Beeman P17 accuracy at 10m

10 meter distance shooting accuracy for Beeman P17 SSP air pistol, uploaded by ron_c, at February 16, 2018. Test ID: #26 (SSP = Single-stroke Pneumatic)

Average accuracy for tested P17 airgun is 0.5 cm (≈ 0.2 inch) horizontal and 0.5 cm (≈ 0.2 inch) vertical accuracy. Diagonal = 0.7 cm (≈ 0.3 inch) (from center-to-center of the hits). Tested distance was 10m. The details of test can be seen below shooter's description.

Scope: Aim Sports 2-7x32 (scope used for accuracy tests only) Gun is 2 months old. Indoor shooting. Wind:0 Sandbag rest. My opinion about this gun is ...for an inexpensive air gun and scope, it shoots very well. It's not easy to load pellets or for the single pump. How this air gun will hold up, is to be seen. So far it has over 750 shots.

Tested air pistol:

Type:	P17
Brand:	Beeman
Power:	SSP
Aiming:	scope
Caliber	.177
Speed:	424 fps = 129 m/s
Energy:	J
Modified*	n

Ammunition:
RWS Diabolo Basic, 7.4 gr.

Result of shooting accuracy:

	horizontal		vertical
	cm	inch	cm	inch
1.	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.2
2.	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.2
3.	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.2
4.	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.2
avg	0.45	0.2	0.51	0.2

Shooting distance: 10m
Diagonal accuracy: 0.68 cm

More statistics

Theoretically, what is the smallest target that can be hit N times out of 10 shoots. N=
1×: 0.2×0.2 cm (=0.1×0.1 in)
5×: 0.2×0.3 cm (=0.1×0.1 in)
9×: 0.5×0.5 cm (=0.2×0.2 in)
Coke can hits: 20 /20
Matchbox hits: 20 /20
Sugar cube hits: 20/20

Standard deviation (best if 0):

Horizontal: 0.11 cm = 0.04 inch
Vertical: 0 cm = 0 inch
Diagonal: 0.11 cm = 0.04 inch
Hor./Vert. ratio: 1:1.13 = 88.2% info
Predicted shooting accuracy at 10m×2 = 20m distance: 1×1.1 cm = 0.4×0.4 in.

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