Written on: 10/02/2013
I am amazed at the American Attitude about weapons when anything is made out of America. After owning Remingtons and Marlins over the years there reliability and Quality now doesnot leave much to be desired. Great Air Rifle and reliable something the Yanks have Forgotten. (read more)
Written on: 21/11/2011 by spud123 (2 reviews written)
this isnt a riview but can anyone tell me what the cfx can take down and how far it can shoot. ihave used this gun once but only for targets. (read more)
Written on: 22/07/2011 by Chirpan
I bought my CFX 2 months ago and I couldn't believe it's accuracy out of the box..!!, I mounted a scope on it and started making dime groups at 20mts. after only 8 or 10 shots..!! Beautiful look & feel, easy to cock, user friendly but the trigger needs adjustment for shure. I would highly recommend this gun to everybody..! (read more)
Written on: 20/04/2011
Really accurate airgun. The airgun is a bit heavy but learning the proper handling will allow you to be more effective.
If you intend to go for target shooting, this airgun will be great for you. If you'd go hunting, it'll still be good, just not sure if it'll be able to sufficiently get a kill. Overall it is a great airgun that I'd definitely recommend.
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Written on: 24/11/2011
im looking at one for hunting but i will have to find out more about if its good enough for it cheers for the rieview it helped alote its good to know its accurate.
Written on: 01/01/2011
Una delle peggiori carabine da me provate, poca precisione, costruita in maniera approssimativa, molte reazioni, pessima! (read more)
Written on: 23/11/2010 by swanndry93 (43 reviews written)
Picked up this airgun at a good price. The gun Has a great feel to it and I like the side grip inserts and the synthetic stock is comfortable and is good quality.At first it took me awhile to get use to the rotary breech because it can be a bit fiddly but after a while of shooting it gets much easier.The bluing is fairly good but mine needed a good clean because it was sitting in the shop for a long period of time.The gun is a bit top heavy but with a scope it balances it out more. The fiber... (read more)
Written on: 24/06/2010
If you want to buy this gun, please read this. I bought my gamo cfx about a year ago and had no complaints about it but now when i try to get the aiming centred over about 25-30m the bullet just seems to go where it wants to. its a good gun over to about 50m but it loses alot of speed and energy. I was trying to shoot guini fowl with it oer 40m. they were very wild and was the closest i could get. it shoots a centre shot at 40m. they flew away before i could pull the trigger and just took a... (read more)
Written on: 07/06/2010
absolute rubbish fit for the bin (read more)
Written on: 16/10/2010
This is not a review - it's a comment. There are no details to back up the statement.
Written on: 19/10/2010
I found this review not helpful because...why???
Written on: 01/11/2010
I hate "reviews" such as this one because it gives no helpful information at all. What was so bad about the gun?
Written on: 23/12/2010
His mom would not buy the gun for him, so now he can't stand the gun!!!! Same go and cry to mommy about the comment I left you.
Written on: 24/11/2011
this is absolute rubbish it dose'nt tell me any thing about the gun
Written on: 04/03/2010
Very good rifle,i have one in 5.5mm
I can shoot tin cans at 150m ;)
My next gold is 200m.
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Written on: 24/02/2010
I have had the CFX for over a year now. This gun is by far the most accurate air rifle I have shot. I put a GRT III trigger on it...no first stage travel and it has an extremely light pull on the order of 1 pound. I also removed the front and read fiber optic sights and added a raised cheek piece to compliment my 3-13X44 BSA scope. I have done extensive testing of power and ballistics with various pellets, and JSB exact 8.4's have stood out as the best. This rifle will achieve no... (read more)
Written on: 11/02/2010
Got my CFX for Christmas, havn't shot a pellet rifle in years, all i can say for this rifle is wow!! put on 3x9 scope and can hit quarters at 30 yards with no problem, can hit oranges at 70 yards using mil-dot, have shot lots of squirrels and rabbits, and this thing is a one and done deal. complete pass throughs on squirrels at 30 yards, Mine likes predator poly mags, Beeman wadcutters, both fly true, I love this rifle, the reviews i read on the trigger were horrible, mine is actually pretty... (read more)
Written on: 14/01/2010
just got it a couple of days ago, went to site it in today 01/14/2010 i love this gun i was getting dime size groups at 50 yds (read more)
Written on: 09/01/2010
accurate,light,cheap,reliable workhorse.
good for the club and the pot.
review based on .22
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Written on: 30/12/2009
Well i owned this rifle for about a year. The accuracy is what keeping me amazed every time when i shoot this rifle. After getting almost into intimate relations with this gun i achieved 1 inch groupings at 60 yards. scope leapers 3-16-50. Under 50 yards small critters don't stand a chance. Best ammo for me so far is jsb exact heavy for long range hunting(hit very hard). crow mags and predators under 30 yards.Installed grt trigger totally new gun .Best gun for the money.
