Page 3 - Gamo Express EXP20 Reviews

Actual buckshot for a pellet gun, they carry a great tight pattern at about 30-40 feet and spread fairly and evenly over good distances, you can also place a .22 round ball in the end and have a multi-sized shot, you can even use the empty cartridge as an adapter-but, you will loose around 25fps.

Packaging.

These only fit in the Gamo Shadow & Express series .22 pellet rifles, which are becoming hard to find.

fun to shoot, powerful at close range, easily takes rabbits, squirrels, gophers, dangerous insects out at close range 5-10 yards. I have even killed a small rattlesnake with a well place headshot!

Put more pellets in shell, Put more shells in package like 40-50 count instead of 25 count. Drop price more or add extra shells.

Careful what you aim at as some pellets in shell may ricochet, use at close range, clean your barrel at least every 5 shells as the plastic sticks to the barrel somewhat. I do not recommend for reloading as it may damage the airgun! HAVE FUN!

Reasonable spread. People have mentioned they're reloadable, but I have yet to try.

I'd make them a bit cheaper. Or more easily reloadable.

Only used these for plinking so far, no varminting/pest removal. That said, they're pretty fun.

Shell work great for control of mice and rat in our barn. Does no damage to interior.

nothing

expensive

These are the best varmint ammo in my arsenal. I can pop a chipmonk at 50 feet with no problem. Pyramid haz the best prices on this ammo.

Nothing, perhaps make a reload kit for the shells...

This is worth the investment!

They are re-loadable and for their size do pack a pretty good punch.

I'm still disappointed that Gamo has decided not to market reloading components for these shells.

Short range for any effective penetration. Most but not all of the shot will penetrate two layers of cardboard at 10 feet so you need to be close. Still a lot of fun. Try shooting a full water bottle with the cap removed.

Thought I would have a hard time finding these shells. I've shot about 20 with no failures.

Surprising penetration

For an air powered shot gun it has nice range and power. A pie plate size pattern at 30 feet,,,awesome.....

Nothing.

Nice close range varmint gun, wherever you live...

they load easy in my shaddow express. I haven't had much luck hunting with it though. I doubt this is an efective hunting round. it's more a novelty than anything else. These are what I use if I have nothing else to fire, and that's not likely. I stay well stocked.

for the price, there needs to be more per pack.

these are a good novelty thing for gamo's shotguns, which I really don't take too seriously.

That they are available at all, and they work better than pellets at short range on squirrels and other pests. Of course they're meant to be used only on Gamo's two air shotguns, since their barrels aren't rifled. Don't use these in your .22 rifle.

We all wish they were less expensive, but if ever there was a niche product, this is it. It would be nice if Gamo would sell those white plastic rear seals for reloading, but I doubt that they ever will, since they will need to recoup their manufacturing cost on the shells.

The rear seal is a white plastic disc with seals that extend behind it, like an extruded can lid. While a Q-tip tip might work for reloading, something that seals better would probably push the shot out with greater force. I'll try foam board, which is thick enough to seal properly. I'll see if it's possible to make the seals by working the front end of a shell casing back and forth against the foam board. The front seal is molded into the shell casing, with three breakaway tabs. A Q-tip tip would work as a reloading replacement here, or another foam board seal would work. I took one shell apart and found that it contained 17 pieces of #9 shot. I'll try the same amount (by weight) in #8 shot, as well.

I like how this shot shell is moderately effective on birds in close range (around ten yards), and how like a shotgun, you don't have to be the best shooter in town to hit a small target (i.e mouse, sparrows, and snakes). In summary I would use this (with my viper express of coarse) like I use 22 caliber rat shot, if anything this might be better since this uses #9 shot vs #12 shot.

The price....Wow, I mean, this is highway robbery, I have no idea why this thing is so expensive, it's like buying silver plated bullets...I mean come on, why would pellets be cheaper and come in larger quantities yet this ammo is mostly plastic, yet it's way more expensive. I think the should be around a penny each at the most. Real 22 ammo is less than a penny a piece, yet air gun ammo is like gold.

Besides the fact that only one air 'shotgun' is compatible with this ammo...Nothing else.

It's great for shoting small things.

I think the price is a little to high. It should be five dollers.

Very unique product, use it to control pests, including carpenter bees when you don't want collateral damage.

MORE SHOT SIZE OPTIONS! (like #12) and plugs to help reload. I would rather purchase than reload, but I would at least like the option to reload (need plastic plugs, will try to cut off ends of plastic pellets)

Great product, but limited range, which is fine if you understand this.

Nice to be able to use as a shot gun

the price is much much to high ... they just cost to much come one give us our moneys worth PLEASE

Gamo is cool

Keeps a close pattern from my rifle,decent power they actually penetrated the first side on a peach steel can and dented the other side at fifteen feet.

possibly a few more rounds for the cost.

Gets a really good pattern at about 10 yards. Any farther and you might as well close your eyes, you won't hit anything, unless you're lucky. You might as well throw a hardful of shot at a flying bird; it will do the same damage and be just as accurate.

Bigger shot and more of it. The pattern is not dense enough to cause damage, and it is really expensive. Gamo should sell a reloading kit because this ammo is hard to find in stores.

Don't try to kill anything bigger than a sparrow with it. A squirrel might be killed if it is 3 yards away from the muzzle of the gun; the pattern is small and dense, which will dish out pain. PLEASE GAMO MAKE DIFFERENT SHOT SIZES!

well this is an overall great product just to play with, but for its size it is amazing, i sat at the back of our place one day and killed 3 dove. and this product i found is great for snakes.

i wouldn't change anything besides make differnt size shot for the shells .

before you buy these things you should know they are very small, about 7/8th of an inch long, but it is a very good buy if you can afford it

Very much fun to play with. I have reused the plastic shells over and over again with various loads--mostly 8 shot instead of 9--and cotton etc. to keep things together.

Price . (But whatcha gonna do about that except whine?) I remain very glad that Gamo decided to design and produce the Viper Express for me to play with.

As I have said, you can reload the little plastic shells with just about anything you want--use your imagination!

exellent on rats and birds in the attic when you don't want to damage the woodwork. good 6inch patterns at 10yrds. Great range, I've seen some pellets go 60yrds.

The size of the shot should be larger. Different loads should be offered( rabbit loads of 7 #5shot pellets, a long range load of 3 .22cal steel balls and a practice load of 30 #9 plastic balls). A reloading kit should come with the gun.

My gun is the shadow express. Pressing the shot cup with a pencil greatly increases pattern consistancy and size. I've had 4starlings on this and 2 grackels on this homemade load. For reloading, I reuse plastic shot cups, buy a 20lbs bag of #9 shot (or any other size that isn't steel), the seal it with a peice of cotton (q-tip).

GAMO shows a 12 inch pattern at ten yards. I found this to be consistently true so far. Each shell holds about two dozen # 9 shot. I found about 27% hit inside a three inch circle on each shot at a gallon jug full of water. The shot dimpled the inside back of the jug at ten yards.

I would like to see a couple sizes of shot available. I would also like to see the rear translucent cup plugs made available so a person to experiment with different loads for different targets and distances.

Very similar to my .22 target with rat shot loads. Obviously less velocity, but still sufficient within 10 yards for soft targets and 5 yards for snakes and such.