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Offline tgardner

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Beeman dual caliber rifle
« on: March 18, 2013, 03:43:17 PM »
Has anyone here bought this gun? If so, how would you rate it?

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Re: Beeman dual caliber rifle
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2013, 02:49:36 PM »
Don't. It is a cheap Chinese gun.  A spring powered gun cannot be designed to be reliable shooting .177 and .22 with the same spring / piston combination. I would suggest Buying a quality German made rifle.

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Re: Beeman dual caliber rifle
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2013, 03:07:25 PM »
Probably depends upon your dedication to airgunning.  I am primarily a regular rifle user, but bought a Ruger (Chinese) .177 air gun and am happy with it. I use the air gun where it is necessary by virtue of the neighbors..anything else, I use my other rifles.
  My grandson, a gunsmith, has the Beeman model you are speaking of and is happy with it..  He uses the .22 barrel on coon & possum and has killed them with headshots at 25-35 yards, when he was in a situation where an airgun was necessary.
  No doubt, the German guns are very good, but it's more like ...does your situation require an Anschutz..or will a Marlin, Savage or CZ do the job?
 
  Check with my grandson, > ironglowjr  <    He's an AR specialist and  posts quite often over on the ARs, AKs & SKs  forum..
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Re: Beeman dual caliber rifle
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2013, 03:48:03 PM »
Thank you for the input.  I'll try to contact your grandson.  The German guns are nice but really more money than I want to spend.

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Re: Beeman dual caliber rifle
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2013, 08:40:32 PM »
my chink guns shoot real good but the scopes are crappy don't hold up don't buy the guns with the scope get a good one that's made to take the recoil. ;D

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Re: Beeman dual caliber rifle
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2013, 01:18:59 AM »
   My Ruger Airhawk came with a decent 4X scope with a RUGER imprint where TASCO or BUSHNELL is usually seen.  That scope now rests on an H&R .22 mag barrel and does a good job.  The Airhawk comes with excellent Tru-Glo type sights, and since I use it most under 35 yds, they work fine and I don't have to deal with the 1.5" scope to bore differential.
  Normally with these aged eyes a scope is necessary, but those excellent sights..I don't need the scope.
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Re: Beeman dual caliber rifle
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2013, 01:08:16 PM »
My Beeman Sportsman RS-2 has been a satisfactory yard varmint rifle (in its .177 guise) for a couple of years now since I replaced the poor scope with a BSA AR 2-7x32. I also have some other cheap air rifles, and one very Chinese sidelever and a one-hole shooting RWS 75B-T01 so I have some stuff to compare to.
I will add that the Beeman models have seemed to change packaging and naming, so I dont know if the one you are looking at is the same as mine, though I would guess similar (ie, .177 about 900-1000/22 about 800 fps). Mine is a man sized hunk-o'-gun and the cocking effort substantial (and Im 6'1"x 210#), ya gotta learn to use the right leverage to keep from wearing yourself out or getting quivery  :P .
Its Chinese made but looks way better; I think mine was/is a good value. If, or when it wears out or goes bad I can afford to junk it and buy something else without feeling obligated to have to fix it because it cost so much.
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Re: Beeman dual caliber rifle
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2013, 03:18:49 PM »
gcrank;
  I too was surprised by heft and big gun feel of my Airhawk... It actually weighs more than most of my regular rifles.  Here's where I bought it a couple years ago  http://www.airgundepot.com/rugerairguns.html     ..and its about $13 cheaper than it was then.  I got the wood stocked one with the 4X32 scope.
  There are other brands available.  I considered some of the "German" brands...some of the German sounding names are made in Spain or Turkey..and they can be good too..
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