Gamo has really stepped up its game in the past two years. The rifles are well made, solid and look nice.
I have owned I suspect just about every springer ever made at one time or the other and although the HW95 is still my favorite rifle of all time, sitting on the fence about to fall into my most favorite is my Gamo Gen 3i Fusion. It is light, balanced, has adequate power to hunt with and is just as accurate as my 95. Last week I spent half a day shooting Red Fire Pellets through it at 35 yards and watching one hole groups become the expected situation.
I also have a Gen 2 Gamo .22 magnum that is also extremely accurate and with the Barracuda Green Pellet 5/8 to 3/4 groups at 50 yards is also an expected situation. I do not shoot it as much as I used to as Barracuda Greens are now like almost 30 bucks for a 200 count tin.
All my Gamo Rifles have had the trigger screw changed and adjusted for a light clean match trigger style break of just under one pound , which really does contribute to accuracy as the stock trigger as shipped is quite frankly crap. So yep you have to do a few things to them, then they are fine.
There are some mind boggling design issues on the fusion, bone collector, maxim , etc, as with inclusion of their new so called shock absorbing rail makes mounting a regular size scope impossible and proper eye relief is not possible for most people, so I generally tear that rail off, drill a stop pin hole in the top of the M8 rear stop screw and mount the scope as far back as I can to allow it to clear the magazine and loading system. A decent UTG or Hammers scope will do fine, no need of that nonsense rail.
Yes I like them, they are light, and with the proper trigger adjustments and changes they are wonderful rifles. That Fusion is just as accurate as my 95 and much lighter to carry around for six hours and the repeat capacity of the magazine is also great.
It was not always so, Gamo had some real lemons in the past, however in the past several years they have stepped up their game.
Cheers
Kit
I have owned I suspect just about every springer ever made at one time or the other and although the HW95 is still my favorite rifle of all time, sitting on the fence about to fall into my most favorite is my Gamo Gen 3i Fusion. It is light, balanced, has adequate power to hunt with and is just as accurate as my 95. Last week I spent half a day shooting Red Fire Pellets through it at 35 yards and watching one hole groups become the expected situation.
I also have a Gen 2 Gamo .22 magnum that is also extremely accurate and with the Barracuda Green Pellet 5/8 to 3/4 groups at 50 yards is also an expected situation. I do not shoot it as much as I used to as Barracuda Greens are now like almost 30 bucks for a 200 count tin.
All my Gamo Rifles have had the trigger screw changed and adjusted for a light clean match trigger style break of just under one pound , which really does contribute to accuracy as the stock trigger as shipped is quite frankly crap. So yep you have to do a few things to them, then they are fine.
There are some mind boggling design issues on the fusion, bone collector, maxim , etc, as with inclusion of their new so called shock absorbing rail makes mounting a regular size scope impossible and proper eye relief is not possible for most people, so I generally tear that rail off, drill a stop pin hole in the top of the M8 rear stop screw and mount the scope as far back as I can to allow it to clear the magazine and loading system. A decent UTG or Hammers scope will do fine, no need of that nonsense rail.
Yes I like them, they are light, and with the proper trigger adjustments and changes they are wonderful rifles. That Fusion is just as accurate as my 95 and much lighter to carry around for six hours and the repeat capacity of the magazine is also great.
It was not always so, Gamo had some real lemons in the past, however in the past several years they have stepped up their game.
Cheers
Kit
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