Page 2 - Gamo Hornet Maxxim Reviews

Everything. Great gun rigjt out of the box in .22 cal. Very accurate good scope surprisingly i hear so much about scooes that come with a lit of these guns and everyone says they are junk but so far not one problem.

Nothing.

The one pc scope mount is nice. Quiet accurate light and packs a nice little punch for a .22 cal pellet rifle. Great deal..

Accuracy out of the box, how quite the rifle is, balance, trigger pull, easy to cock. Did I mention quiet??

With the gun, absolutely nothing. The optics, the gun should be offered with the option of an A/O scope.

IF you are in a position where you can only buy on air rifle, this should be it. Shoots great, easy to cock, unbelievable accuracy, minimal recoil. Nice gun and everyone should own one. The Pyramyd site guided me with the right answers to all of my questions. If you do in fact buy one, be prepared to purchase a better scope. Thanks again Pyramyd!

The rifle itself--- the scope leaves a lot to be desired.

Things I would change on this rifle----- THE SCOPE! Poor. I had to zero left and it toke at least 40 clicks left to even get close it just would not move. I will be changing this out very soon and it will not be a Gamo scope! The rifle itself has the power I was looking for. I am very happy with it. I did have to go to a heavier pellet though that did improve my accuracy. My pattern is at the size of a quarter right now but that will change very soon when I change out that scope!

For the price (around $160.00) it's a good buy but my next air rifle I will spend a bit more and if you like accuracy like I do-- spend a little more!

The trigger is decent. Its lightweight. The balance of the weight is very good. Accuracy is good enough for hunting pest.

I would change the scope. The stock one is ok though but there are better options.

Its what I wanted. I was wanting an inexpensive pest and hunting air rifle that is light weight and has decent accuracy. I purchased the .22 version and it has met all of my needs. It was lighter feeling than I expected. The trigger is good. It has good balance with the bulk toward the center of the rifle. It is not as accurate as other air rifles I own but good enough for what I needed. 1 inch groups at 35 yards. It's been consistent. I have taken quite a few feral pigeons with it already. This was bought to be used and kept in a less ideal location (at work) and I didn't want to keep my nicer more expensive air guns there. I would normally shy away from so much plastic but for my needs it was ideal.

Fun to shoot and the scope's adequate. Still breaking it in.

Accurate, powerful, good price

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The trigger is excellent.

The rifle looks and feels very well. Very powerful and appears well made.

This rifle is NOT quiet. It is advertised as being quiet with a muzzle brake to help with limiting the noise. This is why I made this purchase. When I shot this rifle it was very loud. It is just as loud as any of my other rifles that shoot 1000 fps pellets. Don't be fooled by the advertised muzzle brake because it doesn't work.

If you want a quiet rifle get the .22 model NOT the .177. The review of this rifle on youtube was using the .22 model which fires pellets at a much slower fps. The .177 is very loud. I don't know about the accuracy of the rifle because I haven't been able to shoot it. I was hoping to be able to shoot it inside my garage, but the noise was too loud to shoot it without my neighbors calling the police.

Nice looking gun but that's pretty much it. No accuracy what so ever. Considering the price of 179, you really don't expect much from this product. Easy to cock and relatively quiet. Nice muzzle break. Trigger seems to be much better then the one on older models.

Considering the price of 179 you really can't add more quality stuff to this rifle. It is what it is.

Don't buy this gun is you think you can shoot accurately. The label on the box says Adult Precision Air Rifle, far from it. If you are shooting empty one gallon bottles from 20 yards, perhaps this gun will suit you well.

I own 6 Gamo rifles and this is one of the better one for the money. It has the gas piston, the CAT trigger, and the recoil reducing rail. It is light weight and has a very nice looking shrouded barrel.

The Gamo scopes with the non-adjustable objectives are pretty worthless. You'll need to upgrade the scope.

This is an outstanding value. I purchased mine in .177 caliber. Bar far the best pellets are the JSB 10.34 grain. At 20 yards I am getting consistent groups under 1/2" (.38" to be exact). I installed picatinny rails on both sides of the for-stock so that I can used split-bipods. Most of the break-barrel rifles shoot fantastic with the bi-pods. I also upgraded to a UTG 3-9x50 RGB Mil-Dot scope. This gun has a very easy cocking effort and you can shoot it all day long. I also have become an expert in modifying the CAT trigger. I have lightened the pull from 3.2 lbs to 1 lbs 8 oz. This is simply done by replacing the trigger sear-screw (2nd stage adjustment screw) with a M2.4-.45 x 10MM Socket set screw. But do not attempt this unless you are experienced with these type of modifications. This gun has very little recoil and is very quiet. With the JSB 10.34 pellets this averages about 875 fps. Again, it shoots amazing groups with these pellets!

Rifle is easy to cock is quiet is lightweight and fairly accurate at 25 to 30 yards . The scope is not to bad for a under 200. dollar rifle . Recoil is very light. Seems to have enough power for small game hunting witch according to the box is what it is designed and built for. In my opinion it is a fun to shoot back yard plinker or small game hunting. I want to add the one I have is 22 caliber and that I've shot over 500 pellets with it with no problems

the second stage trigger pull is a bit long. I'm guessing for safety reasons

it is built with a lot of polymer material but it has steel where it needs to be. It is very hold sensitive when shooting on the bench. It is a under 200. dollar rifle that works well for what it is. I have other air rifles that were a lot more money are more accurate but the Gamo is just plain fun to shoot. just for the record it will knock over a small bore rifle silhouette ram at 70 yards

Good weight and feel. I like the scope mount. The rale came out of the box attached to the reciever. The scope had the mounts attached and leveled. The barrel was clean, not full of grease, The firsr shot at 5 yds. was within 1/4 inch of the target dot.. I could find nothing wrong, except a bit of trim did come loose after about 100 shots. It was easily secured. I have 14 other rifles in both 22 and 177 of various makes. This one is almost the best except the RWS 34, but its a springer

Of all the guns I have, this was the worst packing job I have ever seen. The shipping box was twice the size of the gun box and didnt have enough filler paper to keep it from rattling around. The ends of the box were taped closed with 2 inch clear tape.The outer box was flattened to a Z shape. But I will say the inner box, although smashed at the stock end was intact. The scope was adjusted for 50-100 yds, and was useless at 10. Loosing the front ring with a big pair of pliers fixed that.

As i said, I am very happy with this gun in the 22 cal. Its fun to shoot, very accurate, easy to cock, and is not fussy about pellets. any of the Crosmans seem to work equally well. Bot not any of the Dasisy's. I feel this is an excellent gun for the price.

I recently bought this air rifle a few days ago, so far I love it. Put a 4-16x50 AO mill dot scope and it worked out great. Zeroed it in at 25 yards and dead on target. Even up to 50 yards it's pretty good. My gun seem to love the jsb diablo exact jumbo heavy CAL. 22, 18.13gr. The gun is very light even with the bigger scope on it. Like the CAT trigger it's smooth and the recoil is not that bad on it. Going to purchase it in .177

The stock is nice but a cheek piece adjustable would better.

The scope it comes with is ok gets the job done but if you want to get better accuracy change the scope. Buy the gun you won't be disappointed.