Umarex dx17 arrived today

So I had a credit that I wanted to use and long story short 5 bucks cash plus my 15 credit landed me an Umarex DX17.

I purchase it because it reminded me of my old Marksman repeater. It too was a coil spring type that shot a single pellet or multiple bbs.

Once I removed it from it's package. I dropped the release to the slide and cocked it back with no click. I end up playing with the trigger a little bit and the safety. I finally did get her to cock back.

The safety barely move between the safe and fire positions. The long trigger felt like it was dragged through mud filled with sandpaper. Good news is after five rounds the non adjustable sights seem to be in line.

What concerns me is when I was cocking the gun once time. the gun discharged on its own. there was no pellet inside. 

No it's not worth me sending it back but I was wondering and I have scoured the internet trying to find it but is there a breakdown on these dx17 pistols?

I wonder if I have an issue with my safety or my trigger. I will play with them with more today and see if I have any other issues. I could also reach out to Umarex and see if they could do something.

Umarex morph is next as well as a Beeman p17.
 
That BB shooting thing specs out at only 200fps. Don't know what real world velocity actually is but ONLY TWO HUNDRED FEET PER SECOND??? I'd try and give Umarex a call and explain this danger concern and ask them to send you a shipping label to trade it in towards that Morph you want. Let us know what happens. BETTER YET... Mention to Umarex if they Will cover any of your liability if that gun goes off accidentally and hurts someone lets see what they say about THAT. Good Luck. Yo!
 
That BB shooting thing specs out at only 200fps. Don't know what real world velocity actually is but ONLY TWO HUNDRED FEET PER SECOND??? I'd try and give Umarex a call and explain this danger concern and ask them to send you a shipping label to trade it in towards that Morph you want. Let us know what happens. BETTER YET... Mention to Umarex if they Will cover any of your liability if that gun goes off accidentally and hurts someone lets see what they say about THAT. Good Luck. Yo!

I don't know what to think with this one. Lol. Yeah man 200fps a bad plinker for cheap. As for the real velocity that is going to be tested soon. 

Good news is even though the trigger is still rough and gritty the safety works after oiling down the gun. Actually kind of nice but I bet it shoots like a .357 snub nose. I mean the barrel is about 2 inches if that.

Also did end up finding the schematics for the dx17 and all I have to say is what a nightmare and not worth fixing. For such a cheap gun there are a lot of little parts that came together.
 
That BB shooting thing specs out at only 200fps. Don't know what real world velocity actually is but ONLY TWO HUNDRED FEET PER SECOND??? I'd try and give Umarex a call and explain this danger concern and ask them to send you a shipping label to trade it in towards that Morph you want. Let us know what happens. BETTER YET... Mention to Umarex if they Will cover any of your liability if that gun goes off accidentally and hurts someone lets see what they say about THAT. Good Luck. Yo!

In case you were interested... And yes I reset the chronograph. Ran two groups through it just to verify.

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That pistol is supposed to have a BB reservoir that holds 15 BBs. HOW ARE YOU SHOOTING PELLETS THROUGH IT? You would probably hit or maybe even exceed the 200fps mark guessing even up to 215fps give or take if you shoot BBs as its been intended for if you're shooting low mid 170s using those Daisy lead pellets. IDK I don't own one of those. How does it crony using BBs? Yo
 
That pistol is supposed to have a BB reservoir that holds 15 BBs. HOW ARE YOU SHOOTING PELLETS THROUGH IT? You would probably hit or maybe even exceed the 200fps mark guessing even up to 215fps give or take if you shoot BBs as its been intended for if you're shooting low mid 170s using those Daisy lead pellets. IDK I don't own one of those. How does it crony using BBs? Yo

You know I am having a hell of a time getting chrony numbers for BB's. I tried in 2 different guns this and the umarex morph (which I don't like; trigger is horrible).

This thing sometimes just barely penetrates the paper on my home made trap. that being said it's quickly becoming my favorite stupid gun. The sites were way off. Check out the picture for where I have to adjust the front sight shown in silver. I assume there's nothing I can really do about that. 

I don't know if it's a plus or minus having that low FPS. The kind of nice because I don't have to really worry about ricochets or you know backstops too much.

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