Best Break Barrel on the Market

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The price of the Sig and a scope is right at $500. Even much cheaper than they were, they are $350 for the basic rifle, without a scope. I did not say it did not have a decent trigger. I did not say it wasn't accurate. What I said it is two pounds heavier, the triggers on the competition are fine, and at that price point the Sig isn't even on my radar.

I purchased this one as a refurb from Midway for $99.

The SIG may be a wonderful rifle. It is down to what you use them for. I have no interest in stacking pellets, and if I did, there would be an HW 55 purchased. Maybe a 34 to keep a little more power. I have to carry it through the Ozark woods, and shoot squirrels out of trees with it. The extra poundage the Sig is carrying means I might as well just carry the Trail I already own.

The power and trigger sound good. Now put it on a diet, add a feed mechanism that works, and cut the price in half.for me.

I understand not caring about the magazine system. I did not want one of the ugly mechanisms, but then I shot a gun with one of them. Should the feed system fail, remove it and you have the same kind of rifle you think is best because of your fear it might fail. It makes enough difference to make hardcore PCP people want a break barrel again.

The Sig might be a wonderful rifle, and from all reports it is. We have different needs. I will go hang a squirrel target shortly, and then have my grandson take one shot from each of a number of positions today. We won't be trying to shoot any little bitty groups off a rest, and every shot will happen with us holding both rifles. No solid rest allowed.

Different strokes.


 
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I have not really shot for groups or even to identify the most accurate pellet yet, but after my last post, I loaded up ten Barracuda Green 12.9's through it rested at 21 yards actual distance from the muzzle.

Half inch ten shot group using the factory scope rested on top of a stump with me holding it at the wrist. A good enough group I found out what happens then hard alloy pellet hits hard alloy pellet stuck in the target. I still don't know what pellet it actually likes yet!

Had you asked me if i would ever own another Gamo break barrel, I would likely have laughed at you while seeing visions of the 220 throwing a scope at me, or remembering the trigger i sometimes used two fingers on. When they showed the feed mechanism sticking up in front of the scope, I was sure i would never own one. Then my grandson asked to be taught to squirrel hunt, and I started researching options. After reading and watching so many videos my eyes felt like they were bleeding, i ordered the Maxxim. I have yet to regret anything about that except not buying two of them.
 
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@ahnlaashock

I think that perhaps what is happening here is a numbers game. Many folk that buy a Gamo, live to regret it. I’m one of them. They just don’t make quality product. Except maybe those made at the BSA facility in UK. 

So, you may well have found a diamond in the rough. Or perhaps they have upped their Quality game. Or this particular model is built somewhere different, better workers, machinery, etc. Who knows. 

So, do I believe you, yeah! For sure. Will I buy another Gamo Springer? Hell no! Why? Because they have made a reputation for crappy work. Because I spent 200 hard earned dollars and the gun didn’t last all of 6 months. It actually serves me very well now as a workshop doorstop. 

I was very hesitant to even get another spring gun after the Gamo. But I did, got a Walther LGV, and the difference is markedly, huge. So much so that I bought another in .22, and also an HW30. 

In either case, that’s awesome that the gun works out well for you. But the numbers are against them. 
 
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I hear you, and I fully understand. That was my experience too. The 220 twanged so bad and you never could get a scope to stay on it. It was pretty accurate, but you had to practice shooting it and get used to the twang. Then you had to try and keep a scope on it, so you could fight the trigger. 

Fortunately, I was shooting alongside a lot of different guns back then. We built a bench in the yard and a lot of pellets were shot by a lot of people. I believe almost to a man, the serious hobby people would have echoed your sentiments also.

I did not pick the gun because I needed to get lucky. You really should watch the actual reviews of the Swarm Maxxim. I watched reviews of just about all of the airguins in the class I was looking for from multiple reviewers, including the ones that post here frequently. If it had not been a refurb at a good price and me needing a lighter gun for a kid, I still would not have taken the chance because of my past experience. 

I was wrong. The gun is not hard to shoot, and makes no more fuss than something like an HW50, yet it weighs less than 6 pounds, makes a little better power than my Trail,and the trigger is just about where I would want a woods gun I was handing to a beginner. It hits the target with a louder sound and penetrates further than the Trail does with the same ammo. 

Of course i hope it all lasts forever, but if the feed mechanism starts to have problems, I will buy a replacement. It works that well, and makes that much difference. I don't work for Gamo, and until i tested this gun, I shared your enthusiasm.






 
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Been there, had one of these. Lasted 20 shots, then mag wouldnt feed pellets, when cocking the pellets would drop to the ground. If you didnt hear it or see it, you would find out when you dry fire it. I had it a week, then sent it back to PA. Since then and now, i only buy and own German. Weihrauch 95 & 77K
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German guns aren't without flaws either. Bad things happen with anything. Including airguns. I had the very first Beeman gas-ram airgun when it came out. The Beeman RX. It was a .20cal and after about a hundred shots or so I experienced the most dangerous thing that could happen. The dreaded hang-fire ! Scary! I sent it back to Beeman which was now located in Huntington Beach California. They repaired it and stamped it with a "1". It was now a RX1. True story ! Bottom line is stuff happens. Probably less on a German gun though.
 
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