New Beeman P17 just arrived

Good for you! Keep shooting as long as you can.

I have had a couple of these over the years (none now)
Did you know there is an Allen screw in the trigger you can adjust?
As I recall you can "shorten" the 1st stage a bit by winding it in.

I have a P17 that I enjoy. I did a guest blog for Pyramyd Air about a couple of improvements that I did.

Here's a link if you are curious...

I have one.
It was given to me.
I would never buy one.
WALMART and AMAZON were selling them for $7.50 a few years ago.
There are many YouTube videos if you are so inclined.

Here are a couple of my P17;s First is 10" Daisy 880 barrel and shroud, 2nd is a full length - barrel port Daisy 880 barrel with a carbon fiber shroud, 10m tack drivers.
Edit I forgot the P17 / Air Force Foregrip Cocking Brace !

Set the trigger up right and they're amazing two stage. Crisp and in ounces. Hard to believe a cheap gun like that

I have a few of them around here... matter of fact, I have one still in the blister pack.

I did the Vana2 mods,their ok.Truth be told I like my Crossman CO2 pistols a lot better , the P17 is a good pistol just not as easy to like.

Great for 5 yards friendly competition games.

It is good to hear people keeping on shooting when health issues interfere. P 17 Fits good in the pouch on my wheelchair, cocking aide helps, really smooth trigger. I like the look of a long barrel, but I wonder about how it effects cocking effort? Enjoy the long weekend!

Tackle box gun to shoot flies and mosquitoes when the fish are not biting.

I added a chamfer to the breeches in my p17s the same way that @Vana2 described. I chucked the bits into my small cordless screwdriver with a drop of oil and checked the fit of a pellet periodically to be sure not to chamfer the breech too much.

I took it one step further and also very gently chamfered the crown of the barrels with the tapered stone bit and LIGHT pressure.

To finish, I used a rectangular, semi abrasive rubberized polishing block made by Cratex. These look kind of like rectangular erasers, except that they have polishing grits mixed into them. They come in different colors with different grits. I think mine was maroon or dark red. I chucked the barrel into my hand drill, applied a drop of oil to the corner of the polishing block, and pushed it into both the breech and crown while spinning the barrel to polish those surfaces. There was a rather dramatic improvement in accuracy at 15 yards using dot sights and a rest, and of course it was super easy to seat pellets.

UPDATE: I just looked on Amazon and I don't see the cratex little rectangular blocks. I think mine was about 1 inch wide by one quarter inch thick and maybe 3 in Long. I do see some round sticks that seem inexpensive and useful: "CRATEX 066 F Round Stick" is about 0.375-in diameter and 6 in Long. Nowadays I would probably get one of these, cut off a 1.5" section, and chuck it in my hand drill and grind a tapered point on it on a rasp or piece of concrete, and then use the tapered point for polishing the breech chamfers and crowns with a drop of light machine oil.

One final mod was to drill a large clearance hole in the rear of the upper receiver plastic wall that is in line with the bore. This allowed inspecting and swabbing the bore without removing the barrel. You pop the top open but instead of pulling it fully, just enough to be able to see through and swab the barrel.

Sorry, I don't have photos of my mods or polishing process.

My favorite pellet for the P17 was the jsb 7.33 grain.

Have fun with yours.

Feinwerk

I have the Beeman HW40 and it is a real gem.
I bought 3 of the P17s on Amazon on a black friday deal, and gave them to local kids shooting team as raffle gifts. I think everyone made out on that deal.