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Gateway To Product Reviews => Pellet Reviews => : September 16, 2007, 01:37:15 PM
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many people think gamo pellets suck, but theresa standard lead one that doesnt. its the gamo hunter. in my viper ,they grouped the tightest out of the other 3 standard gamo pellets. also, they are advertised for their impact, and boy, do they have impact. there i was, hunting in my woods, and found the best spot with a view of two large trees, and waiting for some squirrels. There one was, and the normal shakiness of the offhand hold was suddenly gone, as i aimed for the vitals. SMACK! the pellet had a large impact, and went through the other side. As it fell from the tree, it caught a branch of a smaller tree, and swung from it to its doom. it moved for 2 secs, and then died. I am incredibly impressed with these pellets, and would definately use them again. it was about 30 yard shot, squirrel was 20 feet up tree. if you guys want pics, you'll get pics, but i gotta warn you, those pellets made huge entry and exit channels, and it is very bloody.
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OK pic's hehe, throw em up in the Hunting Gate. All of my hunter's love the Gamo Hunter's, Master Point's, Magnum's and Pro Magnum's. All of these pellet's have taken thier share of game, good shootin by the way. :) Ed
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Vipe, I'm with ya' on the .22 Gamo Hunters. They flatten beautifully, and pack a wallop because of it. My .177 (both .22 and .177 are Gamos) likes the CPHP pellets, though. I sort my ammo, so deforms are pitched. The Hunters are nuttin' special to look at, but they work beautifully.
Charles
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I have limited experience, but my favorite pellets so far are the Gamo Hunters. I shoot .177 and have tried Crosmans, the Gamo variety pack (match, magnums, points) and superdomes (excellent fit/finish). The hunters were the most accurate for my gun giving me very consistant results.
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Robert, I agree with you. Gamo Hunters are one of my prefered pellets. The Hunter is the pellet that performs best, gives the best accuracy in my RWS 34 .177, even beating out the BSA Wolverine (JSB exacts) in that rifle. I have found that the Hunters perform well in many of my rifles and in the ones that shoot a bit better with the Wolverines, the Hunter is usually a very close second.
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The Gamo Hunter's do work well in several of my babies on small game and fly true. When P-dog hunting though I switched to Predator's, the Hunter's had the knockdown but I wanted extreme penetration. P-dog's like G-hog's can be tough fella's and the Predator's go in and destroy bone and organ's, less chance of em getting back to their hole's. The Hunter is still one of my "go to" pellet's though. :) Ed
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I just recently bought a tin of GAMO Hunters in .22,,,, I think I'll have to give em a try and see how they fly :)
Jeff
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The first P-dog hunt I used them and I took two down if I remember right at almost forty yard's. I hit several more, heard the nice impact which is clear when your in a field alone and it's dead silent but they still made it to the hole. :0 When I switched to the Predator's they didn't make it to the hole hehe. Ed
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I'm with you guys. I'm definitely a Gamo fan. I like the Match as well.
For some reason, as PeakChick will attest, they have gotten a bit scarce in our parts.
They are also sold under the Winchester disguise. I just bought some in .22 to try in my B26.
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I like the Gamo Hunters too, they shoot true in a Whisper and fragment into little jagged stars on impact, pretty impressive.
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I agree... if the Hunters work well as far as accuracy is concerned. But.... better yet,.... they are usually a faster pellet because of the design of the skirt. They expand and seal better in the barre and with less drag/resistance as a rule and usually add anywhere from 20 to 50-60 fps depending on the gun.
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The Hunters fit so tight on my Whisper I use the Pell tool to push them in, they are a tight fit, they sound different when fired and hit my trap with an audible plink sound, only the Rockets are louder hitting the trap and they ruin the trap. I like the Hunters because whenever I pick them out of phonebook, softrubber etc then smash flat into a jagged nasty star looking thing or when they hit straight metal they totally go frangible and disintergrate. There is a Barnes bullet that does that also for .223 cal. "BARNES BULLETS 22CAL. .224 DIA. 36GR VARMINT GRENADE BOX OF 250 Created by exclusive technology Barnes developed for military applications, the new Varmint Grenadeâ„¢ bullet features a highly frangible, copper-tin composite core. Remains intact at ultra-high velocities, yet fragments explosively on impact. Virtually vaporizes ground squirrels and prairie dogs. Pinpoint accuracy for dependable long-range kills."
The Hunters aren't all that but the closest there is for my rifle so far. They are the most accurate after the Rockets, BUT, the Rockets are very expensive, always out of stock(like Predators), go through most things all the others don't, ruins traps and backstops, destroys game, fits in the breach horrible-very tight, have excess wings and clutter all over them showing terrbile QC, but even still shoot straight with all the crap hanging off them. The Hunters are my go to pellet for availability, cost, accuracy and effectiveness.
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+1 for the Hunters, "One shot One Kill" on all the small game i have launched them at. I think they perform especially nice in hi-velocity guns as they deform nicely on impact.