P.S. This gun got...
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Written on: 15/11/2009
Mine's a .22 CFX. The best of 3 air rifles that I have. Into target shooting.
Kneeling and shooting at about 25m with a BSA Essential 4x32AO scope and hitting targets within a 3cm diameter circle using Gamo Match pellets. Think I can do better if I tried harder.
Manage to "cut" a 1mm think steel can in two using 10 pellets.
The elevated scope rail includes mounting holes for scope mounts to prevent scopes from slipping.
Underlever sure is easier to cock compared to break-barrel. ...
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Written on: 24/09/2009 by DarkL (2 reviews written)
i just bought CFX .177 with a gtrIII trigger and a Simmons 3-9x32 its accurate and powerful, in my option a value for money
the only think that i don't like is the trigger but gtrIII makes CFX a different gun
after zeroing the scope i hit a 2 euro coin at 30m 5/5 with H&N baracuda
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Written on: 29/08/2009 by ynotsttop
The Gamo CF-X is bang on , value with style and power (read more)
Written on: 13/07/2009 by mopa (1 review written)
Great rifle! Have a Gamo CF-X, full power aprox 22j. Fitted a gtIII trigger and it is sweeet! Hit 3 peanuts with 3 shots at 25m. Good accuracy, build , price, gets better if tuned. (read more)
Written on: 08/06/2009
the gamo cfx is a great gun. great power and can hit bottle lids at 40 meters. went shooting tover the weekend and got 9 rabbits smashed them around at 40 - 50 meters easy (read more)
Written on: 04/06/2009 by airgun armoury
great gun. there has to be no better air rifle for under £300. it is HIGHLY accurate, is powerful, is good looking, and, above everything else, is cheap!
the power of this is brilliant! i shot at a paint tin lid at 50 yards with it 20 times. every shot went straight through! i then did the same with 2mm of lead and the same happened.
there are three problems with this gun. one is that it is so easy to load the pellets the wrong way round. when this happens it sounds like you've just fired a...
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Written on: 07/05/2009 by Jarven (1 review written)
I just bought the Gamo CF-X and fitted a Bushnell 3-9x40. When I went out to our shooting range to zero in the scope the gun broke after about 17 shots. I went to the local store where I bought it and instantly got a replacement rifle, and just moved the scope to the new gun.
When I took the new gun out to the range it broke in the exact same way as the last in about 15 shots.
The problem is that it doesn't lock the spring after loading the rifle. It will just act like I'm holding the...
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Written on: 11/05/2009
[UPDATE]
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<br/>Now the 3:rd Gamo CF-X have died. It lasted around 50-60 shots before it too broke in the same way as the other two.
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<br/>Just to clarify that I've owned a fair share of Gamo rifles in the past, I've never ever experienced that poor quality of functionality. 1 is just bad luck, 2 is extreme bad luck and 3 is a pattern.
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<br/>I've now returned the Gamo CF-X to the retailer, who didn't even ask a question about my return. He just said that he too is fed up with the poor quality (he is a retailer of Gamo since 30 years or so back in time). He said he would resend all the current Gamo CFX for a total refund of his money and I could just pick up a catalogue from his shop and point at a gun I wanted instead (in the same pricerange) and he would have it delivered to me in person within 3 days.
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<br/>Although I'm pretty sure I've been the most unlucky person in the world at this time. I will NOT buy another Gamo rifle, ever. Even if I had extreme bad luck with these 3 rifles, not even one of them should break after about 17 shots, in any condition, ever...
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<br/>I looked at the product catalogue in the shop together with my salesperson and we both agreed I'd try the Hatsan 100x Torpedo instead, since it was almost identical in functionality and data as the Gamo CFX.
