I am brand new to airguns so I bought a 10x 3i and I am trying to learn all I can about it. I see all kinds of stuff about all the other Gamo's but very little on the 10x 3i why is that. Am I missing something
Gamo Swarm Magnum 10x 3i
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Gamos are typically the stepping stone into the airgun world. Once you're in most people start to realize that Gamos aren't exactly ideal for what they're trying to accomplish. Some people are only trying to slap steel as hard and as loud as possible. In their case Gamo gets the job done.
What you're typically going to see in the forums are the German and English made guns. Much more accurate and undeniably better built.
Edit: People also tend tend to move on to PCPs from Gamo. I have 2x Gamos that I started with including a Gen 1 Gamo Magnum. I needed something a bit more reliable and ended up grabbing a Marauder and a Dreamline. They kept me happy for a year or two but I ended up moving back to the springers. Now I have a bunch of Weihrauchs, Dianas, Air Arms, Walthers, and a BSA.
What you're typically going to see in the forums are the German and English made guns. Much more accurate and undeniably better built.
Edit: People also tend tend to move on to PCPs from Gamo. I have 2x Gamos that I started with including a Gen 1 Gamo Magnum. I needed something a bit more reliable and ended up grabbing a Marauder and a Dreamline. They kept me happy for a year or two but I ended up moving back to the springers. Now I have a bunch of Weihrauchs, Dianas, Air Arms, Walthers, and a BSA.
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Very diplomatically put, sir!
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Firstly, congrats on the purchase and for joining up on the best airgun forum on the web.
You may find, as some of the rest of us do, that learning your own gun is a part of the fun. I would suggest saving pictures of your current groups and then comparing those with groups 6 months or a year from now. This will give you tangible evidence that you are indeed learning your gun... and after you do, you can share that knowledge here so the next person can learn
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I shoot gamos and aint done much steping up. Do all i ask and pcp dont turn me on due to the big added cost to just get to shoot it.. that gamo overhead is just pellets not hand pumping your arms off or $300 investment in a china compressor.
Cock load shoot repeat all day long
Anyway aint the i3 loader kinda new so not as much on it as the older autoloaders.. id assume. The i3 is a improvef loader that should help prevent pellet damage from the loader that the older ones could suffer from / less chance if damaged pellet flyers.
Cock load shoot repeat all day long
Anyway aint the i3 loader kinda new so not as much on it as the older autoloaders.. id assume. The i3 is a improvef loader that should help prevent pellet damage from the loader that the older ones could suffer from / less chance if damaged pellet flyers.
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Congratulations on a new air rifle purchase! Slinging pellets down range is very fun, no matter what model of rifle. I suggest buying some good pellets. A lot of people like the Crosman domed pellets and they are readily available at the big box stores. There are two Crosman pellets, the domed and the hollow point. Try the domed first. Put a tin of pellets down the barrel and have some fun!
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Did you go .22 or .177 on that bad boy..
The one i shoot now is a whisper fusion mach1 in .22. All i shoot (99.8763% of the time) is cphp. They do fine in it. Not winning the Olympics but it hits what i aim at. Now its a single shot gun so how that autoloader will do with any pellet ??? Being crosmans a hard pellet may help prevent skirt damaging if that pops up autoloading.. cant say.
The one i shoot now is a whisper fusion mach1 in .22. All i shoot (99.8763% of the time) is cphp. They do fine in it. Not winning the Olympics but it hits what i aim at. Now its a single shot gun so how that autoloader will do with any pellet ??? Being crosmans a hard pellet may help prevent skirt damaging if that pops up autoloading.. cant say.
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