Gamo “Whisper” .177 Cal. Air Rifle

[Slip Shooter]

Dose anyone out there own one of these Air Rifles? If so, tell me about it.
Is the Scope that comes with it any good?
Dose the noise damper really reduce the noise as advertised? 52%.
Will it shoot as fast as advertised?

See Ad: American Rifleman March 2008 p26.

 

[TexasRifleman]

My 12 year old son and I share one.

The scope is good enough for what we do, backyard targets at less than 50 yards.

The noise damper is completely useless. The spring action is so loud that quieting the little of bit of propulsion air just seems silly. I don't see the point personally and I would not buy the rifle based on it having that thing.

The velocity is always given as "perfect world" numbers.

I haven't shot it over a chrony but I understand that with lead pellets you're never gonna get close to those velocity numbers, and that's all we shoot in it.

We like the rifle otherwise but don't have much to compare it to, this is the first non-Daisy air rifle I've ever owned so it's "high end" to me.

 

[MCgunner]

How is the trigger, creepy? I ask because other than the suppressor, the pictures look just like my new Crosman, with a lot of trigger creep. About all the spring guns I've looked at have the "trigger adjustment", which I still can't figure out if it does anything at all, an the same safety and everything. I'm wondering if all the different brands are sourced from the same Chinese factory or something?

I'm not putting down my Crosman, other than perhaps the trigger. It's accurate at 25 yards and quite fun for back yard plinking. I just didn't expect everything from Beeman to Gamo to Crosman to be what apparently is the same gun design if not the same gun. LOL I'm still trying to figure out this air gun market.

I've learned to take up the creep on the Crosman and can do some pretty serious accurate shooting with it, but it took a few rounds to get the hang of it.

 

[TexasRifleman]

It's a pretty heavy trigger but this is the only airgun I've shot besides my Red Ryder when I was 10 so I have no frame of reference at all.

I'm still trying to figure out this air gun market.

You and me both.

This one was recommended on several forums when I was searching, and I got it on sale right after Christmas so it just kinda worked out that way.

The one thing I do know is the whole 'noise suppression' thing is BS. The massive spring going "SPROING" is louder than any air coming out of the barrel could possibly be.

 

[41magsnub]

I was looking at this last night in the Cabelas catalog. It is tempting as a tool to still snipe tree rats and starlings with less chance of annoying the neighbors.

 

[Kurt_D]

One of the guys on another forum has one he's modding. Stock he said the supressor works; you still have that "sprong" sound but it doesn't carry like the normal report does. Of course, I don't find the report of my Crossman to be loud as is.

With lead pellets it's sub sonic but with PBA ammo there is a sonic crack. He added a better trigger and upgraded to the pneumatic main "spring". He says the new trigger is much better and was easy to install. The pneumatic spring quites the gun too.

 

[TexasRifleman]

How much is the total spend after all that modifying?

 

[Kurt_D]

I don't know but pyramydair.com sales the "gas spring" already installed for $50 more.