re: Educate me on Air Rifles

I own a Gammo Whisper and would not buy it again. I had a Beeman before that which I preferred, however it broke very quickly. After the Beeman broke (cocking mechanism) I went w/ the Gammo. It sounds cheap when you shoot it. There is a site w/ videos on how to shoot a crack barrel. Believe me, technique is everything when you shoot one. These same sites have reviews on just about every one of them made.


The newer ones are Nitro pistons and I'm told they are much better than the springers. The springers are the ones that need scopes made for them. Put a regular scope on a springer and it will not last very long at all.

As to power, the Gammo is stout. W/ regular pellets, the claim is 1000fps. Shooting into plywood at 30 ft makes me believe this claim. I bought this gun while living in N Texas and had a major squirrel problem. Between my neighbor and I, we killed 186 of them.

Here is a link to several videos. LINK