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| Value for Money | 4.7/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 4.5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 5.1/10  |
Full review by
DRESSBLUES
on 2nd Jul 2008
User Rating : 4
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Good Points: Good value for the money,feeds and shoots very well, slightly better than the Crosman 1088, easier to load, a little better accuracy and not as cheap looking as the 1088
Bad Points: Too much plastic and simulated controls cheapen this otherwise nice gun,be careful charging sometimes all co2 could leak out if you don't turn the charging valve quick enough, magazine is very flimsy, can break very easily if too much pressure is used.
General comments: All and all a very good value for your money,If you can live with an all plastic gun then it is an improvement over the 1088
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Review by
Guest.
on 22nd Feb 2008
User Rating : 9
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Yes it is really good. If you want to kill birds, you'll no problem with the Gamo V3.
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Review by
Marussi
on 12th Oct 2006
User Rating : 4
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I have read the reviews here, and everyone is complaining about the hard trigger pull. I have this Gamo V3 gun for a month now and I can easily pull the trigger! You can shoot all 16 BB's in about 5-7 seconds, at least I can, so I don't know if the others are so weak and can't pull the trigger or what. Everywhere it is written that it has a 15 shot magazine! That is also not true. You can put 16 BBs in there and the gun is very powerful, it shoots thru a 100 page magazine from 5 meters! It's a v ...
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Review by
VANDAL
on 20th Sep 2006
User Rating : 3
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Don't be lured in by the neat magazine, the Gamo V-3 is junk and isn't typical of Gamo which usually makes some fine products. The "fake" blow-back is gimmicky and child like. The slide is not blown back at all by CO2 but rather it moves a half inch every time you pull the trigger. This probably contributes to the absurdly impossible trigger. Also, you can see through the gun where the slide meets the frame, it's light as a feather making it feel like a toy, and the power and accuracy aren't ...
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Review by
gamo lover
on 18th Sep 2006
User Rating : 8
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My Gamo V3 is about a year old now, still in excellent condition. It's a good gun and powerful enough for birds, awesome for rats, but it's hard to get a co2 without it leaking a little.
It's a blow back but not a true blow back. There's no open chamber, the trigger makes it a blow back. I get about a 2 inch group at 5-10 yards.
Overall it's a decent gun and I would suggest it over any Crossman or Daisy.
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Review by
kiwishooter
on 12th Sep 2006
User Rating : 6
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I have brought a Gamo v-3 from a sporting shop in Auckland of New Zealand. It did cost me $200NZ. I had 500 shots with the gun. There are two problems I have found very quickly. They are - valve leaking and jams. Valve leaking is a common problems with most of Gamo co2 pistols. However I received a new magazine form retails. When it comes to the jams, the result of jams cause hard trigger pull. As most of the buyers complained hard trigger pull, it is actually caused by jams. The mechanical syst ...
kiwishooter's full review | 217 words | 3 comments added.
Review by
pillsbury
on 22nd Aug 2006
User Rating : 2
Respect :
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This Air Pistols sucks. Gamo makes good air rifles, but bad C02 pistols. Just as bad as the Anics Skif-300 air pistol. JUNK!!!!!!! STICK WITH DAISY.
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Review by
byrd86
on 8th Mar 2006
User Rating : 7
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Overall, the Gamo V3 is a great plinkin BB gun well worth the price. I was expecting so much fun with a BB gun under $50.00
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Review by
rexy
on 16th Oct 2005
User Rating : 0
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My Gamo v-3 CO2 pistol didn't work from the time it was pulled out of the box. Miserable workmanship. Horrid trigger, because of the slide that "moves". What Gamo doesn't tell you is that your finger moves it as you pull the trigger. Everything else that is above this is 1000% on the money. Don't waste yours.
I didn't even bother to send it back. The girl on the phone told me not to expect any satisfaction.
I smashed it with a 3 pound hammer, and will be mailing it to Ft Lauderdale tomorrow ...
rexy's full review | 107 words
Review by
Rockey10466
on 11th Oct 2005
User Rating : 6
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The Gamo V3 gun is great, just not a good trigger pull. If you want a powerful gun this is one of them.
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Review by
Major Mitt
on 10th Oct 2005
User Rating : 10
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I bought the Gamo V3 pistol the other day and was a bit disappointed when I put in the co2 and fired it at an orange and watched it bounce off. I thought I had purchased a dud gun. The next day I changeed the co2 canister and watched it proceed to fire a bb strait through the orange. It's the dud co2 from gun shops not the gun that is broken. This gun is incredibly reliable and has a nice weight while still remaining very accurate. The stiff trigger isn't really that stiff adds to the realism of ...
