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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles » Gamo Shadow Settling In Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Gamo Shadow Settling In   Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:49 pm AirIndy Member Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Indianapolis, In Well I guess I can put the Hacksaw away for now. About 850 rounds through the gun and it seems to be settling in nicely (I hope it continues). That gal and I had our moments I think I'll let her reach a nice old age of around 1,500 rounds before deciding to do anything. In the mean time just reading and learning.   Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:29 am fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Where's the other guys???? I can't believe a gamo is working! _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:23 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: Where's the other guys???? I can't believe a gamo is working! I don't have anything against Gamo guns, per se. It's parts availability and marketing ethics that keep me away from their products. If AirIndy is happy with his, then all is right in the universe. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:13 pm Eatamoose Member Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 75 Location: Nashville, TN fritz wrote: Where's the other guys???? I can't believe a gamo is working! I wouldn't go that far... I mean, he hasn't even killed a boar with it yet. Seriously though, that's good that it's finally growing up to be a nice gun. The Gamo I had about 5 years ago only took around 150 shots before it got settled in (then again, the guys in the store may have played around with it too since it was a display model). I think their rifles are underrated. If they revised their marketing, got rid of all the gimmicky nonsense and adjusted their prices, they would probably be more highly appreciated among hardcore air gunners. If they had added an air bag feature to mine, it would still be here today.   Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:52 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I thought the whole idea on Gamo was that they're cheap. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:03 pm AirIndy Member Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Indianapolis, In Don't know about the "other" issues with Gamo; but, I think it is a decent introduction in Air Guns. The way it is shooting now it is good enough to compete at the "bush" leagues at local clubs. Tigger is still a mess ... I might just install the GRT III I read so much about. How hard is that?   Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:58 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Not very, just make sure you're doing it over a WHITE towel (that the misses won't notice is missing, because it's stained with grease). The white is so you can see parts. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:13 am thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA We're going after elephant with our Gamo .177s next spring, the licensing seems to be the only hold up........... .............. Should we use the PBAs or something heavier?????????? After all, they move so......... FAST! _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:52 pm woodhippy Member Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 44 Location: I'm at home on the computer on airgunhome.com I'm new here, and a new air gunny, and I've noticed the negative "attitude" that Gamo has around here. Is their product crap, or what? Their prices are sorta high for plastic stocks and fluted "Polymer" bull barrels. The scopes they put their name on are BSA's. Just curios. I'm a Crosman guy so far, but as stated, I'm just getting started. Crosman 1377(early) Crosman 1377(new) Crosman 760 Crosman 140 _________________ "The Death of One Man is a Tragedy, The Death of Millions is a Statistic" Stalin   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:09 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Gamo sells generally cheap products. They over-hype all of their cheap products. They use bad ad campaigns, to endorse products that are being used for the wrong applications (IE the wild boar project). _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:16 pm woodhippy Member Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 44 Location: I'm at home on the computer on airgunhome.com Ah yes, I did watch the video of the idiot runnning around with the boar until the guys in the background apparently got the pig in the right spot so he could use his PBA ammo and shoot the "250 pound wild boar", and "he was done". Yet I could see the pig laying there wiggling until they were able to edit the darn thing to a point where the pig had finally died. I don't think the pig was near 250 pounds, maybe 150, 175, but not 250, no way. _________________ "The Death of One Man is a Tragedy, The Death of Millions is a Statistic" Stalin   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:05 pm jonathan Member Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 75 Location: Saint John NB Gamo is all about looks and nothing about quality. And looks sell I guess. _________________ Custom Bulked QB78,Webley Nemesis,Crosman 1100 Trapmaster,Sheridan Model C9,Dianna 24   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:07 pm woodhippy Member Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 44 Location: I'm at home on the computer on airgunhome.com Looks sell, to people not really looking at or for the quality. _________________ "The Death of One Man is a Tragedy, The Death of Millions is a Statistic" Stalin   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:26 pm lauchlin Supporting Member Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 184 Location: Vancouver Island BC I have a few Gamos not a real fan but some of them been around a long time I found them accurate enough for plinking can and cheap to buy   Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:48 am woodhippy Member Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 44 Location: I'm at home on the computer on airgunhome.com I like the second one, it has a tactical look and I like the tactical rifles. The bottom one suits me as well. 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