Information Help Please

[Nealsey]

Basically a Gas Ram replaces the spring on a normal spring gun with something akin
to a car shock absorber.

It changes the firing cycle and gives less recoil. Mainly the realm of Theoben but HW
have one in their range as well.

Nealsey

[andy_scouser]

try before you buy, if you don't want pcp. As usual, try a HW77k, HW97k, HW95k, TX200mk3/hc and prosport (all springers) as well as the gas ram guns.

[Gwylan]

Most clubs have an air bottle which members, (or visitors,) can use for a small fee. This might help to keep the cost of a PCP down. A good springer is about £250, a PCP, about £300-350. Gas rams tend to cost more than springers.
Visit a club and see what people are using, and "try before you buy."
Don't forget, a good scope is just as important as the rifle. To see where your pellets are hitting at longer ranges, you need something that will give you about 10 to 12X mag.

Gus

[R.A.S.]

Thanks for the replies, I now understand what a gas-ram is, but with a similarly priced/quality springer and gas-ram what would the differences be in accuracy, consistency and recoil.

[andy_scouser]

iveshot some fantastic gas rams and some awful ones.... I find them extremely hold sensitive and pellet fussy. But others don't

Get yourself a springer

[Ideot Savant]

I wouldnt worry about the rifles power plant. Gas ram or spring, either can work well. I'd be more concerned about the fit, balance and trigger etc.

[1952paul0]

my boy put one in his lightning. total transformation. NICE

[99CLOMP]

I wouldnt worry about the rifles power plant. Gas ram or spring, either can work well. I'd be more concerned about the fit, balance and trigger etc.

This is very good advice,and buy the very best scope you can afford,buy cheap buy twice,

[99CLOMP]

the recoil with a gasram is sharper than a spring, some have been known to destroy scopes,I Have owned two gasrams both were inconsistant rubbish, PHERHAPS I was unlucky, but some people love them,