Gamo Hunter HP accuracy question

JerrySharrett

JerrySharrett

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I just bought a Gamo Varmint Hunter HP. With reasonably priced pellets, about what accuracy should I expect to get?

Its supposed to get velocities up to 1400 fps.
 
Did you save the receipt? :rolleyes:You may not like the benchrest results.
Dan
 
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DanB said:
Did you save the receipt? :rolleyes:You may not like the benchrest results.
Dan
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Dan I don't expect competition accuracy by any means since it is 1) an out of the box air rifle and 2) it is supersonic but shouldn't it get 1/2" or so at 50'?
 
I have several RWS Springers, had one for 25 years. It has been my experience that with the more powerful spring piston air rifles, one will get a little bit better accuracy out of the heavier pellets such as superdomes etc. The ultra lightweight pellets that may allow you to achieve 1400 fps are neither very accurate or good for your air rifle (piston slam). Do not ever put oil into the compression chamber that is petrolium based as it will cause your rifle to "diesel" and can cause a lot of damage....although one faster than hell pellet!
Mark
 
JerrySharrett said:
Dan I don't expect competition accuracy by any means since it is 1) an out of the box air rifle and 2) it is supersonic but shouldn't it get 1/2" or so at 50'?
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Jerry,

If you can achieve 1/2" groups at 50Y, you should definitely bring that gun to the line for competition. 3" to 5" would be much more realistic. If you can achieve 1/2" groups consistently at 25Y you'll be lucky as by using the lighter pellets that allow you to reach 1400f/s will destabilize very quickly once they're out of the bore.

Good luck with your new gun, and just shoot it to have fun.

Dave
 
Dave Shattuck said:
Jerry,

If you can achieve 1/2" groups at 50Y, you should definitely bring that gun to the line for competition. 3" to 5" would be much more realistic. If you can achieve 1/2" groups consistently at 25Y you'll be lucky as by using the lighter pellets that allow you to reach 1400f/s will destabilize very quickly once they're out of the bore.

Good luck with your new gun, and just shoot it to have fun.

Dave
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Dave, thanks for the reply but 50' is 50 feet, not 50 yards. I'm not that optimistic to think a out of the box springer would even make It through the paper at 50 yards.
 
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I've had a few break barrel spring guns. RWS 45, Beeman R9, Mendoza. One inch at 30' was typical. I helped a friend with an RWS 34 over the weekend and we were getting 5 shot groups up to 4" at 25m with the best pellets we could find.
I suspect my experiences are on the poor side of things.
Dan
 
Jerry,

Sorry 'bout that! Guess I should read more carefully. As I said before, enjoy your gun 'cause airgunning is a great thing to be involved in no matter the level.

Welcome aboard,

Dave
 
I have a gamo whisper, it shoots about 1/2" groups at 25 yds, much beyond that and its all over the place. I used to shoot pennies of my fence (about 25yds) when the sparrows got smart. I did find with mine that using quality pellets made a big difference, mine is a .177 and liked barracuda match.

Shawn
 
Thanks guys. I took the Gamo to the range today and after shooting a real BR gun I put it on my benchrestrest setup. A big part of the problem, and may be with most of these type guns that come with a factory scope is that they have the wrong design scope. When I set up a target at 20 yards and focused the scope clearly, I had about 1" of parallax. When I took the parallax out the target was bad out of focus! At 100 yards the scope, cheap as they are, was about parallax free and clear but that setting is way out of range for this type gun.

I made a dot on the target big enough to see with the parallax free setting and it shot much better.

Stopped by Dicks Sporting Goods and bought 5 different designs of better quality pellets. That should help some more.
 
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