From everything I've read about the R8 you got one heck of a deal! How does it shoot? Any favorite pellets?
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Beeman R8 Value
- Thread starter bobh
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I picked up this pair from a local gun club for $600. eBay prices on an HW diopter sight alone is in the $175 range and $25 for a front sight. That's around $400 for the two sets of sights. The sights are like new but the guns were a bit rough but for $100 per gun without sights, I felt okay about it and helped the club out. 
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That's why I made my HW50 look like this. It's hard to beat a classic Monte Carlo on a sporting rifle. A much better rifle than my R8 IMO.
Lucie stuck her nose in there
Lucie stuck her nose in there
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I'm new to the forum and also have an .177 R8 that I will probably sell. I will get some pictures to post if I can figure out how to do that. The gun was purchased in the mid 1980's and was used by my wife and I for the 25 ft NRA home qualification. Because of this there is a sling swivel hole in the stock fore end. Have to dig it out from the back of the gun cabinet to make sure my memory isn't playing tricks on me. Currently and actually for the last 30 years it has been scope mounted. It also has a Jim Marconi tune kit. This is a nice forum. I'm curious about the value. They do seem harder to find than say an R7, R9 or R1
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It is not easy to find weapons produced in quantities of 20-60 copies. It's funny to hear this about R8!
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I have no idea how many R8s were made. I studied the brochure and decided the R8 was the best compromise for accuracy, power and price. At 25' it will literally drive tacks. I decided I wanted more power and bought an R9. A year ago I decided I needed enough power to kill a raccoon and bought my first PCP in .22 caliber. Its an avenger and it is very accurate
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At the moment I am actively trying to get one 2013 Feinwerkbau, released in an edition of 20 copies, and this is really not easy and not cheap. In addition, I do not kill defenseless animals. We are on different planets at this time.Sorry.
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On different planets we shall be. I grew up on a family dairy farm in Michigan. We hunted, fished and slaughtered cows on occasion for meat. At my grandparents farm in Ohio in the mid 50's I shot rats with a pump up .22 cal Crosman air rifle. We also killed and ate chickens. Now you buy your meat in a store which is really better than having to do it yourself. No meanness intended, just prospective. Take care.
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That’s right. I am a child of the concrete jungle of the downtown metropolis. In the club where I trained in my youth it was forbidden to talk about killing animals. For a picture with a killed animal they could be kicked out of the club. Since then I have not killed any animals, not even rats , I have a cat for that.It's simple, I feed the cat, and he does his dirty work with the squirrels and rats on my property.
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Why did you respond to my post that was about a Beeman R8. And by the way treat that cat kindly not just for keeping your hands and your conscious clean but because that are a majestic animal. Pls post a picture of him/her.
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She is very fierce,but obediet.My son's girlfriend found her under her car when she was as big as a pack of cigarettes.Her name is Musha.
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Obedient and cat is an oxymoron. What a beautiful kitty. Take good care of her as I'm sure you will.
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Thank you. She is almost two years old, but for some reason she has not grown and remains the size of a kitten.
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She looks much bigger than a kitten but maybe a small cat. My female black cat (5 yr old) is about half the size of her littermate brother. Nonetheless they are beautiful and adorable.
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