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Review by
The vahmant killah
on 4th Oct 2005
User Rating : 6
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The Gamo V3 has the worse trigger pull (Nearly 11 pounds) on any gun I own. It is powerful though, and it will shoot lead or steel BBs through it's rifled steel barrel. It has what one would call "combat accuracy" That is, it will hit a paper plate every time from 40' during rapid fire. It is pretty heavy, and it feels like a real pistol. It is pretty easy to modify it, and the trigger pull improved when I did. It is pretty powerful, but the bad trigger pull ruined accuracy. Hope this helped.
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Review by
b70irv
on 25th Sep 2005
User Rating : 0
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I had the Gamo v-3 pistol for about a year. Most of the time it was sitting like new in the box. Like most of the other posts, the technical stuff was the same. I had to pull the trigger hard, it misfired a LOT, BBs would roll out of the gun (how embarrassing). I got approximately 200 shots out of the thing before the top 'slide' just came apart! It was never accurate shooting. A total mess. I own the p23 and the 44. Both of these guns so far, shoot accurately and are mechanically well. It's a d ...
b70irv's full review | 159 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
DaveP19
on 17th Sep 2005
User Rating : 2
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Having been to my local gunshop to purchase a Co2 pistol there was limited stock so ended up buying the Gamo v3. When I begun to fire the pistol I slowly realised why this gun was in stock and no other,the Gamo v3 has a feeling of almost wanting to break each time fired and that the power was extremely weak for a normal 177 Co2. Having to pull the trigger all the way back before a shot is fired means that the accuracy is greatly reduced and after shooting at a plastic drinks bottle (no more than ...
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Review by
Bobbysox
on 4th Sep 2005
User Rating : 7
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I bought my Gamo V3 last Sunday. I find it extremely powerful, accurate and pleasent to hold. I have previously had many pistols and rifles in the past such as the Gamo Shadow 640 and 1000. Agile, compact, reasonably affordabe. This truly is a boy's toy. Due to the rather stiff trigger of the V3 I would not recommend this pistol to anybody aiming to shoot moving targets. The V3 has a easy to load Co2 compartment in the magazine of the gun for easy loading being able to shoot up to 60 shots per c ...
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Review by
sonic07
on 2nd Feb 2005
User Rating : 3
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I bought the Gamo V3 Feb. 1 2005, I like the way it loads the CO2 which is similar as my Walther CP Sport. It's not too accurate but it's expected from a bb gun. Power? it's all there. I tested on my chrono it shoots at 405.5fps to 411.5fps. The trigger is hard to pull reminds me my walther CP88N and the CPSport. I think the way this semi-auto design, the trigger must pull the hammer back to later knock the pin. Unlike single shot you can cock the hammer first and the trigger just have to let go ...
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Review by
ted maul
on 22nd Sep 2004
User Rating : 7
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I bought the Gamo V3 when it was first released on the strength of a review in a gun magazine. The gun was supplied by Gamo without seemingly being oiled, and this made the trigger very stiff. Once I had oiled it up, it made a big difference to the trigger pull, and I have no problems now as long as I keep it oiled.
I also found that I wasn't getting what I thought was the claimed power; and on inspection, I found that the seal for the CO2 capsule was made of a too tough plastic to attain a d ...
ted maul's full review | 236 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
vcoots
on 10th Aug 2004
User Rating : 1
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Purchased the Gamo V3 to help my son start into the shooting sports. He wanted a laser as well so he would look cool. No problem, the literature stated a 450fps rating and the gun just looked good in the package. Unfortunately, the gun lost all of its shine when my son put his finger into the trigger. He was having a hard time getting the gun to shoot. I checked to make sure the safety was not on and that everything was in order. Looked fine so I took the first shot about 50ft from the fence. Sq ...
vcoots's full review | 253 words
Review by
casper1
on 5th Apr 2004
User Rating : 5
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I also bought the Gamo v-3 just a few days ago, trigger pull is the worst i've tried, very hard and it affects also accuracy, I have also done some mods to the gun so it will perform better, I believe it is unnaceptable that Gamo produces and sells faulty products and then has the balls to charge
$69.99 for this product!! I do own another gamo pistol (p23) and compared to the v-3 it is a champ, well every now and then it shoots just gas,i t seems that ammo gets stuck, but well back to the v3, ...
casper1's full review | 439 words | 5 comments added.
Review by
casper1
on 5th Apr 2004
User Rating : 5
Respect :
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I also bought the Gamo V3 gun just a few days ago, trigger pull is the worst i've tried, very hard and it affects also accuracy, I have also done some mods to the gun so it will perform better, I believe it is unnaceptable that Gamo produces and sells faulty products and then has the balls to charge
$69.99 for this product!! I do own another gamo pistol (p23) and compared to the v-3 it is a champ, well every now and then it shoots just gas, it seems that ammo gets stuck, but well back to the V ...
casper1's full review | 458 words
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