Done with Gamo Pellets...

[gamo2hammerli]

None of mine looks like some of IRBents Tomahawks.....   Just very tight, perfect or too loose.  Haven't shot them long distance yet....so I don't know how accurate they are....

If I ever put in a pellet that was too loose, or found more than a couple bad skirts, I would immediately pitch the entire tin.

I'm not going to spend $220+ on a pellet gun and risk damage to it over $5 worth of pellets.

I'll gladly take that loss before I would ever chance damage to my rifle.

-Mark

There are quite a few forgiving air rifles you might like.  Come up with a price range and I'll come up with several you can check out within that price range.

[LPC]

my big cat actually prefers Gamo rockets. at 25-35 feet it sits hole in hole shots. i just have to dial the elevation on the scope up higher then usual to shoot them.

I'm done with most Gamo pellets as well.  I tried a sampler pack that I bought at Dick's sporting goods (my choices were limited) and it seems like every other shot flies off high and to the left. Admittedly, I'm new to this and not the best shooter but it was getting ridiculous.  I picked up some Crossman pellets today and they shoot much more consistently. I ordered a few different kinds of pellets from Pyramyd air as well and hope I find something my gun likes.  Maybe it was just the junk that theyoffer in the sampler pack that was low quality.  I did order one package of pellets from the Gamo premium line and hope they do better.

[Machinist]

Robby:
As a tool & diemaker and machinist retired from a plant that built, produced parts from and serviced both plastic and die-cast injection molds; it appears to me that the Tomahawk pellets it the photo came from a worn out mold. The mold parting-line edges are eroded and the corepins are either worn or the corepin holes have excessive wear producing the skirt "flash" IMHO.
If it were me, I would send those pellets back to the seller as defective.

What goes around, comes around - even if it flies.

Mike (Machinist)

my uncle just bought a gamo shadow last week, and before I even said anything to him he was complaining about how bad the PBA's are. he said he had switched to the CPHP's and all the grouping problems went away.

I recommended this site, so he might show up to read it, but I doubt he'll post anything.

-Mark

[gamo2hammerli]

Most shooters here say the PBA's are too light for high fps air guns.  I bought 3 Gamos in the last month or so...and have 150 free PBA pellets....I've only shot them out of my Diana model 24...which shoots only 495fps.  The "experts" here say that light pellets might damage your gun...I think the PBA's are 5.?? grains each.  On the other hand...too heavy a pellet might damage your gun also.....

[wolf1bravo]

I'm new to the air rifle end of shooting but I've read most of the stuff written about the Gamo pellets and especially the PBAs.  I was told by the guy who sold me my Hunter Elite that I should shoot about a 1000 to 1500 pellets before shooting any PBAs to allow everything to "settle in."  I understand the wearing in or settling in idea; but why would Gamo come up with a pellet design that is harmful to their guns???  And someone suggested that a pellet that goes supersonic is necessarily bad for the gun.  Anyone know why that's the case?

Jerry

[gamo2hammerli]

No expert here...but from what I've read here (GTA); the pellet going supersonic is not bad for your air gun (It might be bad for your pellet since it might tumble in flight...which causes misses...).....it's HOW the pellet achieve supersonic speeds that might harm the air gun. Most pellets that goes supersonic are light in weight....so when you pull the trigger, the spring surges forward and the pressure builds up and propels the pellet forward.Since with less weight (pressure (pellet)) slowing the piston down....the piston will slam into the end of the air chamber...which causes more recoil/shock. I would think this would be the cause of air gun failures. I stand to be corrected.