Thread: something a little drifrent (air rifle reveiw)

got a air rifle last week (1st one since i was a kid) and thorght id try my hand at a reveiw (excuse my spelling i know its fucked)

Gamo whisper IGT review
Ill stat out by saying I’m not really an airgun guy and normally stick to firearms however I decided I needed an air gun as at home here on a very flat 3 acre block you can’t safely use a 22 long rifle we have pest birds nesting in our roof and fireplace and need a safer way to knock back the numbers also for practice here at home…..

*Choosing the rifle
I had 3 main wants/needs
1st it needed to be quiet as I have stock and neighbours and although the neighbours know what im doing as I always let them know and they are happy for me to shoot I still don’t want to spook the horses or stock

2nd had to be as accurate as possible as im an ex target shooter and every rifle I own needs to be accurate

3rd I had a strict budget $550 I couldn’t justify a PCP air rifle just yet
After reading plenty of reviews on different air rifles including co2, pump up , springers and gas piston the Gamo whisper IGT seemed to tick the boxes for me And I brought a package with an 4-12x40AO scope in .22 cal


*1st impressions

The rifle seems very well made. Feels very nice to hold and shoulder with is thumbhole stock. It’s a very light rifle and will be super easy to hold and shoot off hand and would be a very nice gun to carry long distance it is very well balanced. the safety is very handy and easy to operate while the rifle is shouldered its nice and easy to load and cock I test fired using H&N crow magnums the trigger is around 2lb and feels reassemble .. its got a fair amount of creep but breaks nice so im sure you could get used to it, and the noise is about the same my suppressed 22 long rifle shooting subsonic ammo…..

*Range testing & accuracy
During zeroing I had issues with the scope so while waiting for the replacement to arrive I thought id test out the open sights. These are hi vis type V sights with windage and elevation adjustments both in the rear sight. These sights proved very useful im the 1st to admit im not the best with normal v open sights but I was still able to shoot ok groups at 15 yards
Heres a copple of groups that were about normal using the open sights shot with the h&n crow magnum… someone who is better with open sights could do better


The scope sorted moved onto testing a few different pellets for accuracy at 15 yards and will try the contenders at a longer distance when this wind calms
The 1st 5 groups were with the h&n crow magnums each group is 5 shots
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The 2nd 3 groups were with gamo Pba (left) top group is 5 shots bottom is 3 shots (the last of the pack)

the right hand 4 shot group was with skenco heavy long range pellets I stoped at 4 rounds as it was quite obvious they won’t shoot in the gamo they were a very lose fit in the barrel which is probably the reason why they don’t shoot



i have more types of pellets on the way and will contunue testing when they arrive

updates to come