Page 2 - Gamo Recon Whisper Reviews

accuracy with open sights, easy to cock for my 10 year old son. nice stock

the whacky trigger so long and soft as chewing gum. a useable scope WITH any set of rings to hold it to a rifle. scope was too small to use with a 1" mount rings set

definitly made for the little guys pre teen but they will be happy. It's a straight shooter if you get used to the trigger.

Surprisingly accurate! I own a Ruger Airhawk, Gamo Hornet, and Benjamin Titan GP, and this one smokes them all! Perfect for close-range indoor target practice. Quiet, easy to cock, lightweight, cheap, and can easily place a 1/4" grouping at 10 yards.

The scope is OK, given its price range. It was a little bit of a challenge to mount on the dovetail rails (you'll need a screwdriver to stretch open the clamps) but afterwards gave good performance. Somewhat difficult to focus on 10 yard range, but still produced good groupings. Replaced it with a Leapers 3-9x Bug Buster scope and now it performs great! (And yes, I realize the scope is almost as much as the gun, but the included one would work fine for 20 yard targets -I just needed something to focus at close range for indoors.)

This rifle may be quite easy to over look, but ideal for my 14 year old daughter. She has no problem cocking it, and really enjoys shooting with it! Even I find myself borrowing it more and more. Highly recommended.

Very light weight, compact and very quiet. Stock is has a good feel and look to it. Many pellets had consistent velocity. I prefer skenco blue arrow in this gun for the high fps, easy to load in the barrel and and they are accurate. The gun is easy to cock and shoot.

C'mon, scope should come with scope stop rings. The rifle has the notch for the stop. Even though this is a lower power springer, scope creeps unless you use thread lock on the ring screws. Box says 750 fps with pba ammo- no way, I doubt it.

FYI chrony numbers, avg 5 shot fps: h&n trophy green 5.56gr= 559, skenco blue= 588, jsb exact rs 7.3gr= 506, jsb exact 8.4gr= 468, h&n barracuda green 6.4gr= 453, gamo red fire 7.8gr= 445. Gamo claims 525 fps for lead, so light lead pellets are reasonable close to that claim (jsb rs hit a high of 511 fps, maybe rws hobby 7.0 gr would hit 525).

Light weight, respectable power, looks cool.

Switch from a spring piston to a gas piston for quieter shots.

The noise dampener helps a little, compared to a basic air rifle. People complain about the scope, but if you take the time to sight it properly, w/ a comfortable distant from your eye, it'll do the job. All in all a GREAT air rifle for the price.

Super light, great adjustable fiber-optic sights, handles great too! Suitable for your girlfriend, teenagers and hot days when pumping a PCP up for plinking is debt of sweat you don't want to pay. Thumb-through grip feels good, and it's light enough to *almost* shoot one-handed.

The hollow stock makes it very light, but also echoes the sound of the spring. The included free scope is just that: a free scope.

Stuff a sock in it! Literally. I put an old rag sock into the hollow stock and gaff-taped the hole shut; this reduced the spring-echo and overall noise a great deal. I haven't shot it at more than 20 yards yet, but it's pretty darn accurate once you get the fiber optic open sights adjusted. Run a few patches through the barrel before use and it'll break right in. This gun is a great value, a ton of fun, but *not* suitable for taking out pests bigger than field mice. This will make a great first springer for my nephew when he gets a little older. >.>