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Posted: 27 Feb 2023 at 6:17pm

Chronograph Results for the G Magnum

Gamo	Magnum replay .22
Pellet Brand	H&N	H&N
Pellet type	FTT	BHE
Average fps	950	816
Grains	14.66	19.09
Grammes	0.95	1.21
foot pounds	29.39	28.23
Joules	39.84	38.28

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Posted: 27 Feb 2023 at 6:15pm

Hey Kruza, when you mentioned the damage your loader caused I checked the magnum and lower powered replay 10 for signs of pellet damage, which is the great part of sharing on the forum.

Power and accuracy. I agree these are over the top and would take take my 20ft/lb Gamo Black Knight or Sig saucer ASP20 out hunting before this beast any day.

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Posted: 27 Feb 2023 at 7:56am

when I had my mag fed gamo, I found the mag an advantage. Espially quail where you often get a shot at a second bird. Mag feeder was damaging pellets so it came off.

My next question is if the gamo mercs mentions is an effective 45yard hunter, why do you want a magium for that range. The tx smoked everything out to that range with nowhere near the fpe of a magium and none of extra movement.

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Posted: 27 Feb 2023 at 1:05am

The rifle looks much more sleek in its new setup. I liked the idea of the 10 shot magazine when I first looked at the newer gamo rifles but they don't lend themselves to an attractive rifle.

I moved from single shot springers to multishot pcp's for pest control and the benifit of a quick follow up shot was huge. I got far more doubles on squirrels, if I missed (hit a twig) or the critter needed a follow up shot it was much easier. It was not just the speed of a follow up but the lack of additional noise and movement to reload.

I did briefly have a single shot pcp, I thought that I would be able to quickly slip a second pellet in without much fuss and get those follow up shots still. But it turns out seating a pellet in the breach of a pcp was trickier than a break barrel, so I went back to multishots.

My concern with the multishot gamo's and BSA's is that you still have the noise and movement of cocking the rifle and that is what oftne prevents a follow up, not the ease of loading the next pellet. So although the idea is good, I don't think it would be nearly as benificial as the quick, quiet follow up shots from a pcp.

Basically that's a long way of saying I doubt I would miss the multishot capabilities on a similar rifle and would look to set it up like you have it now. Did you find the multishot helped much for quicker follow up shots?

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Posted: 26 Feb 2023 at 6:18pm

The Gamo Magnum is packaged in a variety of ways but at the heart is an oversized piston chamber and an Inert Gas Ram. I look forward to other owners postings. We should be able to dispel a few misbeliefs and commiserate each other on the harsh reality of Gamo Magnums.

They will never be described as smooth and probably represent the less desirable features provided by todays mass market airgun manufacturers.

Mine is the .22 G Magnum Replay and purchased because it is possibly the most powerful break barrel available from retail outlets. Purchased in 2019 it came packaged with scope for $625.

Great fun out of the box and always gets a sideways look from other air gunners when fired.

Greater than 1000 pellets and it remains trouble free, just went over it today and not even a loose screw, basic annual lube maintenance only.

This rifle is an effective 40 yard hunter and along with the packaged scope has performed as expected.

I will of course post some performance and user experience reports but will start with:

Rifle is long with a very heavy cocking force and recoil is a workout, not for everybody and in my opinion an unlikely choice as a first airgun.

Replay Magazine and Pellets - I use H&N Hunter Extreme and trust them to stay in place and load when walking about. When trialling different pellets and uncertain I use the magazine as a portable pellet store. Insert, load, check pellet count and remove before firing. Some pellets can fallout when loading and a misfire on the magnums is violent and very loud so best avoided. The Gamo 10x pellets were not a good option in my magazines and disappointing when they failed to load correctly. Hopefully the GenII and GenIII loaders are less fussy. The Loader unit is easily removed and stored away which I have done recently to trial different scope configurations.

Gamo in original setup with packaged 3-9x40 scope and 10 shot magazine.

This weeks experiment Gamo trial with loader removed

Nikko Stirling 3-9x40 and Diana Zero Recoil Mount

Edited by mercs - 26 Feb 2023 at 7:09pm