gamo cf-30 review

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Accuracy	8.7/10
Handling	8/10
Value for Money	9.2/10
Reviewer Rating	8.5/10
Overall Rating	8.1/10

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By nolimits on 6th Sep 2006

nolimits's Ratings

Accuracy	10/10
Handling	10/10
Value for money	10/10
Overall value	10/10
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Fasten your seat belts!!!!! I have a .22 and it was noisy with a lot of recoil. As D.I.Y is in my blood I opened the Gamo CF-30 gun and made some adjustments. Don't laugh it really work out fine. I used heavy outdoor tape. Yes read it again.
This is what I did;
First I cleaned the gun inside. Then I put the heavy tape around the rear and front spring guide and turned / screwed into the spring. The heavy front spring guide moves around in the piston very easy so I taped this to get a tight fit there also. The spring and guides are now fully under control. After this I greased the spring and the trigger with black molycote. Also loosened the trigger and put the gun together again.
Shooting without a scope gives very good results at 10 meters but with a Webley scope from my Hurricane 2, 5x15, even my daughter 7 and son of 9, hit the bulls eye hole time after time.
The Barrel rests at a ladder with a cloth between it. No state of the art tune and still lasts over 2500 rounds. The noise is a nice plock and the recoil speaks for it self having the children have a go. I learned to put the gun good in the shoulder, look for the target, put the finger on the trigger, move it all ready a bit and when everything is well, have a smooth but steady pull only by the finger and don't look away when pulling.
I was really happy with the result of there first shoot with the gun.

I can explain this also having a Chinese QB51 which is very accurate having no recoil at 10 meters and very silent too. The rear spring guide moves over the front spring guide which is part of the piston.
My next step will be a Hunter 1250 spring in both and see what happens. (16 euro)
Will it damage my beloved gun I buy a new one for 168 euro and learned my lesson.
Try this with a TX200 or HK97? These guys wanting to sell to buy a PCP-gun have a hard time getting there money back. With the hunting 1250 spring I will be very happy reaching about 950 fps for such little money.

I know a real pro will needs a basket now but I have really fun for very little money and can easily buy/try something else.

Total Respect: +1