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<br/>I will write a review about the Hatsan 100x as soon as I get a feeling about it...
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<br/>And, let me just clarify something again, although I never ever will buy a Gamo again I'm not saying that all their guns are poor quality. I've been using Gamo for a very long time without problems, although those rifles was in the mid 500fps range and not 1200fps (max) as these ones.
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<br/>If you know a local retailer that sells Gamo, talk to them. If there have been problems with the model you are considering, they will know about it better then you because they handle all the returns.
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<br/>Thanks for reading my review and I hope it made you think before you act. Not like me, that bought a gun based on my past experiences with the brand. Remember that there are many many good or better brands out there, probably for a lesser amount of money then Gamo.
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<br/>When you buy a Gamo you will pay more because, well, it's a Gamo, and everyone know how good those are... =)
Written on: 15/06/2009
Bushnell scopes aren't really designed for today's spring airguns. Try leapers,hawke airmax,nikko stirling airking ect
Written on: 24/02/2009
On the Gamo CF-X the FPS is lower than advertised. Breech seal went wrong after 6 months. Very slow warranty repair and poor customer service. This gun is over rated. Will switch to German air rifle next time. (read more)
Written on: 09/01/2009
The Gamo CF-x air rifle is perfect for the airgun hunter. Its got great power and accuracy. The only problems really are that its loading is quite slow and the gun is quite heavy. Other than that its a great air rifle. (read more)
Written on: 30/10/2008
Would gladly buy this gun again. Solid feel, very accurate under 30 yards, affordable, well made, love the fiber optic sites. Found the adjustable scope to be of good quality and increased the accuracy. Great hunting rig, not just for plinking. Rotating breach not a speed loader and the pellets don't always fall in the right direction, must seat with finger nail most of the time. (read more)
Written on: 29/10/2008 by Steven Brooks (1 review written)
I would gladly buy this gun again. I found the adjustable scope to be very good and added to the shooters accuracy. GAMO rocks in my opinion. Solid feel like a quality rifle should, accurate, love the fiber optic sites, very good hunter, not just a plinker, great value for the money. Rotating breach is not a speed loader, pellets don't always fall in the right direction, mostly have to use the finger nail to seat properly. (read more)
Written on: 21/10/2008
I have a gamo cfx i was wondering what you think the best range is for shooting it to kill? Its an amazing air rifle and i love using it. Its so accurate as well. here are no bad points about the Gamo CF-X (read more)
Written on: 10/10/2008 by sheffx800
VERY happy with my purchase and it's doing me great service at the local air rifle club with the HFT comp shoots. For your specific altitude and therefore power factor I would advise doing a self test for which pellets your gun will prefer. For me it threw a good few around before I found one that I could consistantly keep in the bullseye! (read more)
Written on: 22/09/2008 by ISRAMZ
The Gamo CF-X is a great vlaue gun. Its precition is really good, its great balue and really good looking. The only bad point is that the trigger is not very good. (read more)
Written on: 13/08/2008 by EliteSniper (1 review written)
I was given the Gamo CFX as a present last christmas. My first impression was 'WOW'. I took it out straight away and sighted it in. Have mounted on it Hawke 4 x 40 sights. It came with the gun. When I got it zeroed in that night targets were in danger, with me been able to hit a grouop of 5 the size of a 10p at 30 yards I found out right away this was an extreemly accurate gun. I was only out for about 1 hour and in that time I bagged myself 11 hits. On the way back there was a big crow sat... (read more)
Written on: 29/07/2008 by jfhelier (1 review written)
This is my first rifle: it has a great accuracy, definitely a great deal. The CFX came up with an excellent package with optic + laser + torch. Torch is useless to me but some might have fun using this rifle by night. I shoot from a 30m range to 100 meters. With the optic it's easy to shoot a coin several times within the closest range. A cigarette pack can be easily reached at 100m. As I'm new to this shooting sport I encounter some issues with the optic from a shooting session to the... (read more)
Written on: 30/07/2008
Try the shooting forum for advice, here's the url: <br/>http://www.reviewcentre.com/fcat48.html
Written on: 22/07/2008 by gunlover01 (1 review written)
Mate! Ive made some serious shots with this gun. one shot out to 60 meters on a crow was enough to convince me this was a serious air rifle. i know it sounds crazy but i even got it to break fishing line at ten meters. rested up of course. i dont care wat anyone says thats value for your bloody money. (read more)
Written on: 19/07/2008
I had CFX for couple month. It is accurate and will hit small target (probably size of cigarette packet) up to 50 meters, and kills small animals within the same range.
