Page 10 - Gamo Big Cat 1250 Reviews

All weather synthetic stock is really nice. Really accurate and has amazing power.

There is so much oil in the barrel it took me forever to clean out. The scope is garbage. It does however have a scope stop pin which is really useful.

Springers recoil very hard but it takes getting used to.

All weather stock, fluted barrel, out satnding power and accuracy.

the trigger, the scope.

After reading the reviews, they must have changed the scope mount. I just bought one today. It has a pin in the rear scope mount that fits into a hole on the rifle. This scope is extremly sturdy and no hint of budging after about 300 shots. The elevation and windage adjustments are very nice metal with solid clicks when turned. The rifle is very accurate. I was hitting bullseye at 30 yards after 10 minutes of sighting in. I love the balance and feel of the rifle. Some of my others are too front heavy so it's gets tiring holding it up after awhile. This one is well balanced and is a joy to shoot. LOVE IT!!!!

Nothing. I like it as it is.

This gun is solid but not so heavy that it gets tiring to shoot. If you just want a fun and accurate air rifle this is the one.

For the price, the power is excellent. The rifle feels well-balanced & comfortable. My rounds go where I want them to go and that's rare for a weapon in this price range.

The scope takes forever to calibrate & I assume I'm not the only one who has a problem with it. I'm considering a new one when the weather changes and I concentrate more on winter varmint kills. I would've bought this without the scope if that option was available. Also, you're going to forfeit a degree of accuracy when you use lead pellets instead of the alloy ones. But for the price, I've been using the Crosmann hollow points exclusively. You get adjusted to the difference. Finally, I'd like a sling mount.

There's a reasonably priced Venturi Gas Spring conversion available that Pyramyd can do in-house if you send the rifle to them.

Look, price, quality. This a a great rifle. I purhased mine after returning a crossman storm. There is no comparison for the extra 20 bucks. This thing is great and it shoots hard.

Stay with the black stock and solid metal behind the dovetails. Include iron sights of some kind. A scope is great but I would like to have the option.

I have actually purchased 2 of them one for me and my dad. My rifle is much nicer. It has a black stock with GAMO engraved in the stock. It also has solid metal all the way to stock. The stock has like an insert on the underside. Like a plug or something. Looks really cool. I was kind of disapointed when I got Dad's home to see the light grey and piece of plastic/rubber just behind the scope dovetails. It shoots just as good as mine. The first one has that polished appearance down cold. If anyone knows what I am talking about please post it. Just want to make sure I did not get the one and only.

Sleek design and the lightness of it......Maneuverability and the accuracy is really good.

THE TRIGGER IS FINE EVERYONE COMPLAINS BUT ITS FINE!

Great gun and awesome! But just to let you know you will spend quite a bit of time adjusting the scope.

very accurate, i put up a turkey target at 30 yards aimed for the head and nailed it exactly where i aimed, it really surprised me how accurate it was....

only thing so far it is loud when fired other then that not a thing

great gun for the price, i am pondering on buying another one for my grandchild

The Gamo BigCat has great out of the box accuracy and consistency. It looks good and feels good and has a nice full size and weight. The scope is not bad and the 'fluted' barrel adds to its looks.

The trigger is a bit...well bad. It's like engaging third gear in an old truck without a clutch. But on the upside it is consistently like shifting into third gear on an old truck without a clutch.

The scope works fine. Set it up like the directions say using the stop pin and you should have no problems. I found the gun to be very accurate right out of the box. With less than 50 shots I was able to shoot thumb tacks at about 10 yards; about three shots at each on average and at 25 yards keep all the shots on a playing card, most in the black ace of spades, all this off hand. I would not read much into the break-in and scope trouble. I think it is more likely the various shooters getting used to a new gun or maybe their first gun. The 'twang' you hear shooting the gun is not heard a few yards away.

Great power and accuracy with the right ammo. The dark gray composite all weather construction is a plus to me for camoflage and anti-corrosion. The safety in front of the trigger is a plus for me. Not as loud as a CO2 or pump-up rifle. Everything was tight when I got it.

When you break the barrel, there's a little rubber o-ring that seals the barrel to the rest of the rifle upon closing. I would have put the o-ring on the barrel side instead of the other because the bottom side is starting to wear away where the locking tooth on the barrel rubs across it each time you cose the barrel. No problems out of it so far. Seems to still hold it's seal and it just as powerful and accurate as when I first fired it.

I never knew airguns could kick until I bought this rifle. I think it's a great added touch especially if using this to teach a young person how to properly use a weapon. I bought a different scope than the one that comes with the Big Cat, but in all honesty unless you're going for pinpoint accuracy the scope that comes with it is enough for a rifle that's not going to fire much farther than 100 yards with any sting anyways. I love my Big Cat all the same.

Very powerful, easy to use, and super accurate.

Nothing that i can think of...

I noticed that a lot of reviews had problems with the scope that was included. I too had this problem, and that's because the spring hits hard and the rings don't hold so well. What I did was instead of buying a new scope (which isn't a bad idea) however for about 4$ if you go down to ACE Hardware and buy some "Blue" not ("Red") Permatex thread locker, which is like a non permanent adhesive that will hold your threads tight so that the rings wont move. I put this on, let it dry for a few hours, re-sighted my gun in and now it shoots like a dream. I can hit a .40 cal shell at 30yds with the scope that came with the gun!

This gun is a beast, it has serious power. Great value for money and easy to use

NO SCOPE. Why put a scope this bad with this gun? After 25-50 shots the scope will move literally 1.5-2 inches back from where it started. The scope mounts are the worst that I have ever had on any gun.

