Gamo Compact experience

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PCP or CO2 is definately less fatiguing than muscle powered designs, especially over a 60 shot match with sighters as well. Theres other advantages too for instance muscle powered designs usually disturb your grip between shots, not so with PCP or CO2.
Some put high regard on relaxing or re taking the grip between shots as it helps restore circulation in your arm & especially to your hand between shots. It's a long match & at any level any help you can give yourself is probably worth it, in some regards it's a little like free pistol shooting, neither ar easy, but they seem to share certain similarities in technique.

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PCP or CO2 is definately less fatiguing than muscle powered designs, especially over a 60 shot match with sighters as well. Theres other advantages too for instance muscle powered designs usually disturb your grip between shots, not so with PCP or CO2.
Some put high regard on relaxing or re taking the grip between shots as it helps restore circulation in your arm & especially to your hand between shots. It's a long match & at any level any help you can give yourself is probably worth it, in some regards it's a little like free pistol shooting, neither ar easy, but they seem to share certain similarities in technique.

Thanks Trajectory, that’s a great insight. I’ve never shot in a comp, only been shooting for 4 months and still not hit 500 yet! I do find it better to re do grip for circulation purposes - maybe my grip needs shaping more!

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Thanks Trajectory, that’s a great insight. I’ve never shot in a comp, only been shooting for 4 months and still not hit 500 yet! I do find it better to re do grip for circulation purposes - maybe my grip needs shaping more!

4 months, 2.5 - 3lb trigger..approaching 500 isn't too shabby.

Plenty of tips on line till you get to a club, a few good books out there too.

Just as an aside which pellets have you tried in your compact?

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4 months, 2.5 - 3lb trigger..approaching 500 isn't too shabby.

Plenty of tips on line till you get to a club, a few good books out there too.

Just as an aside which pellets have you tried in your compact?

Thanks for the encouragement - I shot 494 last Sunday, so 500 not too far off.
I’ve bought and read the Ragnar Skanaker book Master Competitive Pistol Shooting, which I found very good. I started off with the Gamo Pistol Cup pellets, which came with the gun - some very tight in breech.
Progressed onto Bisley Practice, which were good. I’ve been shooting mostly RWS Diablo Basics - cheap and good. Tried some Gamo Match recently after seeing a review on them on Pyramid Air - some were so tight they wouldn’t fire!

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Thanks for the encouragement - I shot 494 last Sunday, so 500 not too far off.
I’ve bought and read the Ragnar Skanaker book Master Competitive Pistol Shooting, which I found very good. I started off with the Gamo Pistol Cup pellets, which came with the gun - some very tight in breech.
Progressed onto Bisley Practice, which were good. I’ve been shooting mostly RWS Diablo Basics - cheap and good. Tried some Gamo Match recently after seeing a review on them on Pyramid Air - some were so tight they wouldn’t fire!

494, that's coming on. Skanaker is a good source of information, well worth following the guidance in it, but keep in mind although much works for many not everything works for all, as we are all individuals it sometimes happens that we have to adapt some aspect to suit our individuality, but it's a good starting point.

Interesting about the Gamo Match pellets being too tight in your barrel. I was going to suggest that you might like to try them as a possibility if you hadn't already done so. It's a good idea to try a few types to find which pellets suit your own pistol as some are more suited than others. It's not even possible to say brand x pellets always shoot well in a model y gun. Barrels, even within a particular model may well exhibit a 'preferance' of one pellet or another. There's a wide choice available nowadays & with the size variations available it can get to be expensive & involved in finding the very best one for your pistol. I've tried a few, i like Hobby pellets, they seem generally pretty good, but match pellets from RWS or H&N are my first choice.

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494, that's coming on. Skanaker is a good source of information, well worth following the guidance in it, but keep in mind although much works for many not everything works for all, as we are all individuals it sometimes happens that we have to adapt some aspect to suit our individuality, but it's a good starting point.

Interesting about the Gamo Match pellets being too tight in your barrel. I was going to suggest that you might like to try them as a possibility if you hadn't already done so. It's a good idea to try a few types to find which pellets suit your own pistol as some are more suited than others. It's not even possible to say brand x pellets always shoot well in a model y gun. Barrels, even within a particular model may well exhibit a 'preferance' of one pellet or another. There's a wide choice available nowadays & with the size variations available it can get to be expensive & involved in finding the very best one for your pistol. I've tried a few, i like Hobby pellets, they seem generally pretty good, but match pellets from RWS or H&N are my first choice.

Thanks for your input Trajectory: helpful as usual - do you think it’s helpful to ‘bench rest’ test different pellets?
I’m going to get another (weaker spring) for my trigger and see if that brings down the pull weight. I’m sure if I get the trigger weight down, my scores will improve.

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Thanks for your input Trajectory: helpful as usual - do you think it’s helpful to ‘bench rest’ test different pellets?
IÂ’m going to get another (weaker spring) for my trigger and see if that brings down the pull weight. IÂ’m sure if I get the trigger weight down, my scores will improve.

Thanks.

Ok, bench resting; the compact has a recoiless mechanism so bench resting should be fine BUT a couple of things. It's a new technique so it might need a little getting used to. If you sit square on to the target with a two handed grip it's very different to classic offhand technique, it's not hard, just different. Changes usually need a bit of practice. The Compact has a shortish sight base, so double handed the rear sight might be appreciably closer to your eye. This will have the effect of making the rear sight notch wider & thus harder to consistently centralise the front sight. Different lighting conditions may help or exacerbate this.
Possibly not much you can do about this other than keep the lighting consistent. You could stick a narrower rear sight notch to the rear or a wider one on the front but for all the messing about it's probably not worth it. If they are fixed on well they might mark the pistol, if they aren't fixed well they will move.........neither is any good.

Good light & concentration should be a help, & a bit of practice.

The trigger. In an ideal world maybe it would be 505g, break like a glass rod & be 100% consistent. However in any world it must be totally safe. In all instances safety is the prime requisite. Swapping out standard parts might offer a way forward but the proviso of safety remains. Maybe there is something not quite right with one or more of the parts in your one, maybe it's a manifestation of manufacturing tolerances, I don't know.