I bought BSA carbine since it was hard to reload in poorly lit condition.
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Written on: 17/07/2008 by Gunlover (1 review written)
Excellent pellet gun. At 20metres with BSA 3-9x32 scope it is accurate! I love my gun and hunt rats, rabbit and birds with ease.
Handling excellent, recoil excellent, trigger is smooth, and when u have ur target in scope it is good bye to it.
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Written on: 13/07/2008 by TrawlerUSA (1 review written)
You can't go wrong with this rifle. For approx $200 US, you'll get an accurate, easy to cock rifle with lots of upgrade potential, should you wish to do so. I also own an Airforce Condor (among others), but find myself going to the CFX for most plinking sessions. I've had such a good experience with the CFX that I'm now going to spend some real dollars/pds for an Air Arms Prosport (read more)
Written on: 25/06/2008
The CFX is my 3rd air rifle, and by far the best one I've ever had. It is very accurate both with scope and the standard sights. Personally I don't think it shoots quite hard enough (about 755 ft/s with the 5.5 pellet version), but it's hard enough for hunting birds and such. I also really like it's design.
The only small disadvantage is that it doesn't shoot as hard as for example the Hatsan 125, but it still delivers a killing effect so all in all a very nice rifle!
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Written on: 21/06/2008
I bought a Ares air rifle that is a replica of the CFX.I sold it to my father -in-law and bought me THE CFX!!! I shoot hunter field targets in competitions and the results are better than those shooting with riffles 10 times more expensive.The pellets I use for competitions is JSB exact.They give me a grouping of 10mm radius at 25m.For hunting,I use Gamo Pro Magnums.I work at a animal feed factory,and they are too happy if I shoot on weekends.Lots of pigeons!!! I fitted a Nikko Stirling... (read more)
Written on: 20/06/2008 by ShotTheDot (9 reviews written)
I would recommend it as a first time rifle or for advanced plinkers and hunters.I would always go for the royal model as i love the wood finish but black model is not too shabby. Fluorescent inserts in the open sights are very attractive also and looking down the barrel can very easily be mistaken for small led type bulbs.I have not used the guns own sights yet but am sure they will do the job in emergencies. I have as yet not decided my favourite .22 pellet but will know soon as i have... (read more)
Written on: 12/06/2008 by bushshrewsbury
A rifle is only as good as it shoots, enough said. (read more)
Written on: 26/07/2008
A shooter is only as good as their aim. I'd be interested to hear if you find a more accurate replacement to your CFX. Good luck.
Written on: 24/08/2008
I found this review unhelpful because... 0 for accuracy??? I too would like to see how the accuracy is for another air rifle from this shooter.
Written on: 07/06/2008 by quailpie
First break barrel air rifle, used to using 88g co2 rifle, the open sight on these things once set up are brilliat, advise to anyone as first air rifle as it is cheap and really fun, open sight accurate to upto 40ft, depending on eye sight and I have dropped a crow from about 35mts with this amazing air rifle (read more)
Written on: 30/05/2008 by moto9ll
Best deal for the money hands down. I read lots of reviews before buying this gun and boy did it pay off...i have a weaver 3x9 scope on mine and wow is this thing accurate! it would shoot about a one inch group at 50-60 ft. before it was broke in...i am on my second tin of rws 8.3 supper dome pellets and it will shoot groups the size of a quarter at 100 ft. easily if its not too windy. clean your barrel every 100 pellets or so ...cut a q-tip off and place it in the barrel..and then put a... (read more)
Written on: 06/08/2008
I found this review helpful because... The comments made on the rifle are very accurate as I have found this air rifle to be.
