Gamo Magnum GR - Spring Piston - 22cal & 25cal.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Bill & Rich

Here is a plugged nickle.
I taped it inside a cardboard box then covered the open end with saran wrap.
I shot it from 5 feet away.

[avator]

Man, that's impressive.
You can chrono a gun all day but numbers don't really show impact like this does.
I shot a dime at 30yds once and never could find where it landed. I wasn't thinking about the impact, I was just showing of the accuracy to a buddy.  lol

[Air Head]

You made a Volcano out of that nickel! Almost made it through! One more well-placed shot would for sure.
It's got some power for sure.

Cheers!
Rich

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Update: 1/14/24

I have been wanting to test the performance of the .22 cal. Gamo Magnum Magnum under severe  winter conditions.
I decided to do that this morning at around 9 am.
The outside temp was -7F and there was a 15mph cross wind, consequently the wind chill was around -28F
I placed a 2 liter pop plastic bottle out at around 25 yards.
There was a 1 inch stick on target spot on the bottle but it was too cold for it to stay on. It fell off after the first shot.
I let the rifle set outside for around 15 to 20 minutes to cool down to the outside temps.
I shot a five shot group. I had originally intended to shoot ten shots but my trigger hand got too cold.
I took the first shot with gloves on and the shot pulled somewhat to the right.
I removed the glove from my right hand and took the next four shots.
I was shooting standing with my rifle braced on an upright doorway.
The last four shots were about 1 inch in diameter and could be covered by a quarter.
I aborted the last five shots as a caution against frostbite in my ungloved hand.
All in all, I think the .22 cal. Gamo Magnum GR rifle did OK in this morning's cold weather.

Best Wishes - Tom

[Back_Roads]

 Brave man Tom, lol I would not be needing to test at these cold conditions, anything I would want to shoot should be warm and comfy somewhere in the woods Great to see the gun does not mind

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Brave man Tom, lol I would not be needing to test at these cold conditions, anything I would want to shoot should be warm and comfy somewhere in the woods Great to see the gun does not mind

Hi James.

Thank you for your reply.

I just wanted to see how this new rifle would do under less than perfect weather conditions.

The last thing I wanted was to get out in the woods with this rifle and then have problems.

I think that this test satisfied my nagging curiosity. 

Small game season ends for me the last day of February.


Best Wishes - Tom

[triggerfest]

Great results, but especially under these conditions and I would say test completed successfully 

[Novagun]

Good Gamo Tom . They just keep holding a comfortable spot in my regard. I always feel confident out in the paddocks with my Hunter Maxim .
We just don't have cold temperatures here . Never wear gloves . Never have to worry about being too cokd for CO2 guns. Seldom have frost and never in our part of the village .

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Great results, but especially under these conditions and I would say test completed successfully 

Hi Rudy.

Thank you for your reply.

So far I'm happy with this new rifle. I like the weight of this gun as compared to my Hatsan 125's.
You had asked me once if this rifle is hold sensitive.
Maybe a little more that my 125"s but not much.
This rifle would not be a good choice for any serious target shooting but it appearers to be hunting accurate out to 25-30yards.
This spring I will try it out on paper a target at 50 yards and see how it does.

Up till now I have only shot Crosman Hollow Points in this rifle.
I have Air Arms , JSB pellets, including JSB Hades and a plethora of others that I would like to try out in this rifle to see if they are more accurate.
I'll do that next spring when the weather is more suitable for several hours of testing.
When I do that I think that I'll rig up some sort of a bench to shoot from.

Best Wishes - Tom

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Good Gamo Tom . They just keep holding a comfortable spot in my regard. I always feel confident out in the paddocks with my Hunter Maxim .
We just don't have cold temperatures here . Never wear gloves . Never have to worry about being too cokd for CO2 guns. Seldom have frost and never in our part of the village .

Hi Hugh.

Cold winter weather is just a fact of life here in Minnesota.
We have had a very mild winter up until the last few weeks.
All thru November and December the temps on some days would get up into the mid 30's and mid 40's.
We are in an arctic cold snap right now. (polar vortex)
It looks to be on the cold side for the rest off the week but warm up to 8F - 12F from Tuesday on thru the remainder of this week.


Best Wishes - Tom

[Air Head]

Looks to warm up to 8F-12F.

