Hey guys, I just wanted to share my experience with my new Gamo Swarm Maxxim in my quest for sub 2" 30 yards accuracy. I'm hoping to help someone else that is searching for an accurate pellet for this gun. I'm sure this will vary gun to gun but here is my experience.
I had planned to buy a TX200 but the price tag makes me a bit nauseous so I picked up a this gun to tide me over. I am coming from a Crosman Storm that has lasted 4000-5000 shots. I believe the spring broke or something else is going on with it because it went from 1" group at 30 yards to 5"-6" groups. So starting out with the Gamo I expected descent accuracy but I was pretty disappointed out of the box. I was consistently getting 2-3" groups at 30 yards even after 300-400 shots. Here are the pellets I have tried. Crosman premier 7.9gr, H&N Field target 8.64gr, Baracuda match 10.65gr, Baracuda 9.57gr, Gamo Whisper 10.5, and the JSB Exact Monster 13.4.
The first 5 pellets types shot about the same with 2"-3" groups at 30 yards. Some better than others but nothing I was close to happy with. Then I came to the Monster 13.4gr. My first round at 20 yards was .75" with these compared a best of 1.25" from the rest of the lot. My first groups at 30 yards were all 1" or less with the 13.4 and the smallest was .75". This is shooting from a lawn chair off of a deck hand rail. I seriously think I should able to shoot sub.75" at 30 yards off a better rest with these pellets. They also seem to be extremely consistent. I have 400 rounds of the 13.4's through the gun and its still shooting them great. It's not a TX200 but for $200 it's a blast to shoot. I've probably shot over 1,000 pellets through the gun in the past couple of weeks and zero issues or jams.
So long story short.... If you buy the Gamo Swarm Maxxim .177, give the Monster 13.4's a try. You may be surprised at the result.
Also pick up a 2.5x 10mm screw to switch out the second stage screw on the trigger. I backed mine out three turns and loctite'd . The trigger isn't bad at all now either.
Happy Shooting
I had planned to buy a TX200 but the price tag makes me a bit nauseous so I picked up a this gun to tide me over. I am coming from a Crosman Storm that has lasted 4000-5000 shots. I believe the spring broke or something else is going on with it because it went from 1" group at 30 yards to 5"-6" groups. So starting out with the Gamo I expected descent accuracy but I was pretty disappointed out of the box. I was consistently getting 2-3" groups at 30 yards even after 300-400 shots. Here are the pellets I have tried. Crosman premier 7.9gr, H&N Field target 8.64gr, Baracuda match 10.65gr, Baracuda 9.57gr, Gamo Whisper 10.5, and the JSB Exact Monster 13.4.
The first 5 pellets types shot about the same with 2"-3" groups at 30 yards. Some better than others but nothing I was close to happy with. Then I came to the Monster 13.4gr. My first round at 20 yards was .75" with these compared a best of 1.25" from the rest of the lot. My first groups at 30 yards were all 1" or less with the 13.4 and the smallest was .75". This is shooting from a lawn chair off of a deck hand rail. I seriously think I should able to shoot sub.75" at 30 yards off a better rest with these pellets. They also seem to be extremely consistent. I have 400 rounds of the 13.4's through the gun and its still shooting them great. It's not a TX200 but for $200 it's a blast to shoot. I've probably shot over 1,000 pellets through the gun in the past couple of weeks and zero issues or jams.
So long story short.... If you buy the Gamo Swarm Maxxim .177, give the Monster 13.4's a try. You may be surprised at the result.
Also pick up a 2.5x 10mm screw to switch out the second stage screw on the trigger. I backed mine out three turns and loctite'd . The trigger isn't bad at all now either.
Happy Shooting