Written on: 27/05/2008 by BLACK MAMBA (1 review written)
I tried a couple of other makes,but no one can match a gammo. I am thinking of getting the hunter with 1600 plus fps. (read more)
Written on: 21/05/2008 by muzzrat (18 reviews written)
This is the first under-leaver rifle i have owned, I bought it mostly because I was curious to see how different they could be compared to the break barrel variety. When I shopped around I narrowed my choice to the Gamo CFX and the Weihrauch HW97, my decision was based mainly on the obvious difference in cost but i was also keen to try a synthetic stock as all my previous rifles were wood, also the Weihrauch's always seem uncomfortably nose heavy to me and I don't enjoy firing them... (read more)
Written on: 28/05/2008
I found this review helpful because...well I'm about to get this air rifle and wanted to know if it was worth it or not, and yours was the first I found.
Written on: 30/05/2008
I think this review is very helpful as it covered all details and was presented well.
Written on: 16/05/2008 by cyron (1 review written)
I bought the gamo cfx last Saturday. it is a great rifle and i enjoy it every time i shoot. however in my opinion loading the rifle is a hassle especially when you are in prone position, also when you are in prone for over 20 minutes, your wrist starts to pain a bit due to the weight on the front of the rifle. but in all, the rifle is worth every cent you pay for it. (read more)
Written on: 11/06/2008
I am looking for a gamo cfx and would like to get one for a good price - any ideas
Written on: 11/05/2008
Very good value and like i said very accurate (read more)
Written on: 24/04/2008 by benthebunneyslayer
Its a very good gun dont get me wrong but like all guns it has its bad points it is quite loud annoying to load and slow to load and their is quite a bit of recoil but apart from that it is a very good gun. (read more)
Written on: 21/04/2008 by craby (1 review written)
I live on 45 acres, and have a problem with rabbits and hares coming into the garden during the night. A normal gun is too loud, and I didn't want to risk stray shots going into the neighbours houses. Based on the excellent reviews of the CFX, I made my purchase in .177.
I haven't been disappointed. The CFX has proven to be ideal for both plinking and hunting. Since I am primarily hunting rabbits and hares, I opted for a red dot scope from Vector Optics on a cantilever mount. Not only...
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Written on: 28/05/2008
I'm about to get this and I read yours and you explained everything very well
<br/>Thanks
Written on: 13/04/2008 by extremehunter
I would recommended this gun to a little bit more experienced shooters it's a great gun overall and it's underlever is was makes it so accurate. (read more)
Written on: 03/04/2008 by backyardsniper (1 review written)
I've had my CFX for 2mths now and I have to be honest, I took it back after the first 100 pellets as it didn't feel to be punching at its alleged weight (apparently around 11.3ft/lb). Gunsmith told me to run the rest of my 500 tin through it and if the 10.3ft/lb didn't bump up they'd respring it. On return visit it had dropped to 9.4ft/lb so respring was done. It came back a different rifle (although not without teething problems). The main thing is finding the ideally matched pellet for... (read more)
Written on: 02/06/2008
for about 2 months now i have been narrowin down my search for a good .22 underlever with the power and accuracy, and with reviews as good as this (there are many) i think my search is over, just ordered my gamo cfx 16-j cant wait to test it out. my initial review will follow. cheers!
Written on: 25/03/2008 by Gwalshy (2 reviews written)
Owned my .22 cal. for 2yrs hasn't lost power at all.Zero malfunctions.I shoot rabbits,hares,possums,small to medium birds.Absolute power up to 30M however shots at longer range also effective.Possums particularly are hard to kill even with small cal. .22 rimfires,however I'm not lacking a tidy record of one (head) shot kills exeding 25M.
Please be aware it's very easy to overlook closing the breach,more so when follow ups are required in haste....firing it open IS NOT GOOD for it.highly...
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Written on: 23/03/2008 by Gwalshy (2 reviews written)
Owned my .22 cal for over 2yrs,used on rabbits,hares,opossums and magpies(I live in New Zealand).not short on power using Gamo Pro Magnums.Have had surprising clean kills at range.
Hare at 35metres,opussom at 27odd metres.
Great unique mechanism too.
All round great rifle with no major faults.Prepared to over look slow load time,as mentioned,due to clean kills.
P.S. opossums and hares are hard to one-hit-kill even with small cal. firearms. Thank You.
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Written on: 22/07/2011
That's useful mate, I needed an honest answer on it's stopping power. I'll look for something else as there's a question on this one.