Hi Guys! Whats the best GAMO Gun??

[cubbie99]

I have to chime in hear and defend my whisper!  I had a charlie da tuna tune done with a GRTIII trigger and a leapers mildot scope and it performs with the best of them - a true tack hammer!  but i will say that right out of the box they definately need that new trigger and preferably a Tune.  Just my $.02

[lillysdad621]

cubbie is right... my whisper with the trigger and a gas ram is very hard to beat. it stacks hobbies under a dime at 20 yards and shoots them at 803 fps avg. for a .22 that is decent. and is really quiet to boot.

[North Pack]

I have a .17 cal Whisper with a GRT-III trigger, - great gun. With the GRT trigger, - a tack driver. It's the only Gamo rifle I've owned (so far) - but intend to pick up a Crosman Nitro also this spring.

[mze]

Check my sig.
The B19 is my best Gamo gun.
The CFX muzzle velocity is too inconsistent due to the design of the rotary breech. This is accentuated by the gas ram installation.
I have converted many CFXs and Gamo break-barrels to my own brand of gas ram in order to avoid the Gamo broken spring syndrome.
The break-barrels shown MV spread of ±4 to 5fps.
The CFXs shown MV spread of up to 40fps.
A CFX can average 790fps using a 4.50mm pellet, but loses 95fps when using a 4.53mm pellet. This is typical of every CFX converted and chronied.
The break-barrels deliver the same velocities regardless of pellet size provided the weights remain the same.
All the rifles converted and tested were thoroughly deburred, correctly lubed and fitted with new piston seals, the CFXs getting new barrel/rotary seal and large o-ring.
My own design and brand of seal is of a softer polyurethane than the original Gamo design and is now fitted to all my gas ram conversions and conventionally sprung CFXs.
My springs are manufactured to fit the top hats and rear spring guides correctly and are able to avoid the "Gamo bends".

Vincent

[RedFeather]

Great post about the higher shot-to-shot fps deviation in the CFX when hopped up. I think you are spot on that the dual o-rings can't take the extra pressure. Leakage is probably a design limitation on all tap loaders, either rotary like the CFX or roller like old BSA's and Webley's. Still, they can be very accurate when kept within design working limits. I would trade a docile, accurate springer for one with lots of power but bad behavior. Of course, I like to punch paper.

[LongIslandArcher]

I have the Crosman Nitro NPSS in .22 cal.  At 65 yards, a Crosman Premier HP pellet would penetrate 1/4" into a sheet of 3/4" thick plywood.  Stuck a few in the Oak tree the board was resting against also.

[mze]

The Nitro ram is what does it.

The expression on every customer's face when firing one of my conversions tells the whole story.
Incredulous and blissful.

[airiscool]

North Pack said,
"I have a .17 cal Whisper with a GRT-III trigger, - great gun. With the GRT trigger, - a tack driver. It's the only Gamo rifle I've owned (so far) - but intend to pick up a Crosman Nitro also this spring. "

Same here, but make mine a .22 Whisper with the air venturi, and maybe, hopefully, in a few months, a .22 NSPP.

Paul.

[palonej]

I picked up a Whisper when they first came out. Sent it to the Tuna, Turbo Tune and GRT, and it is the most fun shooting gun, period!!! Since then I bought 2 other models!!! Awesome!!

[kidscollegefund]

I have both a .22 Whisper w/Venturi and a Crossman Nitro.  Hard to say which I like better.  Both are very accurate.  Whisper is lighter.  Nitro is solid and maybe a bit quieter.  Can't go wrong with either.

[palonej]

I agree!!! You do have a GRT on the Whisper, right???

[Evo|ve_S|66]

Just got done shooting my GAMO Whisper Silent Cat today with the GRT-III trigger freshly installed; and first thoughts? Pretty accurate with the cheap-o 4x32 scope (will get replaced soon) and the trigger just needs some to get used to; however that being said, the trigger does bring on a nice addition to a fairly decent shooter such as this GAMO. Gives it personality if you will. Accuracy at oh about 30 yards brings me about a quarter group at best. Especially without a proper bench rest. All in all, I look forward to doing much more testing as soon as I get a scope rail from GAMO, a UTG Compensator Mount, 1piece Weaver scope mount and a 3-9x50 Mildot AO scope. But for now, it will remain a plinker and a pest control shooter with not much focus on target shooting parse. On another note in regards to the GRT...the trigger itself is great, so great that I cannot seem to adjust to it. Having used the stock GAMO trigger for so long, I can't adapt! Haha

As far as the best GAMO rifle? I would say all of their break-barrels are the same in terms of powerplants, construction and functionality; of course except the fact that most of the break-barrels introduce "new" and or "different" features such as a wood stock, synthetic stock, open sights, scope rail, scope and mounts and other minutely small items. That being said, most of the break-barrels will provide almost the same results. However I'm conservative to say the "same". All will shoot at or below 1000FPS and adhere to great accuracy in which abides by the actual shooters current ability and choice of pellets. The CFX follows the same route, conversely it utilizes the accurate feature of an undercocking powerplant with a roller breech. I still need to try a wide variety of other GAMO rifles so I can conclude this..

-Jarred

-Jarred

[itsnotom]

there are

[mze]

The ones that have been worked over by CharliedaTuna, Gene Curtis, and of course - by me!

I do the South African connection. If you are desperate for a really good Gas Ram Gamo comversion, I am your salvation. PM me for the best solution available, I kid you not!

Regards
MZE

[Magnum]

Check this out, I did not read all the posts above so this may be in there?    http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=24315&mid=192583#M192583   I am not convinced the new Gamo's are better, if it were me I would investigate further and maybe try to get a new older model still on the shelf.  
It would be a great shame I think,  if the marketing people are cheapening up the AG to gain bigger piece of the mass market, I hope it works out for them. IMO a Gamo without a GRT-111 trigger would be of little interest