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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Gamo Gate => : 454 Big Block Chevy January 07, 2010, 12:36:16 AM
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so with all the recent GAMO changes, who's glad they have an older model???? i know i am, i have an Untuned bone stock GAMO BC 1200, with stock trigger, and i absolutly love it, and its getting shipped off to be turbo'd and gold triggere'd... i'm sure after Gene does his magic to it, i will love it that much more! I keep debating on trading the ole girl in, and getting a .22 cal Disco or something, but... the fond memories.. that and .177 is just so much more fun to shoot. and cheaper.
454/ED
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I'm certainly glad I have a few older GAMO's tucked away in the back of the gun safe :)
A couple of years ago Walmart was selling them off for dirt cheap and I picked up 2 extra Shadows. I didn't need them but for the price I couldn't pass them up. They're both stock, except for the triggers :) and I never really shot them much. They probably only have a couple of tins apiece run through them, then they just sat in the back of the gun safe resting. I also have an 890 that I bought brand new that is resting with the 2 Shadows. I never shot her much either but I'm glad I have her. I had been thinking about selling those 3 rifles because I never shoot them but now I think I'll hold onto em :)
The first adult air rifle I bought when I got addicted to this sport a few years ago was a GAMO Shadow, which I still have and will never part with. She has whacked more starlings than I can count. She's been worked on a little and is a super fine shooter. This spring, when the starlings return to the duck farm, she'll come out of hibernation and wreak havoc on the yellow beaks :)
I'm also glad that I got my "older" .177 and .22 CFX's and my .22 Black Shadow. The Black Shadow was my main squirrel gun for a couple of seasons and she's one heck of a hunter :)
To bad GAMO changed their guns :( I think in the long run they'll realize they made a mistake when the sales start to drop off.
Jeff
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Ed,
Why not both ? Tune the BC, then get a Disco ?
Paul.
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You can't trade her in.... she was your first rifle... that makes her special....
I agree with Paul,,, get the BC tuned and then get the disco :)
Jeff
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Jeff,
" ...............To bad GAMO changed their guns :( I think in the long run they'll realize they made a mistake when the sales start to drop off.
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Lets hope that the bean counters don't win out. Over the years I've seen a few companies that "bottom lined" themselves right out of business and the mistakes were was so obvious I have to wonder what were they thinking. Is suicide-by-cheap a business plan taught in business schools ????
Paul.
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Yeah, you may be right Paul :(
Time will tell......
Jeff
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I love my old shadow 1000 and after installing Charliedatuna's wonderful trigger,stuffing the hollow stock with polyester fiberfill,and shooting about 1000+ shots, it is broken in and it is a fine shooter. Someday I will send it to Gene for a Turbo tune, but for getting trigger time in, it is great. It is my first adult air gun, and doing research on it is how I found the GTA. Good shooting,snookman
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well, right now i'd love to get both, but $$$ calls. if i make good on this deployment, a AF Condor might get a home in my gun rack... we shall see. depends, if the tune works out well (which i know it will) i may find i have no use for a second gun... i've always been a one woman guy... :-D
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Sorry, I guess I'm behind a little....what are the changes that GAMO has made to their guns?
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There's a few threads on this forum talking about the changes with the Gamo trigger;
Read Charlie Da Tuner's post in the sticky above; Late model Gamo's brought forward
Another one from Charlie/Bob on the Gamo Gate....a few threads down; Read about....Late model Gamo's
And then there's this one in the Airgun Gate;
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=23207&mid=184416#M184416 (http://thread-view.asp?tid=23207&mid=184416#M184416)
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Wow, what a shame! What's GAMO's motive? Seems so counterproductive. I sure am glad I have an old BC with the gold trigger now. I might have to hit WalMart and see if there are any more old versions still out there.
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yea, sounds like a good idea, of course, i got to shoot a RWS 48 sidelever today, in .22, and fell in love