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RVTMaverick · Member

Hey Guys,

Well, I have to ask because I've just bought a NEW model for 2011 a Nitro Piston Gamo.... and I have to say, with approx 300+ pellets fired from her, so far she shoots incredible! Smile

I just read in another thread someone saying that "GAMO isn't know for their Quality". Shocked

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IF this is true?.... Please tell me, what do I have to look out for.... is she just going to crap out on me after XXX amount of pellets fired all of a sudden or?

Again, so far, just farting around in my back yard, I'm taking 40 to 45yds shots and I am Very Impressed! Very Happy

Peace Jeff

oddtodd · Silver Status Member

It's not so much quality as Gamo won't supply parts or back up warrantys. At least they didn't for me.

RVTMaverick · Member

WOW!

broommaster2000 · Moderator

Gamo has some pretty neat youtube videos on how to be a complete a$$hole with your airgun. That's a problem a lot of us here have with Gamo. I would like to add thought that they're mostly okay beginner rifles, but if I lived in the US I'd just buy a Diana/RWS 31/34 or something like that.

AirGunEric · Site Admin

Gamo is generally all about the "initial sale"- push the product using whatever BS claims they can come up with (they were the pioneers in making up misleading velocity numbers to make guns sound more powerful than they in fact were), creating absurd and obscene marketing materials (i.e. the video of killing a 150lb boar with a .177 pellet/rifle). The quality of most of their air rifle products is generally good, their pellets generally bad.

Gamo is, in my experience, all about the "attitude"- as in they have plenty of it. Service and support after the sale, however, have tended not to be good.

Ever go to a BMW car dealer in North America? I did once with a friend- and "attitude" was apparently their sales technique (i.e. "you must be special to buy one of our wonderful automobiles, so now I must hold my nose up in the air and whistle into the wind") and my experience talking directly to Gamo was very similar.

It also appears that alot of not-so-experienced airgunners who purchase a Gamo as their first rifle (and maybe only rifle) seem to jump on the "Gamo is great" bandwagon- but this appears to be as a result of not having a major issue with the gun and buying into the marketing BS more than it is real experience with a variety of airguns.

All that being said, most Gamo rifles seem to shoot fairly accurately and don't necessarily break any more frequently than other companies products- but as noted, their support has never been great, and some of their product is made in China as well now.

RVTMaverick · Member

OK,.. Thanks for ALL of this info. here Eric

Also, Thanks to You too broommaster2000

Well, as I've stated in My "Introduction" over on the>>> Introd. side of this Board\Forum... I'm 50yrs Young and even though I shoot alot,... HandGuns and Rifles....
This Pellet Gun is My First ever AirGun! Smile

I bought it mostly because,... I liked the Feel of it and the Looks, I think she looks BadA$$ with the Fluted barrel and RayGun Suppressor hanging on the end of the barrel... She also came with a really nice scope, plus Fiber Optic sights! Cool

Shooting mine veres my friends, mine IS Definitely Quiter then His.

And broommaster,
About this comment, As far as this thing being a "I would like to add thought that they're mostly okay beginner rifles"
I can't imagine this being classified as a "Beginner's rifle-AirGun" either, as this thing has a Sweet amount of Power!... Idea

Anyways... just like dealling with Real Handguns, I've got ALOT to Learn! LOL Laughing

FYI and or FWIW, You will come to know me, and find out, not Only do I NOT going around with My nose in the Air..... But I don't care much, for those who do either...
Peace Jeff