Also very accurate
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Another vote for the hunters. Cabellas Outfitters worked well, but I suspect that they're really just rebranded Crosman Premier HP's, which my guns also like.
Good luck.
Parks
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Gamo pellets absolutely DO NOT work in my Varmint Hunter...I'm talkin' 2-3" groups @ 15 yards.
Makes no sense...
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These are all the pellets i have in my house. 'nough said!
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But my QB-57 loves them. :)
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lol mine does best with those two so far as well!
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My G1 extreme likes these pellets as well..
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Hunters group the best of any locally obtained pellet in almost any of my .177 guns.
I recently picked up a Crosman phase 1 1377 (old 150 style grip-steel breech) that has a magnetized bolt for shooting BB's. The bore isn't the greatest, but I can still get the Hunters to group about an inch to inch and quarter at 10 yards. CPHP's "pattern" about 4" at the same 10 yds. That's an extream example, but I have similar results in other guns. CPHP's are about the worst thing going in any of my .177's except my Chinese underlever. I don't understand it. I really want to use those Premier pellets. I buy a pack from time to time to try and always the same thing.
Locally available Crosman points work well in my .22 caliber guns except for my Baikal MP512. It thrives on cheap Daisy Wadcutters.
One of these days I'm going to break down and order some Gamo Hunters in .22 to see if they work as well as their.177 counterparts.
airgunandy
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thats odd, the CPHP shoot the closest POI and groups as Gamo H for me. Maybe it is the harder lead not enjoying your BBed up bore
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Does anyone know why there is a 7.56 gr. and a 8.3 gr. version of hunters........I was given some 7.56 and wondered why i didn't see it sold anywhere
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Of the .177 Diablo pellets I have weighed for uniformity, Gamo Hunters edge out Beeman FTS pellets , and both are much better than BSA Wolverines aka JSB Exacts. Not surprising that they turn out to be very accurate. So if your air rifles shoot them well, then they turn out to be a real bargain. They are, by the way, on average, exactly the labeled weight: 7.56 grains.
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i started using the gamo hunter .22's. my rws 54 loves them and i can hold better groups with the hunters than i can with jsb's or superdomes. its all i will shoot in the 54. now on the other side of the coin, my r-1 hates them. i get 1-1/2" groupings on the r-1 and 1/4" groupings on the 54 at 30 yards.
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Go figure. But what ever it is that guns like or don't like, it would seem that variability in the weight of individual pellets isn't the issue with the Gamo Hunters. It looks like the Gamos are swaged rathe than die cast. Each has small, flat "nipple" on the dome that varies a bit from pellet to pellet if you look very closely. And from what I read, the swage marks on the skirt are in an area where air flow over them is not apt to make any difference whatsoever. I haven't really checked out the performance of the Gamo Hunters except in the CDT tuned Gamo Hunter Elite. It is cranking out around 980 fps and doesn't care for the Gamo hunters at all -- likes the Beeman FTS best.
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Every air rifle or air gun at different stages of wear and use will favor one style of pellet or another. I think along the lines of what CDT says. The Hunters are soft lead and when inserted into a barrel breech and you have to push it in to seat you will find that to be the most accurate and will also experience a tad higher FPS...:) Now hunters are no different than any other pellet made. They all are not the same as Tom has pointed out in his weight comparison charts. You also have to take into account the barrel lands and crown as far as accuracy goes.
I have had new air guns start off shooting RWS Superdomes and they gave me not the highest FPS but the most consistent groups. Now this can change over time. As lead builds up in the lands of the barrel. And also after a good tune with a new spring, seal, spring guide and proper lube. I have Gamo springers that loved RWS Superdomes and after I had tuned them they would change eating habits.
Oh well what a science..:)
Gene
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I shoot the Daisy .22SG and have found the Gamo Match & Hunter pellets work very well for me. I like the added weight of the Hunters for hunting beyond 20 yards and their accuracy. The match work well for game to twenty yards but accuracy suffers for longer shoots. I have purchased these online and shipping deforms them. I now buy locally (120 miles away sometimes) and have found these pellets to be more uniform. Also a pellet seater might work wonders for these deformed ones. Pad your tin if you carry them quite a bit to reduce deformity. I love .22 cal pellets easier to use and with gamo's -price is great. Stock-up!!!
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Thanks for the review. Dont see too many on these.
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I'm 55 years old and an old powder gun shooter. I recently bought a new Crosman 1077 with 4x32 scope, and later, a Beeman 1024 takedown rifle. The Beeman comes with a horrible scope, so I have a new one coming.But I have been shooting it through the junk scope it came with. My 1077 seems to like the Gamo Match and Gamo Masterpoints. Just today I tried some shooting with my Beeman.It seems to like Beeman Silver Bears,Gamo Match wadcutters,and the Gamo Hunters.But more serious testing will have to wait untill my new scope arrives.
Jon
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In my steroid 392 the hunter does quite well...and is a pretty well made pellet, especially for the price...but for a little more $$$ i get way better downrange knockdown power from the JSB 15.9...