Beeman was the name of the importer (now owned by Crosman, I believe), but the air rifle was actually made by Gamo, in Spain. They make decent-quality airguns, but there are a couple of things that you don't want to do with ANY break-barrel rifle like this: one, never "dry-fire" it (ie. fire it without a pellet in the chamber), because this just lets the piston slam into the front of the piston chamber, beating it to hell, and two, you should only very LIGHTLY oil it during cleaning, because oil inside the piston chamber will "diesel", or ignite as the piston slams forward, compressing and heating the oil behind the pellet. This is equivalent to setting off a small explosion inside the piston chamber, again, beating it unnecessarily. Depending on the calibre (.177, .20, or .22) you should be able to find a proper manual for it online fairly easily.