Beeman built up their reputation back when they were owned by Robert Beeman. RB was a bit of an airgun snob and only sold high end stuff. Beeman never made their own guns, but sometimes they had the guns made for them built to a higher standard than the originals. For example specifying better wood or triggers.
About 10 years ago or so Beeman retired and sold the company to the corporation that owns Marksman. They kept most of the original Beeman products, but also added several cheaper Spanish and Chinese guns.
Beeman was either sold or went bankrupt recently, (forget which one), and in the future they will be exclusively selling the cheap guns while Pyramyd Air is taking over their high end line of rifles.
) but the rifle seems pretty sturdy and looks nice for $80 worth of Chinese craftsmanship. Unfortunately someone who was thinking of the children™ put a huge "not a toy" warning sticker on the stock that comes off in 2500 pieces.
