I need opinions on a new air gun

[Rick67]

I’ve owned a couple Gamos and regret the purchase.  I found them to be over-powered, loud (they had a good laugh when they named it the Whisper) and not very accurate. The trigger and build quality were poor too.   I know they can be improved with some effort, but they were not my cup of tea. 

The HW and RWS springers deliver much better value and performance for the $$$ in my opinion.

The hw50 can be delivered to your door for under $300 here. https://www.krale-schietsport.nl/en/weihrauch-hw50-s-9231.html

If you want a more powerful full size gun get the hw85 or hw95.

The RWS was on sale recently at Walmart for about $180...an incredible bargain for a well regarded German made springer.

Good luck choosing.

R

Same boat here but I had only 1. Hated that gun.

[triggertreat]

I would recommend the Marauder in .177 cal.  It has the best high quality match like trigger, the quietest shot noise of all of them and is accurate.  You can tune it to get boat loads of shots per fill or tune it for a lower fill pressure if hand pumping.  An extremely versatile gun that is super easy to work on when needed, and has tons of support from the GTA and Crosman.  The replacement parts and magazines are very reasonable and easy to get.  Also mods of all kinds if you like to tinker.  It is also a well proven gun by hundreds if not thousands of shooters.  Get the synthetic version if you want to carry it around as it's 1lb lighter.  There is also a light weight air tube available to drop the weight another 1.5lbs if you need it, but it's only 7lbs to begin with.  There are deals every Friday on the Crosman site and you can find deals elsewhere as well.  Maybe some can share their coupon finds to help you out on a great deal on one.

[Potpie]

I had Gamo Fusion and gave it away very load and hard to shoot accurately. Like many other you cant go wrong with the German guns I would strongly recommend the HW97 from Krale I have one and love it cost with shipping was 400.00 and was here in 4 days. You also cant go wrong with Wallmarts deal on the RWS 34 175.00 shipped also AOA deal on the Walther Terrus for 149.00 I have one and really like it hope this helps. 

[Tater]

Mike, check the link to the members map in the signature of my post. There are a few members that live not far from you, maybe you could contact them and try out some of their guns.

[too_pointer]

If your budget is $300 don't buy a Gamo as they are junk.  For $300 buy something decent like a RWS34, HW50, HW35, etc.  Do some more research.  177 is good.  A little out of your budget would be a HW97 from Krale for around $375.  If you can swing a little more buy that.  That I'd the best deal in nice spring rifles going.  It will be a quality, accurate rifle that will last generations.

Gamo rifles are not "junk" Rather they are decent lower end medium priced rifles that require a touch more TLC to achieve their full potential. The above listed springers are better out of the box but all still require some TLC to reach their best performance also.

Thank you Don, you might be the first to say Gamo isn't junk lol. You say they need TLC, what do you mean ? I suppose a better scope might be in order. It might take me a few months for the extra stuff for it, no big hurry. It has been so long since I played around with an airgun. The last one I had interest in was my new Sheridan Blue Streak. I made sure it had a Walnut stock, which I took off, and redid it, it was beautiful. Sold it for alot, but sorry I did. Help me, from what I hear, if I want it quiet, need to keep it slow , fps.

[Bryan Heimann]

Devil's advocate here... i like Gamo.  But particularly, only the bottom end Gamo rifles.  The higher end Gamo breakbarrels are basically the same guns as the Varmint or the Big Cat, except with extra plastic moulded into them.  For what?  In part, to make them more quiet, usually doesn't work.

I would put them on par with the chinese or the assembled in america of imported parts (benjamin breakbarrels) breakbarrel guns.  Except, the gamo rifles are much lighter, and they have a pin instead of a bolt through the barrel pivot.  Overall pretty good little rifles, and the lightest guns in the power class.  I think they are fun rifles.  Only caveat being that when the pivot wears out, there isn't a bolt you can remove to install new washers/shims, so you'll have to come up with something on your own to straighten that out.

[Sfttailrdr46]

If your budget is $300 don't buy a Gamo as they are junk.  For $300 buy something decent like a RWS34, HW50, HW35, etc.  Do some more research.  177 is good.  A little out of your budget would be a HW97 from Krale for around $375.  If you can swing a little more buy that.  That I'd the best deal in nice spring rifles going.  It will be a quality, accurate rifle that will last generations.

Gamo rifles are not "junk" Rather they are decent lower end medium priced rifles that require a touch more TLC to achieve their full potential. The above listed springers are better out of the box but all still require some TLC to reach their best performance also.

TLC = tear down thoroughly clean degrease , deburr, smooth the trigger parts, (CDT 4G 

Thank you Don, you might be the first to say Gamo isn't junk lol. You say they need TLC, what do you mean ? I suppose a better scope might be in order. It might take me a few months for the extra stuff for it, no big hurry. It has been so long since I played around with an airgun. The last one I had interest in was my new Sheridan Blue Streak. I made sure it had a Walnut stock, which I took off, and redid it, it was beautiful. Sold it for alot, but sorry I did. Help me, from what I hear, if I want it quiet, need to keep it slow , fps.

FPS under 950 FPS, degrease, clean and deburr all moving parts lube with either a quality moly grease or Ultimox #226 synthetic grease (my preference). Depending on caliber use ~8 gr to ~10 gr pellets for .177 and 13+ gr pellets for .22 If you have a chrony best accuracy seems to be achieved with between 850 to 950 fps for either caliber. Best trigger results are pretty much install a new CDT trigger ~ $35 USD.

For all of those who are not fans of the Gamo rifles I will add if you don't like them enjoy the rifles that you do enjoy shooting that is what I do.
The Whisper Fusion and Swarm that I own are both decent accuracy and the Swarm is a hoot to plink with.

[too_pointer]

I can't find a message from somebody in here, but they mentioned that my older Crossman might be worth something to somebody. It is a Crossman Model 781, and I believe I still have the box for it. The barrel has some surface rust,.
I tried to look on the air rifle " blue book " I saw, but it wouldn't come up. It is open sights.
Any opinions is fine.
Thanks
Mike

[Hoosier Daddy]

would you please explain why you think Gamo is junk ? Thank you

The current Chinese offerings under the "Gamo" name are not near the quality of the original Made in Spain Gamos of the yesteryear.
 They are riding on the coat tails of a fine brand and defacing it with their sub-par standards. Try buying repair parts from Gamo... HA... good LUCK!
 Much the same as the current "Beeman's" are not what Doc Beeman had in mind when he exported fine Weihrauch rifles from Germany and tuned them in order to stamp his name on them.
 I have owned both a modern Gamo "Big Cat" and a youth "Recon" and I would like to shove them up their butt sideways.
 There, How's that?

[HunterWhite]

Yes, my friend with the gamo that he likes so well was made in Spain. I think it was a big cat.