hi again.
so a few days ago i've bought a scope (i postponed the CO2 pistol purchase for a later time)...since i was on an extremely tight budget i decided to go for a gamo, specifically the Gamo 4x32 WR. after doing quite some research on the panthers barrel droop i've chosen to rather have a go at shimming the back ring rather than buy an adjustable scope mount. the mount is a gamo one piece TS-250 high.
http://shrani.si/f/2C/HT/WC8xpcf/picture-002.jpghttp://shrani.si/f/31/Xv/1rNWmKlg/picture-003.jpghttp://shrani.si/f/3/CC/3L3YkUeJ/picture-004.jpgi've made a muzzle weight...well it's not exactly a weight since it's out of aluminum. i didn't like having the front sight on so i changed it to this which looks better and still protects the muzzle from damage.
http://shrani.si/f/x/81/1BASS4RC/picture-005.jpgif you look closely you can see a shim at the back of the ring...i'v run out of film negatives so i just put a thin piece of flexible plastic foil (don't really know how it's called...i think it's PVC foil)
http://shrani.si/f/2W/oi/4QaGDyQ1/picture-006.jpgsince it's well known that on the panther the mount likes to creep, i first wanted to drill a screw in the front of the mount and put some kind of washer so that it prevents movement, but i was lazy and besides the gamo mount has the stopping pin really near the edge so i didn't bother drilling.
so far i've shot some 200 shots and the scope still seems zeroed in.
the gun still smokes just a tiny bit, like expected...but we'll see how it works after 1000 shots.
so far...i'm impressed at the gamo stuff...sure, it's obviously less polished that the more expensive stuff but for the money i can't complain. for example the original Diana adjustable mount costs almost 4x times more and i've also heard that it doesn't allow you too many height adjustments before the screws go bad.
