Gamo air rifles made me angry this weekend

[billyboyr6]

I was in the market back around christmas time for a good air rifle, and settled on gamo whisper. simply spent the extra $100 for the gun with the noise supressor. well this weekend my buddy picked up a like new gamo hunter sport for $50 (sob):fawk: but anyway i decided to take mine to his house and see just how much quieter mine was over his. (Gamo says 52% quieter). come to find out my supressor some how made mine twice as loud. now im really mad at gamo, the two are identical, other than his has wood stock, and no supressor. they both shoot 1000 fps with lead ammo, and 1200 with alloy ammo. and mine was twice as loud with both types of ammo. can any body comfirm this? Has any one else compaired?

 

[slimplmbr]

Why you always hatin on me?

 

[thej27]

Did you use PBA ammo. I have read that the suppression only works with regular ammo.

 

[slimplmbr]

We tried both ammos, lead and PBA, both were louder.

 

[ChalupaCabras]

I was on a similar path last year, and got fed up with the report of the hyper-velocity pellet rifles as well.

I came to the conclusion that an H&R/Stevens/Uberti single shot with CBs or Super Colibris is a superior weapon for low noise pinking or hunting. A CCi CB will go through a fox squirrel LENGTH wise, and is noticeably quieter than a 1,000+ FPS break action pellet rifle.

The sad part is, for the price of a Gamo you can buy two H&Rs, or a nice vintage Stevens falling block. :/

 

[singlesix]

Did you clean the barrel? Maybe Dieseling due to the oil in the barrel.

 

[billyboyr6]

barrels are both spotless clean. his actually sounded like a pellet rifle, mine sounded like a .22lr. his just had a small crack with PBA alloy pellets when fired, and mine had sonic crack and echo of a .22lr.

 

[femurphy77]

I had been looking at the gamo with a silencer but read several reviews similar to yours so didn't. IIRC several owners said the rifle got a little quieter after prolonged use. I spoke to Gamo on the phone one day because I really wanted one and they said if you use a sound meter you will indeed see a reading of up to 52% quieter. It's all about perception, kinda like the tv commercials.

 

[singlesix]

OK I just shot my Gamo Shadow 1000 with wearing and ear plugs and all I could hear was the very loud twang of the spring. I know Springers require a heavy break in period. My shadow is not loud as a 22lr. Best of luck. Hopefully someone else with a Whisper will post.

 

[billyboyr6]

Anyone with a whisper? Is yours as loud as mine? Starting to wonder if mine is just defective. Will not hold groups past 20 yrds either. Maybe I will call gamo.

 

[DDay47]

Anyone with a whisper? Is yours as loud as mine? Starting to wonder if mine is just defective. Will not hold groups past 20 yrds either. Maybe I will call gamo.

I have a whisper and it is very quiet with lead or PBA. I have the best accuracy with Crossman hollow points. I can easily shoot one inch groups at 25 yds.

 

[waloidian]

my whister is loud too, but the sound reduction is really only appreciated in front of the muzzle. i read somewhere that a test showed the sound reduction only at a distance. but definetly dont buy this if you are expecting significant sound reduction from a suppressor on say an AR15