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The Gamo air rifle I ordered before Christmas just showed up yesterday. I purchased this Gamo pellet rifle just for fun, and to keep my shooting skills honed during winter months.
After unpacking, and inspecting everything to ensure all was good. I put a patch down the bore, and looked the rifling over. Then mounted the 4x scope it came with, and grabbed a tin of Crosman Premier .177 pellets I had here. Took it out back and set up a white box at 50' and put a 1" black dot on the center. I hoped the scope might be close enough to hit the 12" square box, but figured I'd move even closer if it didn't.
The first shot offhand at 50' hit 1" right, but perfect elevation. I loaded 3 more and shot them, with a nice group around the first hit. Shot 6 more after that, all offhand, and ended up with a 1" group sitting 1" to the right. SO I adjusted the scope to move the strike left, and began plugging holes into the black dot on the box.
The 2 stage trigger is very nice, and allows take up in the first stage, and the second stage has a nice clean break. It made offhand shooting very easy, and the balance offhand is also nice. I didn't try any rest shooting, as I'd need to set something up in the doorway of my garage to shoot from. But I'll give the rest some workout also, and see if groups tighten up,as I think they should.
Overall it's a very nicely built airgun, and made in Spain was nice to see on it versus some I saw made in China, or elsewhere. At $118 to my door with the scope, it's certainly a bargain for an accurate airgun.
After unpacking, and inspecting everything to ensure all was good. I put a patch down the bore, and looked the rifling over. Then mounted the 4x scope it came with, and grabbed a tin of Crosman Premier .177 pellets I had here. Took it out back and set up a white box at 50' and put a 1" black dot on the center. I hoped the scope might be close enough to hit the 12" square box, but figured I'd move even closer if it didn't.
The first shot offhand at 50' hit 1" right, but perfect elevation. I loaded 3 more and shot them, with a nice group around the first hit. Shot 6 more after that, all offhand, and ended up with a 1" group sitting 1" to the right. SO I adjusted the scope to move the strike left, and began plugging holes into the black dot on the box.
The 2 stage trigger is very nice, and allows take up in the first stage, and the second stage has a nice clean break. It made offhand shooting very easy, and the balance offhand is also nice. I didn't try any rest shooting, as I'd need to set something up in the doorway of my garage to shoot from. But I'll give the rest some workout also, and see if groups tighten up,as I think they should.
Overall it's a very nicely built airgun, and made in Spain was nice to see on it versus some I saw made in China, or elsewhere. At $118 to my door with the scope, it's certainly a bargain for an accurate airgun.