Gamo Is this an el gamo model 68?

[goodstuff-707]

Hi all, I have this air rifle that my dad bought when I was super young. I have fond memories of shooting this with him when I was a kid (and I definitely got into a little trouble shooting it when I wasn't supposed to). It's been sitting in a closet for the last 20 or 30 years though.

I've done some searching online, and this article makes me think it's a model 68. It looks identical except for mine has a magazine feed tube on top. So I fee confident... but info online is pretty sparse. I've contacted Gamo USA, and this is too old for them to have info. I'm trying to redirect the question to Spain, but no luck yet.

Anyhow, if anyone knows anything affirmative about this air rifle and the model series in particular, I'd love to hear it. Were these common in the USA in the 1970s? Are there a lot of them out there? Thanks.

 

[Pellets&Pistons-(Razor62)]

From what I can tell, the "Paratrooper" ( ASI / El Gamo Model 68 ) was offered as a single shot or a magazine fed repeater.

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Always wanted one. Really cool design with the trigger mounted forward, creating sort of a bullpup configuration. The magazine feature was available on many El Gamo rifles. I did have an Airshot "Survival" rifle with a magazine which was a folding stocked version of the Paratrooper.

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[MDriskill]

Pics below are from the 3rd Edition (red cover) of John Walter's The Airgun Book, published in the UK in 1985.

The basic gun was called the "Gamo 68" in Europe - where apparently it was, "something of a sensation," ha. With the tube magazine it became the "Gamatic." Except for the reworked trigger location, the actions were similar to Gamo's standard wood-stocked sporters of the day, known as the "Expo" and "Expomatic." As noted above, they were sold under other names, too.

Nice-quality airguns; another interesting model was the "Statical," which had an FWB-like sliding action to control recoil. Note also the company was then in the process of changing their corporate name from "El Gamo" to simply "Gamo."

 

[vintageairguncollector@gm]

I think they are great airguns. Tin can plinkers not a target rifle. Pretty low power too it is pistol power in a rifle package. As kid wanted one so much. They are not rare but people don't seem to part with them often as a searching Ebay's sold items "Gamo 68" airguns yields few results.

 

[Pneumattic]

The Model# should be stamped on the left side of the barrel near the chamber.