Before I buy a CFX .22....

[davee1]

Right on man...get that railroad tie in front of it and fire away. And then please post your numbers. Inquiring minds want to know....

Oh yeah and what about the party?

[r1derbike]

Party will be held at location below.  John is my brother.  Check-out the upper and lower shooting range links.  Be sure and click on the upper range links (blue highlighted text).  Susan is my sister, Rick is my brother, and so on, and so on, and so on...

Charles

http://www.johndawson.org/shooting/shooting4fun.html :emoticon:

[davee1]

and the party favors...make that two railroad ties....

[vinceb]

...since I only used a .22 B4-2 to take out MY chrony! But .45 at short range? Now THAT'S doin' it right....

[vinceb]

I've seen Gamo springs get "crunched" from one or two (bad) diesel shots. Their free length shortens by about 1/2-3/4", reducing preload and causing a significant power loss.

Others have reported broken Gamo springs, although I've never had it happen to me. I did have one break in a B19 once, but not in a Quest, either.

As for the seals, I'd be a lot more concerned about the rear seal than the front one. Also, bear in mind that if you dismember the gun, Gamo will wash their hands of it!

At this point, you might be better off talking to both pyramyd and Gamo. It might help if you chronied it with Gamo pellets. Perhaps the factory will take care of the issue, but you need to talk to a rep directly, get his name, and include a letter with a summary of your conversation and the name of the guy you talked to.

I don't have a chronometer, but my new .22 CFX is shooting thru three empty soup cans lined up one behind the other at 100 feet. That's with  superdomes. Seems to me that's plenty of power-700 to 725 fps maybe?
These zig-zaggy threads can be confusing. I meant to post this in the thread above this one (I think).

vinceb - 9/17/2007  6:59 AM

...since I only used a .22 B4-2 to take out MY chrony! But .45 at short range? Now THAT'S doin' it right....

You have strange ideas on what is right!
Yeah, I did it in the winter, and my feet slid in the snow, and the slug slammed into the top edge of the display, knocking the entire thing down, and the tripod with it.
I was just glad that the slug didn't come right back at me, but the LCD screen was spiderwebbed, the housing for the electronics was hopelessly mangled, and (naturally) it didn't work at all.
I sent it back with a check for $50, and Shooting Chrony returned it within two weeks.
Great service, and I am using the same Chrony (purchased in 1988) to this day.
I have considered getting an Alpha Master, which has the cable to take the sensitive electronics and display out of harm's way, but I don't see the need, since I have learned my lesson to shoot from a stable rest when I break out the old F-1..
 :emoticon:

Well, I'm not an air rifle hunter- yet, just having fun shooting at cans so far. I've had my .22 CFX for a few  weeks and am able to shoot thru three tin cans lined up one behind the other at 100 ft, using superdomes. I've no idea what the fps reading would be, but it has enough punch for this can plinker. The rifle not only has chutzpah, but I've been whacking those cans with open sights wearing trifocals, so the gun is a straight-shooter too.
(this was originally posted to the wrong thread, and I don't see any way to delete it from there).

Okay, I just finished re-checking all of my velocities with BOTH the .177 and the .22 Gamo CFX airguns.
I only fired a couple of "wake up" shots to start with, then I took one reading with each pellet.
Okay, on with the numbers.

.22 Muzzle Velocities:
H&N Baracuda Match (aka Beeman Kodiak) - 521
Beeman Ram Jet                                       - 592
Beeman Crow-Magnum                              - 555
Beeman Silver Arrow                                 - 608
Beeman Field Target Special                      - 615
RWS Super H-Point                                   - 640
RWS Superdome                                       - 660
JSB Predator Polymer Tip                           - 626
JSB Exact                                                - 566

.177 Muzzle Velocities:
Beeman Kodiak                                         - 687
Beeman Ram Jet                                       - 766
Beeman Crow-Magnum                              - 771
Beeman Silver Ace                                    - 774
Beeman Coated Hollow Point                      - 802
Gamo Magnum                                          - 817
Gamo Rocket                                            - 723
Gamo Tomahawk                                       - 732
RWS Super H-Point                                   - 891
RWS Superdome                                       - 796
JSB Predator Polymer Tip                           - 768
JSB Exact                                                - 745
Crosman Premier Ultra Magnum                   - 641
Crosman Premier Hollow Point                     - 822

Obviously, there has been some variation from my original numbers, especially with the .22.
No longer does a given pellet in .22 outrun the same type in .177, and the Baracudas are coming out approximately at the same speed as the OP is getting.
In fact, I am getting about 30fps LESS than Davee1.
My apologies for having such out of whack numbers initially, causing you so much consternation.
I DID Chrony my .22 when it was brand new, so I suspect that I _DID_ have dieseling my numbers quite a lot.
Either way, I feel far from cheated with both of my Gamos.
In fact, I think they are a tremendous bargain.
To better them significantly, I would probably have to plunk down two or three times what I gave for them with a Beeman R1, HW97, Beeman RX-2, or Air Arms TX-2000.