Beeman Chief II PCP Air Rifle

feels like a very expensive gun and looks like one to me looks are importent to me

safty is a little hard to get use to

The wood stock and the overall look of the gun is great. I like the 10 round magazine. (Although, why are spare magazines 10% of the cost of the gun?) Good accuracy.

The trigger is not adjustable like it says in the Pyramyd Air Catalog description. That being said, it's a bit heavy. I don't think it's the 3 pounds that Beeman says it is. The safety is very awkward. I have never seen a safety like this one. The sights are nice but unless you're shooting at only 10 yards, you'll need a scope. Once I zeroed in my scope, I was getting nickel sized groups at 25 yards with Crosman hollow point. For a $200 gun, I'm not asking for perfection but I don't think an easily adjustable trigger is too much to ask.

My gauge stuck at 2000 the first time I pumped it up. I did the usual things. Repumped and degassed. Didn't fix the problem. I guess I could return it but it will cost me about $50 to ship it. I haven't called Pyrimyd yet to see what they'll do. I have just kept a good watch at the pump gauge.

The gun filled the bill as advertised. Accuracy was good from the bench, at 50 feet, shooting a one hole group you could cover with a dime. The overall fit and feel of the Chief was good. I was surprised by the off hand plinking accuracy, shooting coke cans at 80 yards. I was shooting .22 H&N Barracuda Match pellets. The pressure usage was 400 lbs, for five shots.

My first bad impression was with the stock selection. Mine has a knot, where two branches were, right on the cheek plate. My first bad impression with shooting, was my first five shot group that completely missed the back stop. I have never seen a gun come out of the box that far from zero. You have to pay attention to your scope and ring selection, because the sight is huge and in the way. The gun has a slow leak. If you leave it for a week or so, its empty. Unless it worsens, I don't think that small of leak will affect my use of it.

I purchased a hand pump for this, my first PCP, Airgun, and wound up taking three breaks from pumping, before I got up to pressure. Im not in the best shape these days. Lol.
Some folks complained about the pressure gauge being inaccurate, but my rifles gauge, and the pumps gauges, were in agreement.
In the end I believe this is going to be nice plinker.

It's a nice looking rifle,seems to be well build,has a nice feel to it

Would add and rail to mount a bipod

I really can't give that much of an review,by my gun shoots awful, don't know that changing pellets would give me much success with this rifle,I have tried the fx 10.32 gr.,the jsb hades 10.43 gr.,and the jsb 16.2 gr.,neither pellet shoots well,kinda looks like stevie wonder doing the shooting,pellets fly all over the target,I mean it's giving me 5-6 inch groups at 40 yards......

Good

iso far everything works , it loads well with shot tray, it is accruate with in reason , hits hard (ask the rabbits i have been sooting )now have a good supply of rabbit for my stew, length of pull is ok ,trigger is acceptable open sites work well at closeer ranges , scope mounts with a little effort, zero`s easy. with the rite pellet it might be as good as gen 1, time will tell

the mag sticks up too high so makes mounting a scope a cnore, bolt feed with mag is a little ify , should have sling mounts , and a space for extra mag

all these mods should not be an extra charge or an increase in price. , SHOOTERS GET READY FOR SOME TRIGGER TIME AND LOTS OF FUN.

I haven't had any problems with this rifle and it seems to like FX pellets in 15.89gr and it likes crossman ultra domed magnum 14.3gr and it likes jsb 15.89gr pellets. At 40 yards with all three pellets I'm getting half inch groups. The only thing I don't like is the gage on the gun is off by 300 psi compared to my hand pump and when you fill the gun up to 2,000 on the gun gage and the hand pump will show only about 1,700 psi. It needs a better gage. On my chronograph I'm getting between 850 fps and 900 fps.

Needs a better gage on gun for showing the psi pressure.

Not that I know of.

The Chief 2 looks good but leaks air. Once its full it leaks out to 0 psi after about a week.

Better quality control

Nothing other than my gun leaks, looks to be a common theme with the Chief 2.

I bought the Chief 2 in fall of 2019. At first glance I was impressed. It has a very nice wood stock. It is a lightweight gun compared to a lot of other air rifles, which is nice for hunting. I like the added magazine and the accuracy at 50 and 100 yards.

I would add a more accurate air pressure gauge, especially because it is an unregulated gun. If I fill it to 2000 psi on the gun gauge, it would actually be 2300 psi on the pump gauge which is confirmed accurate. Also, after shooting about 100 rounds, the gun will not hold air for week. Instead of tracking the leak to fix myself, I sent it back for warranty. It is now 3 months later, I still have not gotten the gun back from Beeman. At one point they could not find my gun and asked for me to send them the tracking number of when it was sent to them. Very, VERY disappointed in turn around time and lack of communication from them. I get the feeling that when or if I get the gun back, these problems will not be resolved. But I will post updates on that.

This is a great looking and accurate pellet rifle that has many air leaks right out of the box and a terrible warranty service.

I like the suppressor.

The magazine is cheap junk. Difficult to load, Hard to insert.

I have been having problems with the pressure regulation.
Sometimes while shooting, the pellet will be expelled with very light pressure either bouncing along the ground or flying visibly toward the paper target and not even leaving a dent or Mark on the paper. Other times it hits the target hard, penetrating target and backboard properly and normally. The gauge is indicating in the middle of the green zone. If this continues, I may need to return it for warranty.