it, it has a high FPS and that is the reason for the pressure needed to close the cocking handle
my HW40 is far easier to cock

it is a buy it to try it world, so, buy one you could be one of those who love the pistol and after reading so many posts on the pistol, that is a good chance

and i would like to know the Cobra in South Africa that is not deadly
and not all Cobras spit

https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/articles/cobras-of-southern-africa/
 
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airgunmike56 said:
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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Its dangerous and also bad on your gun there to kill snakes with it. Id never beat a snake with a airgun or any gun 🙃😆😆
Strictly a joke ,i killed a timber rattler here in Missouri with a .22 Diana Bandit. It made a better hammer lol, sorry i cant stop, but anyway i did shoot it because of where it had gotten to and dogs and people were at risk, dogs first , absolutely

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A fellow shooter had his FWB65 rebuilt.
It was difficult for him to cock so he asked me to break it in for him.
Over 7 days I put 1000 CPH pellets through it.
Then I showed him the trick when cocking FWB65…push with the right hand and pull with the left.
Great.
He gave me a Beeman P17 as payment.
I guess it is about the same size as a Glock 17 (the name??) and similar holsters should fit..

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@Frank in Fairfield - That was a fair trade! I have the HW40A and the P17. It is impressive how close the P17 comes to a $200 pistol.

Here is a nice mount to go from the 13mm rail to picatinny. Will make mounting a red dot much easier!

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