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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles » whats the REAL fps of my .22 gamo silent cat?    View previous topic :: View next topic  whats the REAL fps of my .22 gamo silent cat?   Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:01 pm ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago Anyone have any info on their guns? My chrony crapped out and I want to know the foot pounds of my new GAMO .22 cal silent cat, it is advertised as 750 but apparently that can be misleading. Right now I'm shooting 14.3gr benjamin hollow points, but I'm also interested in the FPS with 18gr ammo, in fact any chrono knowlege of this specific gun would be great! Thanks in advance! By the way I love this gun, gotta upgrade the scope but otherwise 1/2'' 10 shot groups at 20 yards is no problem, all day   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:30 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho You're likely in the mid to high 600's with a 14.3. 14-15fpe. Typical power for a gun of that build size. Still plenty of power out to 50 yards. 18.1 would be around 600fps. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:30 pm ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago well, just got my chrony working again. avg of 3 shots in each test pba=713fps 14.3gr=546fps I'm not sure what to say at this point. thats sub 10 fpe....   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:40 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho There's something wrong with your rifle. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:22 pm ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago should I oil the barrel, could that help? Call gamo? this is very disappointing after sighting in the rifle and firing nearly 250 rds   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:29 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho Oiling the barrel won't do anything. It sounds like you have a broken mainspring. If the rifle is that new gamo should warranty it. I have a 1992 gamo 440 .177 which broke the spring around 1998. "back then" gamo replaced the spring free under warranty but their customer service as talked about in other threads has gone downhill since the 90's. Give them a call. A spring should go minimum 5000 shots. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:35 pm ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago and if the mainspring breaks the fps only goes down 150fps?   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:46 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho I've had a spring break in my tuned B-26 and only lost 70fps. It went from 690/14.3 down to 620. The spring was a broken twisted train wreck. yes. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:56 pm ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago alright then, shot GAMO an email lets see what happens   Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:30 am ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago today the average fps was 511   Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:46 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho I'd quit shooting it if I were you. You can end up damaging it worse. Springers will continue to work even with broken innards. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:52 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I hope you can get a spring. You'll probable best of with ordering an aftermarket one. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:53 am ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago I suppose we'll see no reply yet...   Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:33 pm ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago update: I've recieved my rifle back today and it shoots at a consistant 632 fps with 18.14gr diablo exact heavys. At 20 yards it holding a perfect zero and also at 20 yards its holding 3/8'' groups of 5 shots with diablos, and I think alot of that was user error, I'll see what I can get tomorrow   Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:34 pm ZanderPommo Member Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago they were pretty good on theit warranty I only had to pay 12.00 bucks to ship it to them, got it back about 3 weeks later all fixed up! whats the REAL fps of my .22 gamo silent cat?     Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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