Buy a different scope and scope mounts because this gun has quite a lot of recoil. I am going to do that and get the GRT III trigger and then this gun will be able to live up to it's potential, I would recommend this gun but only if you do those necessary upgrades

its a very good gun. its loud, powerful, and most of all fun. the scope came with it and it came with bullets.

the way you cock it. instead of pulling the stick down i would make it a pump and with a clip. but the stock is also very good.

nothing else. have fun shooting

Inexpensive , light , easy to cock and load , a lot of gun for the money

Nothing ...( about the gun it's self )

I've had this gun for several months now and the only problem i've had with it was the scope that comes with it when you buy the package deal. I noticed it would shoot a wild shot about every 3 - 5 rounds or so and if you shot it long enough the scope would just go further and further out of adjustment . So i bought a CenterPoint Adventure Class 3-9x40mm non illuminated rifle scope and it totaly made a new gun of the BigCat ! I can now take soda cans at 50 yards in just a shot or 2 depending on how shakey i am that day ....so if you buy the combo and your have'in accuracey trouble don't toss the gun or blame the gun till you try a new scope ...The CenterPoint i mentioned was very afordable and easy to sight in and i promise you'll love the two together.

Overall design, Nice power, pretty good trigger pull, overall great rifle...ACCURACY!!

A few non-major things. 1. Add some sort of rubber around the Scope Stop hole, to make sure that it doesn't bend it (not sure if it'll bend it, but better safe than sorry). 2. Either remove the scope and add a better one, or plain out remove the scope and drop the price. 3. Include a Gamo brand Scope Stop (not the hole on the actual rifle).

This gun seems like it has some decent power, I've never fired it at an animal, but it'll surely take a few different ones out. It's accuracy is amazing, I haven't even mounted the scope and I've been able to hit cans from about 25 yards away, without any sights (don't forget, it doesn't come with sights). I mainly got it for some target practice fun, and rodent control (So far none have shown up, but that's the way I like it). Anyhow, long story short, rifle is worth the money, works well, and the coking effort doesn't even feel anywhere near 38 pounds, more like 20 something.

Well everything, I call it the black air rifle. It fires handles like a dream. I can go on for awhile but I am satisfied with the performance this rifle delivers. It is quieter than a value of 5 on the report as you break her in it gets quite and deadly accurate.

offer gun only to save more and or include a better scope.

it will out out shoot some high end rifles out there for sure but the groups will not be close if you dont remember the hold everyime. Likes Crossman hollow points 7.9 gr and shoots same hole consistently if you hold it the same way each and every time when you zeroed it. Great deal!!!!

The weight when cocked, the way it behaves and this is the best of all the Gamo rifles in this price range and even higher priced Gamo's and please compare it to the others to understand my point. Shoots great but do not expect same hole shots consistently. They drilled a scope stop pin hole AMEN on that and yes the feel is way better than the other Gamo's on a synthetic stock.

tighter barrel specs so it will not wiggle left to right. That cheap scope package should be optional.

Get the GRT 3 trigger option to make the trigger as light as you can bjut be very carefull as it can be dangerous if set too light. Get Crossman premiers in a brown box or Crossman hollow points in a tin of 500 and you are set to go. It really shoots well after 1000 + shots and when this rifle is tuned, it will shoot way better. Just don't expect too much on accuracy if you can't hold it the same way every time. It will seem that the scope is bad but it is how you hold and pull the trigger that determines the exact zero. ENJOY

My first pellet gun. I have had bb guns but those were kid stuff. this thing is the real deal. just yesterday i took out a crow and 2 piegions. my favorite airgun so far!! i just ordered a RWS 850 AIRMAGNUM and i am pending arrival. :)

the accuracy was thrown off at times when i was shooting for a hour or so. im pretty sure it was because i wanst tightening my leapers scope on tight enough, but thats just me. also... i really wish gamo put some iron sights on this cat. when i am shooting without a scope it throws me off. :(

great gun. clean it often to prevent rust. incase anyone was wondering, i get the best results accuracy wize (when the scope is PROPERLY zeroed in) with gamo pro magnums, and crosman premiere hollow points. ovrall, you must buy this gun if ur into hunting, plinking and target shooting.

Light, powerful, lots of potential...

Leave the scope out and drop the price, or include something better with a 1-piece mount...

This is one of the best out of box shooters I have purchased in this price range. The lockup is nice and tight and the rifle is as accurate as you can get. The Big Cat also tunes up to be a really nice shooter. I followed a bunch of information at airgunone.com about self tuning this rifle and mine now feels and shoots better than most rifles I have owned and shot double its price. You're not spending a whole lot, so don't be surprised if it's a little rough around the edges (heavy recoil, loud twang, stiff trigger). It'll smooth out to be a much better rifle than any other in its price range, unless you do a little work to it.

Lightweight and well balance. The color and all weather synthetic stock and covered barrel is great.

Make a kit that has a better scope and the newAir Venturi Ram Air Gas Spring.

A very good rifle that all young and adults should have in his or her collection...

very light weight, very powerfull, and very accurate after break in. i usally hunt pigeons and crows and squierells, it has no problem taking them down. the stock is very nice and feels very natural in my hands. the fit and finish is first class.

i would definatly change the gamo trigger. i took off the scope from another rifle that i had and worked perfect. the stock scope is trash.

it has a loooonng break in period. for the first 2 tins of crosman premier hollowpoints it was shooting no better than 1 and a half inch groups. after the brek in period with the same pellets it was making 3\4 inch groupings at 30 yards.