Remember to drink lot's of water Tom, don't get heat exhaustion.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Looks to warm up to 8F-12F.

Remember to drink lot's of water Tom, don't get heat exhaustion.

Hi Rich.

Thank you for your reply.

The big warm-up comes next week.

It is supposed to warm up to around +30 F by next Monday.



Best Wishes - Tom

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Update 1/29/2024

Hi All.

I am seriously thinking of getting the .25 cal Spring powered "Gamo Magnum Power 25" offered in Gamo's exclusives.
With an additional 10% discount code on top of the 33% offered deal, I have got the sale price down close to what I paid for the .22 cal Gamo Magnum GR last Nov 30th.

SO....if I can get them to include Free shipping too ($13.92 ).... then I just may pull the trigger on that one as-well.




Do I really need another  Big Magnum at 75 ?     Heck No...but do I want this one..Oh yes

>>Not Much Time, the 33% discount offer will be closed on January 31, 2024 @ 12:00 pm <<

> https://gamousa.com/product/magnum-power-25-break-barrel-air-rifle/

Best Wishes - Tom

P.S.   Best price I could get so far.

Gamo Magnum Power 25
Subtotal   $199.90
Coupon: 10% off   -$19.99
Shipping   
FedEx Ground®: $13.92
Shipping to  MN 55092.
Total   $193.83  .......I am looking for $179.91 total.

This was the deal I got on the .22 cal. Gamo Magnum GR on November 30th 2023



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[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Disregard, double post.

I was in the process of modifying my original post and I timed out.

The difference between the 2 rifles is.... the first one was on the Black Friday Sale.   This one is the New Years Sale.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Disregard, same as double post above.

Not sure how this one happened.

[Air Head]

If you figure out your price point game plan let me know, I may be in too.

Thanks Tom!

Cheers!
Rich

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

If you figure out your price point game plan let me know, I may be in too.

Thanks Tom!

Cheers!
Rich

Hi Rich

Coupon Code - OFF10EX ....gets you 10% off the already discounted price.

That one is a around 6 bucks better that the free shipping in my case.

I have tried several times and this time around, no double coupons are allowed.. It is either the free shipping or the 10% discount.. but not both.

[Air Head]

I got to do some plinking last weekend with my brother and the GR .22. He was using the Icon .22 I got him for his birthday/Christmas present. We were shooting at a pellet trap,
the Atflbox that has spinners, you can also remove the spinners and affix paper targets to sight in. They make a lighter gage one for airguns, and a heavier gage one for rimfire.
I bought the rimfire one for durability. It is good size and stout! About 20 lbs, with free shipping for $59. I highly recommend it. I wasn't sure if a pellet rifle would be able to spin the
heavy gage steel spinners. Both the Gamo and Icon did easily at 20 yards, but we both noticed a distinct difference in the sound of the impact between the two guns, the GR had
a louder "THWACK" when hitting the steel. At the end of the day, I wasn't hitting the target anymore. The scope it came with may have shifted. It was getting dark and there wasn't time to test it out.

Our shooting session was all with 14.3 gn. Premiers.

Yesterday I wanted to try out a lighter pellet, H&N Baracuda Green 12.96 gn.
Here's what I got for a 10-shot string over the F-1 Chrony:

975.1
965.5
963.8
971.5
964.5
971.8
970.4
967.8
967.3
964.7

Mean fps 968.24      Mean ftlbs  26.97

Pretty impressive!

Enjoy, Have Fun!
Rich

[Air Head]

Here is the Atflbox, I'm very impressed.

Cheers!
Rich

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Update 2/10/2024

I have had the .22 cal. Gamo Magnum GR rifle out hunting and it has done well.
The rifle is sighted in with .22 cal. Crosman 14.3 gr hollow points.
So here is something that I recently have discovered about my rifle.
It will also  shoot .22 cal. Gamo 15.4 Red Fire Hunting pellets with virtually no POI shift.
I can switch between these pellets without having to adjust the scope.

Below are 2 posts that I posted in the Hunting Gate.

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=208456.msg156507840#msg156507840

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=208456.msg156513772#msg156513772


Here is a separate post by Odin's_Mercy (Mike) about his Gamo Magnum Rifle.
There is a lot of good info in this thread.
https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=212842.0


Best Wishes - Tom