Speedo66
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The Crossman finally gave up after many decades, not brave enough to take it apart and change seals, so a new pellet pistol was required.
Not a precision shooter and didn't want to spend big money. Read a few reviews of the Beeman and seemed to be well liked for the money, under $50. The seller on Amazon kindly included a small variety of pellets, gratis, which was nice.
The packaging required a metal shears to open, but I persevered. Nice weight, metal trigger, nice sights. Okay, down to the basement and let's see what it's like.
Whoa, takes quite a bit of pressure to close after the pellet is inserted! Plus I'd read to watch your skin when closing, so I was careful. Not the easiest gun to insert a pellet into either, but doable after a little fiddling. Just one closing pump by the way.
Shot nicely and seems to be accurate, sights are nice and bright even in the low light of my basement. The safety is applied automatically when the gun is closed, and it's on the left side which works great for this left handed shooter.
Have to comment also on the trigger, it's excellent! Two stage, very light and smooth, much better than some firearms I have.
Overall, happy with it, just wish the pressure to close it wasn't so high, or I was stronger, either would do. Well, maybe this will pump me up also.
Saw a video posted here some time ago where the gun is completely taken down, o-rings are changed, gun is lubed, etc. Looked doable by me, so this gun should last a while.
Not a precision shooter and didn't want to spend big money. Read a few reviews of the Beeman and seemed to be well liked for the money, under $50. The seller on Amazon kindly included a small variety of pellets, gratis, which was nice.
The packaging required a metal shears to open, but I persevered. Nice weight, metal trigger, nice sights. Okay, down to the basement and let's see what it's like.
Whoa, takes quite a bit of pressure to close after the pellet is inserted! Plus I'd read to watch your skin when closing, so I was careful. Not the easiest gun to insert a pellet into either, but doable after a little fiddling. Just one closing pump by the way.
Shot nicely and seems to be accurate, sights are nice and bright even in the low light of my basement. The safety is applied automatically when the gun is closed, and it's on the left side which works great for this left handed shooter.
Have to comment also on the trigger, it's excellent! Two stage, very light and smooth, much better than some firearms I have.
Overall, happy with it, just wish the pressure to close it wasn't so high, or I was stronger, either would do. Well, maybe this will pump me up also.
Saw a video posted here some time ago where the gun is completely taken down, o-rings are changed, gun is lubed, etc. Looked doable by me, so this gun should last a while.
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