Received a CFX w/Gas Ram

Rob, good luck with your new baby,I hope it works out well.....I don't understand why you are losing that much FPS ,I'm not a big Gamo fan,but I do like my CFX(springer)for the price I can't complain....Is that common with the VENTURI GAS RAM.to lose velocity like that.....I personally like the gas ram better, I would look into that situation and maybe contact P.A., maybe they have a better answer...keep us posted....

[BigCat1]

I saw a .177 whisper from PA that was a G-R and it was only shooting in the 500's so I think you are doing better than you think ..............

A .177 gas ram Whisper from PA that was shooting in the 500's?  You sure it was a .177 and not a .22?  You can go to PA's website and watch the video review and see the Whisper with a gas ram out pace the spring fed version.  It seems like the gas ram was spitting them out at 900 fps but their springer was at 877 fps.  Our spring fed Whisper shoots in the 890 range which is very comparable.  The CFX is averaging ~810 fps

Well I thought I'd do some test driving of the new CFX gas ram machine.  After shooting 30 groups of 5 to see what I could get this thing to do, I decided to sight it in at 30 yards or so.  At 10 yards I was maintaining groups around 0.4" without a good bench rest.  I moved it out to 20 yards to find it was low and a little left.  I few adjustments and I'm close.  I back my target up to 30 yards and I'm a few inches low as expected.  I'm dialing her in and it's maybe 1/2" to 1" low when all of a sudden the gun starts shooting 2" or more low.  I've ran slap out of adjustment on the scope so I'm dead there.  Maybe tomorrow I'll get to re-examine what went wrong.  I may have to move the mount and scope off my RWS onto the CFX.  The mount has the ability to compensate for barrel droop.

Another uh oh, possibly related.  I've owned a Bushnell Trophy 6-18X40 scope since the early 90's.  I sent it back last month and they replaced it totally rather than repairing it.  Today during my CFX testing it began to rain.  Before it got me wet I loaded everything into the garage.  An hour later after the rain had gone I went back at it.  I belive my new scope crapped out as it fogged up on the inside.  This also may have something to do with why the POI went South and hung a left at Aunt Sally's after ~50 more shots.

PA isn't listing the .22 CFX w/GR anymore. I wonder if the gas ram wasn't up to pushing a .22 pell at equal velocity to the steel spring.

[leftcoast1]

I did see a lot of complaints about them not reaching 600 fps. I don't know how the Theoben ram worked out in the cfx but I'm sure it was better. People may not understand the the purpose of the gas ram

I love the feel of operation on the gas ram in comparison to a spring.  As a matter of fact I can see the hole appear in the target through the scope.  That's impossbile with my springers.  I just want it to be accurate and as fast as the springer too.  Is there anything wrong in wanting it all?  LOL