Gamo swarm

[secretagentmole]

Are the Gamo's really that bad, I've just got back into the hobby and not wishing to spend a fortune I opted for the Gamo Varmint Barricade Maxim rifle in .22 comes complete with a 3-9X40WR Gamo scope, £189, so far i've only shot about 30 - 40 pellets after zeroing the scope and have been quite happy with it so far I've been getting 5 shot groups mostly within an inch at 25 yards and in pretty windy conditions, considering it's a new gun and i havn't shot a thing for at least a couple of years I didn't think this was to bad. I managed to rig up the combro and over ten shots didn't get much variation on 11.4 ft lb's using RWS Super Fields.

Gamos do seem to like RWS Superfields. My Phox is nice an accurate with them!

[Shed tuner]

Well, I quite like my Gamo CFX for the money. But it did need quite a bit of internal work - new piston seal and steel weight, and a new guide that actualll supported the spring, piston sleave, and a new spring. And a new barrel as the old one was iffy. And new trigger to get two stages. And a new muzzle lockup. But it is now really quite accurate, light, and nice to shoot

I also think the CF20 (if you get one that aligns) are quite good VFM.

[countryboy]

[QUOTE=mrto;7185861]Not when they are only $199.00 in the States![/QUOTe
That is for the plastic stock, not the lovely beech stocked one for £255.oo.

[gingernut]

Can't be doing with Gamos weird names.

[gingernut]

So I bought one.

Let me first say I am a traditionalist.
No Armalite replicas or bullpups for me.
I'm not keen on plastics either.

This gun has a lot of plastic and is fugly.
Mine has the beech stock with adjustable cheek piece.
The gun is surprisingly light.

You get a 3-9 40 scope with a one piece mount and the rail on the gun is in two sections separated by plastic bumpers.

Two mags -mine are red .22.
Very clearly numbered with warning triangle when it's empty.
The mags are easy to load and click nicely and vertically into the top of the weird bit.

And that's it.
Break and fire. Repeat 9 times.
When empty you press a button and the mag pops out.

I've had a Goldstar and the new system is way better.

Despite the very long weird barrel ,cocking is a bit tough but it will wear in.
The gun makes an odd flat sound on firing and is not quiet.

I hope to go to the range this weekend for a proper test but I'm pleased so far.

I doubt I will become a fan of Gamo build and styling but this is fun stuff for jaded airgunners.
For £250.

[zpaulg]

We're not grumpy, just experienced.

Buy a Gamo, auto load or not, then you can join us in our happy and joyous warnings to others.

Brilliant, made me laugh!

[gingernut]

At the range with it.
The mag system is very good.
Way less fiddling and uncertainty than with my Goldstar.

It is so much easier to insert a mag vertically than sideways.
The mag clearly shows empty and a button pops it out.

Plenty of power and accuracy ok but the scope supplied is a rifle scope so a bit blurred at air gun ranges.
I will swap scopes.
The gun is light and handles well if you remember the long barrel.
It is noisy from the action rather than the barrel.

I've never had a Gamo but its amusing and will no doubt benefit from use and a look inside after the new has worn off.

[venoman]

Working on the later Gamo rifle , i think it might have the build quality of a crisp bag.

[capt hindsight]

So I bought one.

Let me first say I am a traditionalist.
No Armalite replicas or bullpups for me.
I'm not keen on plastics either.

This gun has a lot of plastic and is fugly.
Mine has the beech stock with adjustable cheek piece.
The gun is surprisingly light.

You get a 3-9 40 scope with a one piece mount and the rail on the gun is in two sections separated by plastic bumpers.

Two mags -mine are red .22.
Very clearly numbered with warning triangle when it's empty.
The mags are easy to load and click nicely and vertically into the top of the weird bit.

And that's it.
Break and fire. Repeat 9 times.
When empty you press a button and the mag pops out.

I've had a Goldstar and the new system is way better.

Despite the very long weird barrel ,cocking is a bit tough but it will wear in.
The gun makes an odd flat sound on firing and is not quiet.

I hope to go to the range this weekend for a proper test but I'm pleased so far.

I doubt I will become a fan of Gamo build and styling but this is fun stuff for jaded airgunners.
For £250.

Does the pellet jump the gap from magazine to barrel or is it somehow chambered directly into the breech each time its cycled?

I have an old Gamo Shadowmatic and I think its a great little gun, pellet choice is limited to short pellets if using the tube style magazine and accuracy improves if the magazine isn't used and instead a pellet is loaded as per a normal break barrel. I like it though for short range <20m.

[gingernut]

Probe pushes it in I think.

[gingernut]

Working on the later Gamo rifle , i think it might have the build quality of a crisp bag.

You may be looking through Venom tinted glasses.

[Artfull-Bodger]

Well, I quite like my Gamo CFX for the money. But it did need quite a bit of internal work - new piston seal and steel weight, and a new guide that actualll supported the spring, piston sleave, and a new spring. And a new barrel as the old one was iffy. And new trigger to get two stages. And a new muzzle lockup. But it is now really quite accurate, light, and nice to shoot

I also think the CF20 (if you get one that aligns) are quite good VFM.

It's starting to sound like Triggers Broom!

[venoman]

You may be looking through Venom tinted glasses.

Well if ever your stuck and cant get parts for one you could always try toys are us.

[TonyL]

It's starting to sound like Triggers Broom!

I was thinking along similar lines, but this made me laugh!!!

[Shed tuner]

It's starting to sound like Triggers Broom!

My post was a fraction tougue in cheek, but essentially accurate - as is the gun - now