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Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics » Gamo Whisper or Not? Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Gamo Whisper or Not?   Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:24 pm PackMule New Member Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 7 Location: TX Ok guys and gals...I am very new to this forum but I shoot Sporting Clays and 5-Stand competitively in Texas. I do not know what to buy .177 or .??? I have a varmint problem and need to get rid of them, but I do live in a nice area of town and I do not want to harm anyone with a stray pellet...if you know what I mean. So anyway, I need a very quiet shooting pellet gun that is about $300.00 or under with a scope. I have been looking at the Gamo Whisper VH .177cal Air Rifle for its quietness and the darn thing look sweet too.... So what do I buy and what CAL. do I need. I might add that I would like to take it hunting in the woods some as well. Thanks for the advise in advance ya'll!! :mrgreen: _________________ Git-ER-DID   Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:33 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Welcome to the forum! I'm a paper puncher and tinkerer, but I suspect you'll hear shortly from the hunting crowd with a preference for .22 caliber. If you go with Gamo (or Crosman, or Remington) you might consider leaving enough wiggle room in your budget ($35) for a trigger upgrade: http://www.charliedatuna.com/GRT-III%20Trigger%20New.htm http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/ (go down to custom triggers - GTX) _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:28 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands It depends on what varmint you want to hunt. But you can read all about that too in the Hunting section. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:05 am Rogerflat Silver Status Member Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 2051 I wouldn't mind having a .22 cal whisper myself, so I say go for that one. _________________ I done been assisted by the trees and rivers. Never needed any minister to figure my divinity.   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:47 am PackMule New Member Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 7 Location: TX Rogerflat wrote: I wouldn't mind having a .22 cal whisper myself, so I say go for that one. Why the .22 cal when hunting...is it better and if so why is it better then the other? _________________ Git-ER-DID   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:51 am firemandivi Member Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 97 Location: New York A .22 is for general small game hunting while a .17 is for plinking(as a rule of thumb) A .22 will carry more energy down range giving you a higher fpe than a .17 would. What size animals are you looking to kill with your airgun? _________________ .22 Super Streak Gamo Whisper or Not?   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:10 am PackMule New Member Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 7 Location: TX rabbit and squirrels. _________________ Git-ER-DID   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:04 am Rogerflat Silver Status Member Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 2051 I've seen a squirrel hit 3 times with a .177 cal, inluding one shot in the ear....and it STILL required another head shot to kill it. Bottomline, .177 cal pellets aren't very good at killing game. You need a .22. _________________ I done been assisted by the trees and rivers. Never needed any minister to figure my divinity.   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:19 am PackMule New Member Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 7 Location: TX is there a better gun to buy that is quieter than the Whisper? _________________ Git-ER-DID   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:19 am dummyracer36 Senior Member Joined: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 723 Location: St. Louis, Missouri i'll toos my opinion into the ring as well.... i dont even look at .177 guns anymore.... but besides my feeling that bigger is better for killin stuff... the added size of the pellet makes its easier to load. _________________ "not tonight dear, i have a race in the morning"   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:47 pm firemandivi Member Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 97 Location: New York PackMule wrote: is there a better gun to buy that is quieter than the Whisper? Anything quiet costs more than the $300 you want to spend. Some people on the boards here have complained that the gamo isn't very accurate also. No matter which gun you decide make sure to get a .22 you'll be happier in the end. If I had the money I would get the real accurate and real quiet Benjamin Marauder http://www.pyramydair.com/p/Benjamin-Marauder-air-rifle.shtml But with a sticker of $499 plus air pump of $199 its not something I could talk the wife into letting me get, maybe in a couple more years _________________ .22 Super Streak   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:55 pm Rogerflat Silver Status Member Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 2051 A lot of springers are fairly quiet to begin with. So I'd say there is no need to be more quiet than a whisper, which is the quietest springer currently available. _________________ I done been assisted by the trees and rivers. Never needed any minister to figure my divinity.   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:41 pm PackMule New Member Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 7 Location: TX firemandivi wrote: PackMule wrote: is there a better gun to buy that is quieter than the Whisper? Anything quiet costs more than the $300 you want to spend. Some people on the boards here have complained that the gamo isn't very accurate also. No matter which gun you decide make sure to get a .22 you'll be happier in the end. If I had the money I would get the real accurate and real quiet Benjamin Marauder http://www.pyramydair.com/p/Benjamin-Marauder-air-rifle.shtml But with a sticker of $499 plus air pump of $199 its not something I could talk the wife into letting me get, maybe in a couple more years Is there any guns like the Bengi that look like the sniper type guns? _________________ Git-ER-DID   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:54 pm Brutuz Senior Member Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 504 How about this one? http://www.pyramydair.com/p/Crosman-npss-Nitro-Piston-Short-Stroke-Digital-Camo-air-rifle.shtml Available in .177 and .22 _________________ Crosman [1300 1322 1377 1377c 1389 2289G Mark II SSP250 2300KT 2400KT ] Sheridan [HB20] Haenel [III 284] SMK [XS78 Deluxish] My vids on Youtube   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:28 pm soundguy Member Joined: 21 Aug 2009 Posts: 14 I have a Gamo Silent Cat .177 So far, I have 11 squirrels and not one of them has needed 2 shots. I am shooting Crossman Destroyer pellets. They have all been at least 20 yards away, high in the branches of trees. And, pellet placement has not mattered that much. Most of the shots are either heart or head shots though. 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