Recommend an inexpensive pellet or bb pistol

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Looking for a inexpensive air gun pistol for backyard shooting. Just shooting cardboard and cans. Thinking around $50.
 
Thanks for all the replies guys. Gonna look around this week as I finally have some days off. That Beaman p17 makes sense. I didn’t even consider something without c02. I’m trying to buy anything that’s NOT made in China. Gonna research.
 
+1 on the 1377 Crosman.
They have pretty crappy sights, but even with them, the little pistol is fairly accurate.
And lots of aftermarket hop up parts for it if you like to tinker and don't mind spending more on a cheap gun that what its worth.
 
Crosman 1377 most of the parts are made in China and assembled in the United States as almost all crosman guns are. They have been contacting out for several years.
 
P17 is great; there is a light tune/fix on line to smooth a few interior edges on the mechanism. Easy do it yourself, if you choose to do it. Very satisfying to shoot IMO.

Mine lasted 3-4 years, but for $30, worthwhile.
 
All this talk about air pistols coupled with recent experience on son's Daisy Power Line 1200 compelled me to order a Crossman 1322 this week.
 
Honestly for $50 bucks you are buying a Chinese gun. That said the P17 SSP is the best of all your options and is a copy of a helluva gun and by all accounts you get way more gun then money spent.

I have a P3/HW40 the gun it is a copy of and it’s an amazingly accurate shooter. Not powerful, of course, but very nice. I would go P17 without a thought.
 
Septicdeath said:
Crosman 1377 most of the parts are made in China and assembled in the United States as almost all crosman guns are. They have been contacting out for several years.
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That may well be true but I'd rather see at least some of my money going to keeping my neighbors working than send all of it streight to the "heathen Chinee"
 
I owned a P17, but it did not last very long. I bought an ancient Crossman 1377 at a pawn shop and ten years later it is still working fine. Rear sight is a weakness, but can usually be sorted out. It is deadly on grackles at 10 paces;)
 
That P17 only needed 3 O rings from the hardware store. $2 and 45 minutes to replace them. Have had mine for three years. They needed this done after 6 months. But have been shooting strong ever since.
 
Septicdeath said:
That P17 only needed 3 O rings from the hardware store. $2 and 45 minutes to replace them. Have had mine for three years. They needed this done after 6 months. But have been shooting strong ever since.
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Thank you for the instruction video. It makes no sense to me to pay $30 for a Chinese made air pistol that requires a complete rebuild in 6 months because of shortcuts in production and/or design. I went through the same experience with the Benjamin PCP pump, because they wanted to save a few cents instead of using the proper material (viton) for the tiny check valve o-ring. I'm done contributing to this type of product. I don't mind a bit of trigger work on an air gun, and I understand that parts wear out over time, but it makes no sense to me to spend time and effort to track down parts with the proper spec and have to tear down the gun to remove and replace sub-par materials.
 
I've been shooting airguns going on forty years. If you own them you better be able to work on them, tune them and repair them.

The P17 had one defect in the early production models. A slight burr in the cylinder that messed up the O ring. All easy fixes.

I also own a P3 $300 gun same thing happen to it. Needed new seals. There's hardly any difference between the P17 or the more expensive European P3 and Hw47counterparts except cost.

Also my P17's and P3 are far more accurate than my crosman 1377 or 1322.

By the way the crosman pistols are also made from parts manufactured in China and assembled in the USA
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Thank you for the instruction video. It makes no sense to me to pay $30 for a Chinese made air pistol that requires a complete rebuild in 6 months because of shortcuts in production and/or design. I went through the same experience with the Benjamin PCP pump, because they wanted to save a few cents instead of using the proper material (viton) for the tiny check valve o-ring. I'm done contributing to this type of product. I don't mind a bit of trigger work on an air gun, and I understand that parts wear out over time, but it makes no sense to me to spend time and effort to track down parts with the proper spec and have to tear down the gun to remove and replace sub-par materials.
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