Hi Guys! Whats the best GAMO Gun??

[namemer]

Hi Y'all ;-)  Im wondering about some of the other gamo-guns around. got an recommendation for the CFX (looks amazing!!) really like the loading type and the break barrel!

But what about Crosman?? i see they got an AMAZING solution, the Nitro Piston instead of the old Spring! what is your opinion on this system cus it looks atractive to me hehe!
Have any of you tryed the new system??

[shadow]

The CFX is a good shooter out of the box and with a tune even better. I own the .22 version and she's been a dependable accurate shooter from day one. The downside is that Gamo has come out with a new CFX with a different trigger that doesn't except the sweet GRT-III trigger upgrade. :0  As far as the Nitro go's I couldn't give you the skinny on them but several family members here own them and hopefully will jump in with some info. Ed

[longislandhunter]

I agree with my buddy Ed...... the CFX is a nice rifle.  I have one in .177 and also in .22 and they are scary accurate and great hunters.  Ed brought up a good point though,, the new ones don't accept the GRT trigger which as far as I'm concerned is not an option but a necessity.  

As for the Nitro..... I don't own one but I have had an opportunity to shoot them.  The ones I shot were good shooting rifles.  I'm sure the members who actually own one will chime in and give you all the info you need.....

JEff

[namemer]

Does Gamo have a version with Nitro?

[RedFeather]

You can drop a ram into many Gamos, including the CFX. Will it be the equal of a Nitro? Don't know. Personally, I think a well-tuned older Gamo (pre-modular trigger) is nothing to sneeze at. You can find good, used CFX's for not a whole lot.

[noisemedia]

If I may chime in (kinda late) Id add my 2 cents to the CFX recommendation. Ive owned a few different Gamos (Big Cat, Whisper, CFX) and the CFX has out done them all in accuracy by a mile.

[KenPCPilot]

I tried two Gamo rifles and was total disappointed with both and for the same reasons.  My first was the Gamo Shadow 1,000 and the second was a Gamo Whisper.  They were very lightweight due to cheap plastic stocks.  The twang and vibration from the spring recoil was the worst of any spring rifle I have ever fired.  I found the triggers to be quite heavy and tight on the stock rifles.  Neither had anywhere near close to the advertised 1,000 fps.  Their accuracy was very poor regardless of the pellet I used.   If you have the money try one of the more reliable rifles like Beeman or RWS.  If you are like me and can only afford bargin rifles the Bam B-21, B26, or B-40 I have owned for many years and all have held up well.  The accuracy is decent and most of them will shoot at the high fps ranges.  Maybe others have had better luck with upgrades to their Gamo rifles but there you go adding additional costs to get something to shoot nice.  I only have up graded the B21 .177 with a Maccari spring and it shoots CP heavies at 900-950 fps.  I upgraded my Walter Falcon Hunter with a gras ram spring and it is a real beast at .25 caliber.  My only complaint with that gun is the cheap plastic stock.  I am sorry but I always try to tell people my sad stories to avoid making the same  mistakes I did twice of following Gamos good advertising hype.

[namemer]

got some opinion about the nitro piston ?

[kp4att]

HERE YOU CAN FIND SOME INFO:

http://www.crosman.com/blogs/croswords/?p=229

/ GERALD

[KenPCPilot]

Sorry I have never shot the Nitro piston NPSS.  As I said before I have the Air Venturi gas ram upgrade on my Walther Falcon Hunter.  I am really satisified with it.  The cocking and firing is very smooth and solid.  The accuracy is decent but not one hole.  It is a .25 so there is a limited variety of pellets to try in it.  I think a heavier wood stock would also help reduce some of the recoil.  I shot a gas ram Beeman and thought the same thing as far as solid recoil versus twangy like vibrating recoil.  It will be interesting to see how Nitro pistons hold up over thousands of shots compaired to spring piston rifles.  It looks like gas ram is  going to become more common.  Unfortunately most of the video or information I have seen comes from the manufacterer or marketer of the Nitro Piston and I am a little suspisious of their bias.  My only concern I really had initally with the NPSS was the synthetic stock.  How durable is it? Is the rifle too light weight with for the amount of recoil?  Good luck in your purchase.  You should be happy with a gas ram power plant.   I have a PCP rifle and I still shoot my spring and gas ram rifles 10 times as much.  My 11 year old son shoots the PCP rifle more because he likes not having to cock the rifle.

[atchman2]

I have a Gamo Whisper that shoots one hole.  It is by far my most accurate air rifle.  It has a Leapers MilDot scope on it, and a GRT III trigger.  It almost isn't fun to shoot it is so accurate.  I've got nothing but good things to say about them, except for their stock triggers-ROT!

[noisemedia]

Hey namemer, I dont know if this will help but for whats its worth I was able to shoot a Walther Talon with the Nitro piston thingy not too long ago. In my experience it was terrible. However that may say more about the Walther than Gamo. My experiences with Gamo have been great and honestly I thought nothing of their triggers until I was able to play with higher end rifles. There are so many awesome air rifles out there. Ive been so taken by my RWS's as of late I havent touched my CFX in a while. Seriously, its a world of difference. Anyway, good luck.

[ledtone]

If it was me i wouldnt get a gamo.If moneys a problem get a rws 350 mag of the classifieds ive seen them for as low as $250 and never higher than $300 way better gun.  Triggers betwen gamo and rws apples mand oranges.I just saw a beeman r1 for $350 yesterday,now thats another sweet gun that you will never part with. Just my 2  cents.

[shawn67]

I'm with Ken on this one,  I'd much rather have a Mike Melick tuned B26 (which I do), great trigger, smooth as silk, an accurate too, for not much money, I wouldnt have a new CFX if they won't accept the gtr111 trigger, I've shot my friends whisper and I'm not impressed at all, in all fairness his rifle hasn't been tuned, The only complaint that I have heard about the NPSS Crosmans is with the finish chipping off on the stocks and them being a little under powered, remember almost all manufacturers use very light pellets to get their fps ratings up and then they are still over rated sometimes, there are a couple exceptions to that, the Tech Force TF89 is a powerhouse for cheap and the Walther Falcon Hunters are supposed to be real bears too but they are made in Turkey and most tuners wont even attempt to tune one, so take that into consideration, of course if you have deep pockets PCP's are the way to go. Personally I love my springers and shooting them, just cock load and shoot, and my guns are tuned and shoot great, I had Mike Melick tune my B26 and Gene tune my TF89 both in .22, the B26 shoots around 670fps with 14.3 grain pellets and is a tack driver, the TF89 shoots right at 890fps with 14.3s and is just as accurate, there are so any good rifles out there right now it all depends on what you want, the RWS 34s have a big following as do the 350 magnums, and the Beeman R9s, if i had the coin right now I'd buy me a RWS-Hammereli 850 fully prepped and converted to hpa with a Steve Cochran stock from the 850 store, but alas I'm only about 1100 dollars short LOL. So I'm going the cheaper route and gonna do a Qb78 deluxe project that i can put a little each month into.

[pindog2000]

look into the b-40 im done with gamos they went tv on me,socom,deerhunter or whatever :emoticon: im looking at the bam b 40 a tx-200 clone