took the plunge.

[seanyboy]

I've finally got a pistol. I picked up a second hand gamo 45. This is going to be tested tonight at the club.
Is it true? its very similar to the compac, but without the grips and trigger.

[Iain K D]

That's about it - plain chequered plastic grips instead of contoured wood, no adjustment on the trigger (unless you adjust the spring inside) and a more basic trigger blade.

I don't know what you'll be using it for, but bear in mind you will be stuck with the open sights - there are no grooves for fitting a red dot sight or pistol scope.

Iain

[seanyboy]

Had a quick try with this 45 last night. Am very impresed.
I'll be in the garden for some time I reckon. I found the sights a little chunky though, I might shave them a tiny amount and see if a dab of white makes life easier.

[Iain K D]

I'm not sure if this is the problem, but before you do anything permanent remember the width of the rearsight notch can be adjusted - there is a small screw on the opposite side to the windage adjustment (if you don't have the manual).

Iain

[derekm]

You'll be able to go quite a long way with the 45, before you need to upgrade to a Compact or maybe something even better. Stick with it and don't let any cheque book snobs get you down!

[jtw000]

I never had the Game 45 but had the 23, (twice) and liked it although I thought the 45 looked better. It's a shame they dropped it from the range.

[Iain K D]

I think you might be thinking of the Auto 45 - a CO2 powered, sort-of Glock styled pistol, which is discontinued.

I meant the PR-45, a single shot SSP, as per the original post a basic version of the Compact.

Iain

[seanyboy]

I'm not sure if this is the problem, but before you do anything permanent remember the width of the rearsight notch can be adjusted - there is a small screw on the opposite side to the windage adjustment (if you don't have the manual).

Iain

Thanks for that young sir.

[Firestorm]

I'm not sure if this is the problem, but before you do anything permanent remember the width of the rearsight notch can be adjusted - there is a small screw on the opposite side to the windage adjustment (if you don't have the manual).

Iain

Iain,

You are my hero!!...:D
I,ve got the manual for my compact, and STILL missed the bit about the rear sight adjustment.....:o.

That's certainly helped...;)

Russ

[Iain K D]

Glad to be of help.

Iain

[seanyboy]

I'm blind. Can't see a screw:o. Does that mean I'm special:confused:

[Iain K D]

It's not a nice, clearly defined screw head, more like a grub screw (about 3-4mm across) and even then it isn't a complete slot for a screwdriver, it looks like the centre of the screw has been drilled out.

The top of these pictures is looking at it from the correct side to show what I mean (on the Compact):

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/zoomed_model.pl?model_id=61

Unless older PR45s don't have this feature at all - I'm not sure on that either way.

Iain

[Firestorm]

On mine, it was screwed quite a way in so it had "sunk" into the sight a fair way, thats why my sight was sooooo wide.:)

Russ

[seanyboy]

It looks like some one has tried to adjust mine in the past. As mine has one side of the slot broken away. Will try and slot in a smallr screw driver:rolleyes:.