I got my whisper!

I got it! yay!

it was waiting for me at the back door of the house when I got home from work yesterday.

I opened it up, took a look of everything, tried a couple shots with just the irons (plastic actually) and attached the scope. I have to say the barrel sights look pretty nifty compared to what I have seen before, but I didn't bother to bring them in since I went directly to attaching the scope.

I attached it and plinked off a few crosman premier hollow points in the basement, about ten yards (30 feet) distance. everything seemed a little low and left, so I adjusted for it and once I got used to the springers action (I have never had a springer before) and "bangk!" noise from the action, I was able to bring her in to under a dime for twelve consecutive shots.

getting a bit of smoke coming from the pellet insert area when I open it up to put another in, so I am going to stop for a bit untill I get some new cloths to run through to clean it out this afternoon.

for what I have heard so far about the triggers being not-so great, I have to say this really doesn't seem all that bad. its no where near as crappy as my dads Winchester model (a daisy 800 x or s something I remember seeing laser marked on the barrel). his daisy is garbage compared to this number. I am going to contact Charlie later to see if there is anything he can recommend for my dads rifle.

the only thing I really don't care for too much about the rifle is the height that the scope has to be to get over the dampener diameter. I have to rest my cheek quite a bit higher than on my crosman 2100 classic, and its annoying but I think I can get used to it.

also, when I try the highest setting on the scope, I can't focus on anything in the house, and I plan to take it to the local range with my dad, because I know he'll want to play with it too, and get it sighted for some longer distances.

even the fiancee says it is much quieter than my crosman 2100. its hard to tell as the shooter, because your head is right next to the mechanism. I do have a dB meter (I am a musician) that I plan to take some actual reading of the whispers noise level at different locations and distances once I get some new batteries for it.

I am going shopping for some more/different pellets to try out with it in a couple hours.

overall I am pretty pleased!

-Mark

PICS...we need pics!

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Congrat's "M" the Whisper from Gamo is a good shooter out of the box. Now when you toss in a tune and trigger it's a whole new experience n shootin and CDT is the Gentlman to talk to, he's the GURU of tuning em. Keep us posted on how she settle's in and shoot's and with the sound level's that she's puttin out. Ed

I had planned on doing something to the effect with our Whisper today but things got changed.  I don't have a meter but had planned on using my recording studio to record the Whisper, the Big Cat and my RWS 48.  You should be able to hear the difference and the see decible range in the recording software.  Maybe I'll get back to that project soon enough then we can compare resluts.

sure. I'll post them with a comparison to my 2100 too.

I plan to do it sometime this week, might be busy with more family stuff.

after I had stopped shooting for a bit I bought some cloths to run through the barrel, and most shots are now one on top of the other on the target! I still need to get more distances though, my basement just isn't long enough to make this accurate where I want it to be.

-Mark

I'd be interested in knowing how it all works out. I ordered on and my card was charged so i have to assume it shipped. Now I'm sitting by the back door watching for the brown truck to drive up!! I ordered the gas ram in mine, my brother has the spring so we'll compare these also.

I'll post my test readings sometime during this week, got some family stuff that is more important right now.

good luck with your whisper!~

I just bought a hard palano case for mine last night, and its too small! that goofy scope sticks up much farther than normal I guess.

Mark, would it work to remove the scope rail from the top of the receiver and mount the scope rings directly to the receiver dovetails? I haven't seen a Whisper (nor heard one ;~) in person, but the picture I've seen looks like there is some kind of rail there, similar to what's on my CFX. Depending on how much room you need to fit her into your new case, it could be a possibility. I also liked the way my CFX sighted with the slightly lower scope too after I removed the rail.

Bryan

I thought about doing that but it looked like the two were different sizes when I just glanced at it. I'll have to look closer tonight- I should finally have some time to get some things done.