BeemanSportsman Series Deluxe Air Pistol - Model 2004

The good: Fits my large hands and long fingers perfectly, fully adjustable sights (rare in this class), fiber optic sights, simple, very nice light target trigger, inexpensive, very accurate and quiet enough to use in an apartment. A very helpful and inexpensive marksmanship tool to develop fine bullseye style shooting skills.The bad: Piston should be taken out and the hole bored in the air compression cylinder should be checked for seal ruining burrs, (reportedly an issue with this model). This is simple, requiring only a 2mm hex key, some very light sandpaper and some white lithium grease, (see YouTube on this). Also, the rear sight elevation screw is very loose and could use some blue lock tite or similar to keep it from rotating on its own. Loading the pellet into the barrel is pretty difficult for me and it will be for you too likely.Note: The trigger and grip ergonomics are better than many very expensive real handguns. I like this gun so far. People complain about the cocking effort but it's not so bad - if you are used to hand tools you'll have no problem. If you need to fire more rapidly or replicate a defensive handgun this likely isn't for you because no defensive handgun is anything like how this air gun fires or operates. Get a C02 powered repeater for that. Don't shoot animals with it other than a mouse - it's very low powered.For the price I paid - under 48$. I give it 5 stars. A real bargain for me and how I use it.

It is powerful budget pistol... you get the fps speed and power of a CO2 or multi-pump pistol... yet it's a single pump gun at a real low price. The construction is decent for a value gun with fiber optic on both sights. You can spend 10 shots sighting it and it will shoot quarter-to-dime size groups at 5-10+ yards depending on your skill. The trigger could be better, but what do you expect for under 50 bucks? Get the P3 version if you want higher quality parts and "heirloom" durability. You will be impressed this P17 gun was not priced at $80-100 or more when you handle and shoot it though.It does take a bit of getting used to to load the pellet (push its skirt all of the way into the barrel end) and pump the cock piston down without pinching your hand (watch YT videos... use your palm not the fingers), but it's pretty easy once you learn it. I would NOT call this a beginner gun (spring BB pistol or pump rifle is probably better for that). The P17 shot well and cycled every type of pellets I tried without problems. Like any 177 "pellet only" gun, this can also use BBs with a tiny wisp of cotton ball in front of the BB. The BBs won't be accurate due to rifled barrel, and it's not worth it in this gun. Some hardcore airgun peeps will tell you that using BBs ruins the barrel accuracy for pellets over time... do what you want, though. This is a good gun but ain't exactly a competition accuracy or powerful enough for hunting, lol.Beeman P17 is a fantastic A+ garage gun since it is way more accurate and powerful than spring BB/pellet pistols in the price range, it is single pump (tons and tons of pumping to use 1377 type pistols in the garage for more than a few shots). Unlike CO2 pistols, you can do just a few shots or many without needing more cartridges and money. The P17 Beeman is also accurate enough to be a possible backpack/survival gun and the sights won't get damaged like glow paint on a 1377 would. Look elsewhere you like to hunt squirrel/pest with 177 caliber pistol and fixed sights... you need a 177 rifle or higher fps pistol (or 22cal) to do that humanely... this gun is just likely to wound an animal, so please don't be that guy. If you want a truly great value on a varmint hunting rifle, Beeman QB78 series is amazing... much like this pistol, it should cost 2-3x what it does (solid accuracy, power, build).Overall, this P17 aka 2004 Beeman pistol is HIGHLY recommended, and I already ordered an additional for the get-home bag I keep in the trunk. I just wish it came in 22cal version also (like the 1377/1322 multi pump), but that'd probably be too hard to cock the piston if it built up enough power to zip a 22 pellet? One can wish :)

I believe this is the same model as the Beeman P17. It's quite the value, surprisingly accurate for such an inexpensive airgun. The sights are very good in terms of visibility but the sights themselves were an issue. When I opened the plastic sealed package loose parts fell where I was sitting, into cracks in the couch and on the floor. The rear sight literally fell apart and I really did not know what was missing. After finding a parts list on the internet (in the package would have been helpful) I dug around under the couch cushions (found a part, 82 cents and a couple of Doritos) and on the floor. Reassembly took a little effort. I'm not really pleased with the sight adjustments (horizontal and vertical) due my concern for more sight parts flying...but as said it's accurate. Loading of pellets is a bit futzy but I'm using wadcutters that might be the most difficult to load. You could not be able to load the pellet with gloves on. It's a low velocity airgun so don't plan on killing any rats. The trigger has a bit of creep which may improve and the weight is about right. Beeman has another version more or less the same made in Germany. It's likely I'll purchase on of those as this Chinese version self-disassembles.