Thinking of Getting ONE of these 1,000's

[markfh11q]

Would the recoil be too harsh for the shooter to shoot accurately, or just too harsh for the gun to shoot accurately after a few shots? You're talking to someone who has to fire .30-'06's and .300 Winchester Magnums quite commonly. Recoil doesn't phase me as much as noise anymore.

I was actually thinking about getting a Beeman springer one of these days whenever I move up to a VERY nice gun. I'm not much of a fan with pre-charged pneumatics. I've seen those Dianas as well. It's gonna be a while before I save up the dough, though.

[fullmetaljacket]

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Don´t forget that springers don´t recoil in the same way firearms do. The second you pull the trigger there´s a whole lot of piston movement and bounce that happens before the pellet actually leaves the barrel. Take a 0.22 rimfire rifle, it recoils much less than a powerful springer yet the projectile it fires has a lot more muzzle energy.

This is the reason why some scopes rated for large caliber firearms will break when placed on a powerful springer.

[spudshooter]

i have a gamo hunter maxima combo, and am quite happy with it, it provides great accuracy, high velocity (1,000 fps) and was $293.00 ive been able to break pencils in half from 50 meters (using a high quality pellet of course). i recommend the rws pellet sampler for this rifle (all the pellets are very accurate with this rifle in the sampler).

EDIT: WOOPS, didnt see that you already put an order on a gamo 1000! hope you enjoy your gamo rifle like i do

[fullmetaljacket]

Why don't you go for the astounding 1,600 fps (with a 5.4 grain pellet) of the <a href="http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0039860228161a.shtml">Gamo Extreme</a> (a rebadged 1250) , apparently <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVX0y2Pcj_s">you can kill pigs with it</a> [:0]

[markfh11q]

Heh... no thanks. Here we hunt boars, and I ain't gunning against a boar with nothing more than a .22 Magnum. Sorry. [:p]

[Caramanos2000]

I have a winchester .177 Piston powered. Velocity is a little over 1050 fps leaving the barrel. Very accurate with a scope. Had it for about 4 years. Solid wood stock very nice stuff. Its crazy, it will shoot through pennies, an inch of wood, tvs ahhh the fun!