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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Gamo Gate => : Gene_SC August 03, 2007, 08:25:24 AM
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A short review of my first review (Pellet Accuracy & Handling). Out of the box with iron sites. Out of the box with Gamo 3-9X40 Variable Scope. Final (Pellet Accuracy & Handling) after major Turbo Tune and GRT-III Trigger installationresults.
To start off with the overall handling of the Gamo Whisper in my opinion is better than any of my previous Gamo Air Rifles. I dohave quite a few of them and the Gamo Whisper is the best balanced overall. For those of youwho like heavy air rifles will be missing out on a very well designed air rifle in the Gamo Whisper. For those of you who like a well balanced lite weight magnum that shoots very consistently will reek the benefits of the Gamo Whisper.
This particular Gamo Whisper that Bob received from Gamo to test had spring noise and was, I would say about average on the cocking follow through. Rough but not metallic rough. The stock can be used by left and right handed shooters. The piece that comes off the back of the action blends into the top fore stock. Very nice change because it gives the Gamo Whisper a sleeker and smoother look. The sites are exactly the same as the CFX iron sites front and rear. The checkering has changed to a finer grit of roughness but very nice to grip. The barrel of course is incased in very hard plastic laminant, I think Bob will reflect some on this. The rifling is superior to any Gamo air rifle I have seen to date, Of course the Whisper Moderator controls the bark of the pellets exiting the muzzle under 1100 fps quite well.
So the over allHandling of the Gamo Whisper is better than any Gamo I have shot to this date. It is fun to shoot easy to shoulder and without a dought in my opinion an excellent hunting and target air rifle.
Now for the Accuracy.. Well I started off with iron sights and then graduated to the Gamo Scope that came with the package. There were four separate targets used with fourtype of pellets. RWS Superdomes.Gamo Hunters, Beeman FTS, and Gamo Tomahawks. These are generally the pellets that most all my Gamo's like. The same series of targets and pellets were used on the second testing with the Gamo scope. Then Bob and I dissected the Gamo Whisper and gave it a Turbo Tune and GRT-III trigger. Now I took the Gamo Whisper home after we ran it through the chrony. This morning I got up early and with no wind or sun I set up the first target which I used to site in another scope that I took off one of my S1K's. It had a Barska 4-12X40 AO scope and a medium Accushot mount. After I got the scope and Gamo Whisper hitting the center of each bulls I brought out a new target for the final Accuracy test. And if you have been following the targets in my previous part 1 and 2 reviews you will see the outcome of what to expect out of a Gamo Whisper after some TLC. Also you must realize that this air rifle has less than 300 pellets through since the Turbo Tune, and maybe roughly 600 pellets prior to that.
My overall opinion of the Accuracy of the Gamo Whisper is excellent. It reacts to tuning like a race car. Typically like all air rifles it likes certain pellets best for shooting for accuracy. And of course as Bob will tell you it will spit pellets out at different feet per second depending on the brand, weightand type of pellet used.In my opinion the Gamo Whisperis a fantastic target shooter at 30 yards and I am positive that with the right pellet weight, pellet type and brand, it will make for an excellent hunting rifle as well.
Here is the final target set which is just one target with 7 bulls.I chose the pellet that I feltthat the Gamo Whisper would do best with and they were the RWS Superdomes 8.3gr.I was just going to shoot 4 target bulls like the other reviews butI got carried away so take a look and judge for yourselves at the final results after a bit of TLC and the right pellet. 7 bulls, 10 shots per bull,scoped at a bench with rest and a measured 30 yards distance from end of barrel.
Gene
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Looks like it won't be long and I will be hitting the button again,hehe. That's some fine shootin Gene and you say you can't see. :emoticon:
Mike
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You could look at it like I do Mike. If you look at the targets before the GRT-III trigger installation and the Turbo Tune and now this target set after the tune and trigger, you might say.... Hmmmmm maybe a good Turbo Tune and Great Trigger really helps my accuracy...:) Also like I said in the review. The Gamo Whisper really reacts to a bit of TLC..:) You really do not know what a difference a good Tune and Trigger combination can do for your Gamo. It is like Gamo makes a great production air rifle but just did not finish the job. Get one, do a good tune and put a new trigger in it and you will experience what I have been experiencing for the last 13 Gamo's.
Gene
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Great Review Gene,
Nicely done, I think Gamo will sell quite a few of these after your and Bob's reviews !
Gamo should give you and Bob each a Gamo Whisper for this review !
Thanks for all your time and effort doing this review for us Gene an you as well Bob !!!
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Now after looking at the first review and target pattern's and now seeing these, UNBELEVABLE Gene. :o What a difference when you take a good shooter and let Bob put his magic in it to make it a GTA Great shooter. Im still going back and looking at the pattern's, wow. Great review and shooting buddy, now put your glasses back on hehe. Bob and you took the time and gave us all a look at what I think would be a good investment and better with a Da Tuna Tune. Thank's for the reveiw Gentlemen and I'm seeing one of these babies in my gun hope chest hehe. Ed