Yes good air rifleI recently sold off the last of my Pcps (except one) and have only my TX200 in .177 remaining. This left a gap and I wanted to fill it with a springer in 22cal but I needed it to be powerful. I do all my small game hunting with air rifles and I am lucky enough to have access to over 180 acres of pristine private hunting land. On this land the coons have been slowly getting a little out of control due to my wife feeding deer like we were hired to do so... So I decided to pick up my first ever Gamo and grabbed a Gamo Magnum 22 swarm Gen3i.
Reasons for Gamo purchase:
Weight (if you ever owned magnum springers you'll know what I mean) This rifle is super light compared to any of the others I have owned.
Stock- I am a sucker for thumbhole (pistol grip) stocks and I have realized they are my preferred grip for shooting accurately.
Power- This thing packs a punch
Ease of use- I have had many airguns, and I have lost interest in pcps. I love self-contained guns and this thing is able to hit hard but still be self-contained.
Gas ram- As i stated I due all my small game hunting with air rifles and its so nice to be able to leave it cocked for hours with no worry. Also being as powerful as it is, I can only imagine a Gamo spring at that power level being almost unbearable.
Accuracy- This was a gamble on my end but I must of gotten a good one. This thing loves Crosman domed 14.3g pellets out to 35y which is the average distance I shoot my game so its perfect. Its far more consistent than I saw on the youtube reviews and I am using the bundled optic.
Magazine- At first I wasn't too worried about a magazine-fed springer/gas ram break barrel but wow what a difference. Although its not the easiest to cock, having those 10 shots fed from a mag instead of your cold or fumbling fingers is a huge improvement. You can keep your eye on game if you missed or got a nice shot on it and need to track its movement, but still cock the gun without looking at it. That's a really big feature for me, and the ability to pop in a mag, not have the gun cocked and then toss a spare mag or two in the pocket makes for some really fast follow-ups when out in the woods.
Overall I am impressed as I have never been a Gamo fan, but I also never owned one so maybe that was just me being numb to their practices but its a great gun. The stock feels fantastic and the included optic is great (if it lasts) but seems very well built for a bundled gamo scope. My wife shoots this gun off-hand at 35y with no hold sensitivity issues and I haven't noticed any either. The shot cycle is abrupt and fairly quiet with reasonable recoil. I would say I have no regrets for this purchase and I am glad I can not smack squirrels with 26ftlbs and not need a pcp to do it! As I stated, the big reason I went with this gun and not other magnums is the stock shape and the rifle weight. To me you just can't beat it and it doesn't break the bank either.
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