F'n Squirrels (Gamo Carbine Sport Air Rfile)

[Clinotus]

Gamo Carbine Sport - .177 Caliber Air Rifle

*Those tree rat bastards are on the encroachment agenda again and this time we're taking it up a notch, since the standard pellets from The Tactical (http://230grain.com/showthread.php?t=65001) simply amuse them.

Here is the Air Rifle in all its beauty:

http://230grain.com/images/rsrh/Gamo/Gamo000.JPG

-Velocity: 800 feet per second (fps) with PBA Alloy
-Single Shot
-Break Barrel: Single Cocking System
-Automatic Cocking Safety system
-Cocking Effort: 24 lbs
-Barrel: Precision Rifled Steel
-Trigger: Second Stage adjustable
-Manual Safety

Comes with a fairly good scope:
http://230grain.com/images/rsrh/Gamo/Gamo001.JPG
Adjustable 4x32 Air rifle scope

Rated for:
http://230grain.com/images/rsrh/Gamo/Gamo002.JPG

Break barrel:

http://230grain.com/images/rsrh/Gamo/Gamo003.JPG
To load you break the barrel open, place your ammo in the little hole there and close the barrel. It is now loaded, which brings us to the

Safety:
http://230grain.com/images/rsrh/Gamo/Gamo004.JPG
Forward for fire, backward for safe.

The ammo:
http://230grain.com/images/rsrh/Gamo/Gamo005.JPG

The chart:
Velocity|Shot
645.0|Shot 1
699.7|Shot 2
521.7|Shot 3
513.2|Shot 4
549.0|Shot 5

Score|Place
513.2|Lowest
699.6|Highest
585.7|Average
186.5|ES
82.41|SD


Not so bad. The main variation in the velocity was from operator error as I shot each shot on different angles, which is reflected by the lower scores.

*No wildlife, tree rats, stray cats, birds, dogs, or errant kids crossing my lawn were harmed, injured or maimed during and after the making of this thread. I did yell a few times at said cats, tree rats, kids, and inadvertently my Mother-in-law, so some feelings were hurt, but no maiming. This time.

[terraformer]

I shot one of these recently. It's kinda fun. The kid had on it a laser too... :grin:

[Clinotus]

I shot one of these recently. It's kinda fun. The kid had on it a laser too... :grin:

Everything is improved three fold with the addition of a laser. :tongue:

[MrTwigg]

Needs a rail and a cup (beer) holder. :grin:
Air rifles are fun and effective on tree rats too !

Jes' don't shoot your eye out, OK ? :tongue:

[Bob La]

What a nice air gun.

On an other note, this statement is priceless:

"Everything is improved three fold with the addition of a laser."

That can apply to almost everything on the planet, except maybe bacon.

[Fang]

It looked at first like the safety was a double set trigger; I was astonished at how cool that would be on an air rifle. Pretty awesome regardless. Springer air rifles are great practice; I spent hours with one in the lot behind my house as a kid, making holes in soda cans.

[Snarlbuckle]

Try using Crossman Destoryer pellets. When I fired them out of my Gamo Shadow Sport (1000 fps, 1200 fps w/ PBA), They would go straight though a half inch of plywood and keep on trucking. No other pellets would do that. As far as performance vs squirrels, one shot was easily worth one kill if placed properly.

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Come to think of it, I still have a pelt from one of the buggers. Oh, and if anyone asks... squirrels taste almost exactly like chicken wings.

[mbquimby]

whatchu know 'bout some squirrel n dumplins' mmmmm mmmm