Does anyone here have any experience with one of these?
http://www.gamousa.com/product.aspx?product=ViperExpress&productID=71
http://www.gamousa.com/product.aspx?product=ViperExpress&productID=71
Air Shotgun
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lizziedog1
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Can't speak for the Gamo, but do have an old Crossman air shotgun. They used .380 caliber shot cartridges that could be reloaded. The small amount of #9 shot made it difficult to do serious damage to a target. Ended up using it for shooting Ritz crackers flung from a hand thrower.
When I was a kid I had a black Daisy air rifle (don't remember which model, but it was one of those that came with a scope). I could get it to shoot 7-8 BBs at once. I would pull the bolt back and load a BB into the chamber. Then with my thumb on my other hand I'd hold it over the chamber while I pulled the bolt back again. This would keep the BB I just loaded in the chamber, and the bolt would pull another BB up for loading. I'd repeat till there were 7 or 8 in there.
I never used this technique when out in the woods shooting birds, but I remember one time my friend's father took us out somewhere to shoot, and we had set up a thin piece of plexi-glass type stuff. He was shooting at it with a single BB at a time and making little cracks in the plexi-glass, while I was shooting multiple BBs at a time and blowing chunks of the plex-glass apart. I remember he even started to complain about how my BB gun was so much better than his because he didn't realize what I was doing. I think we were both about 10 yrs old.
I never used this technique when out in the woods shooting birds, but I remember one time my friend's father took us out somewhere to shoot, and we had set up a thin piece of plexi-glass type stuff. He was shooting at it with a single BB at a time and making little cracks in the plexi-glass, while I was shooting multiple BBs at a time and blowing chunks of the plex-glass apart. I remember he even started to complain about how my BB gun was so much better than his because he didn't realize what I was doing. I think we were both about 10 yrs old.
Viper
I have had one of the Viper air shotguns for a couple of years. It has limited use. The shot charge being so small, the effective range is about 10 yards for ritz crackers thrown by a foot operated trap. Animals are less.
The ammo from Gamo is reloadable, easily; they don't tell you that but it is so. A big plus for the Viper is that, with the chamber adapter in place, it shoots .22 cal pellets and is quite accurate out to 25 yards.
Pete
I have had one of the Viper air shotguns for a couple of years. It has limited use. The shot charge being so small, the effective range is about 10 yards for ritz crackers thrown by a foot operated trap. Animals are less.
The ammo from Gamo is reloadable, easily; they don't tell you that but it is so. A big plus for the Viper is that, with the chamber adapter in place, it shoots .22 cal pellets and is quite accurate out to 25 yards.
Pete
Farco .51 air shotgun
Do a search for "Farco Shotgun". I had one of these, they're a blast. .51cal. The shells were basically a piece of 1/2" copper pipe. You could load shot with a small piece of cork in each end of the shell. I liked to shoot .50 lead ball loaded with a Sabot. They're good for about 100 ftlbs. I've had the Crosman also, it seems like a red ryder next to a Farco. IMHO, stay away from anything Gamo that's not at least 10 years old.
Fit and finish is just OK- these are imported from the Phillippines. They also make several other high power airguns. I have an AR6, a 6 shot .22 that shoots 28 grain pellets at about 1100FPS (ridiculous power for an airgun)
Do a search for "Farco Shotgun". I had one of these, they're a blast. .51cal. The shells were basically a piece of 1/2" copper pipe. You could load shot with a small piece of cork in each end of the shell. I liked to shoot .50 lead ball loaded with a Sabot. They're good for about 100 ftlbs. I've had the Crosman also, it seems like a red ryder next to a Farco. IMHO, stay away from anything Gamo that's not at least 10 years old.
Fit and finish is just OK- these are imported from the Phillippines. They also make several other high power airguns. I have an AR6, a 6 shot .22 that shoots 28 grain pellets at about 1100FPS (ridiculous power for an airgun)