by Tom Gaylord
Writing as B.B. Pelletier
Gamo PR-776 pellet revolver.
This report covers:
- How the cylinder locks
- Velocity with Air Arms Falcon pellets
- Double-action pull
- RWS R10 pistol pellets
- Crosman Premier Super Match pellets
- Evaluation to this point
- Trigger-pull
- Shot count
- Evaluation
In part 1 of this review, most of your comments addressed accuracy. You hoped this revolver was accurate and wanted it to be as good as the S&W 586. I also hope it’s accurate, as the low price would make it a world-beater. We’ll take things one step at a time and wait for the accuracy test.
How the cylinder locks
As mentioned in part 1, this revolver has a barrel that’s spring-loaded and moves forward as the cylinder turns. I’ll show you why it does that. The breech is rounded to fit into a recess in the front of each chamber in the cylinder. You get the same gas-sealing effect as the Nagant revolver, only it’s the barrel that moves backwards — not the cylinder that moves forward. That should give us better gas management, but I don’t know what it will do to the accuracy.