Gamo Silent Cat Whisper - Hammers 3-9x40AO ?

[Tmpr111]

This will not zero or stay in the remote area from one shot to the next? Any ideas?

 

[Tmpr111]

Is the spring action too much?

 

[nmurph]

Springer's need scopes made to deal their unique recoil.

 

[Tmpr111]

Understood.

I thought it was made for that. I suppose not.

 

[nmurph]

Im not familiar with Hammers.

Leepers are what I prefer on my Gamo.

 

[ldavid008]

Even springer rated scopes sometimes fall victim and die.

Check out a Hawke Vantage. I've had good luck with them and are around the $100 range.

 

[KingTiger]

I just finished mounting a scope & sighting it in for a friend's Gamo Swarm Maxxim that has similar specs to your rifle. It came with a 3-9 mounted. I removed the base & rings, cleaned & degreased, then remounted using Loctite.

It wasn't grouping worth a darn either using match pellets that my RWS 36 loves. I switched to the Gamo Whisper pellets & immediately saw my groups shrink. These are longer & heavier (10.5 grains) & Gamo recommends them for their rifles that use the Whisper technology.

These stay subsonic, so that helps accuracy. They also don't generate the sonic crack that normal weight pellets do at the guns rated 1,300 fps, so they are also much quieter.

Hope this helps.

 

[JustUs4All]

This might sound odd but how you hold it might make a difference. I get my best results by resting the forearm on my open palm and allowing the stock to be loose against my shoulder. When I try to hold tight my groups open up. it might have something to do with the oddball reverse recoil.