Gamo Viper Express Reviews

It's a very good looking rifle, feels good in the hand. Surprisingly accurate shooting pellets in a smoothbore barrel with just a front bead. Egar to try the shot shells on some rats.

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My rifle shoots premium pellets through 1/2 in plywood at 20ft, plenty of power

I like the simplicity, price and the option to shoot pellets if onekligen should unfortunately run out of shells. It's great fun to own and be shooting this gun.

The hollow plastic stock...but then the price would also change.

This is in my opinion a novelty gun for fun and short range, since the spread of shorts is large at longer range than 15 yards. Stock up on shotgun shells!

More powerful than I thought it would be

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Great gun.. extremely accurate.

I like the way the gun is made

Make it where you could get 20 yards out of the shotgun bigger shots ,, need sling

Right now 5 yards maybe 10 yards

Fun to shoot. Shotshells are easy to load.

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He who chases two rabbits catches neither. What I mean by that is multi-purpose items rarely excel at either purpose but they sure can be fun and this air shotgun is definitely fun. Get creative with your targets such as candy suckers, Neco wafers, and other "reactive" targets and you can have a load of fun with family & friends. Make sure to stock up on shotshells as you will go through them quickly. This air gun is hard to put down.

feels light and handles nicely. I only shoot the shot shells for pest control., scorpions in my back yard.

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shooting this little 22 cal. shot gun is way more fun than I ever thought.

Super simple...great fun...works great for quail

25 or 30 caliber would be better

It has more pop than you think

I bought this several months ago, specifically for rattlesnake.. for just a 22 spring gun and very small shot it preforms very well.. I have yet to use it for snake, and am thankful.. but it has a lot more power than the reviews make it sound.. fairly accurate in 22 pellet for a smooth bore.. I used to have a 28 gauge CO2 farco shotgun, wish I still did, but you could see the arc of the 45 sabot slug out of it.. this Gamo shoots a lot faster.. I have most been shooting PCP guns and it's been a long time since I had my Diana 34&48.. guess maybe I forgot, but this gun does have a bit of recoil.. but nothing like my .410.. I'm very glad that I bought this one.. mostly synthetic, so very light.. I also like that it comes with a brass adapter to shoot 22 pellets.. and if you are shooting pellets, you just leave the adapter in and reload like a regular break barrel.. great light all weather gun.... and also to start off with.. pyramid air is a great company and very helpful staff..

I know that it's primarily a shotgun and smooth bore, but I do wish they would put something on it for a rear sight.. I will probably use a paint marker to draw a center line on the little hump at the rear of the barrel.. it's got a nice front sight.. and if I could change anything on the current PCP guns.. I am really disappointed that most of them have no open sights.. I only shoot open sights, so the ones that still come with open sights are getting rare.. I'm afraid that my next PCP will be a project gun.. sitting in my machine shop so I can fabricate a front sight or mount.. but this Gamo, for the money is a very good buy..

if you want a close range shotgun for small pests.. I think this is good for around 20 yards.. so if that's what you are looking for.. buy it.. it's also quite accurate with pellets at 40-50 yards, especially considering no rear sight.. also it seems especially now days that various ammo is hard to get.. so I would recommend that you order more than you think you will need.. I actually spent more on shotshells than the gun.. figured I would have enough to last my life.. but if you are on the fence, and what I have described is what you want.. order it with plenty of shotshells.. 22 pellets seem a lot easier to find.. oh one last reminder.. pyramid air is a good company and very helpful staff.. consider just that, if they sell what you want, buy from them, you won't be disappointed

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More power heavier shot

I wouldn't buy it again

I received my Gamo Viper Express yesterday and I just killed a Red Squirrel from 20 feet on my deck with a Gamo factory shell. I'll use the Gamo Viper Express to eliminate the Red Squirrel infestation in my woods and around the house, but still use my regular 20 gauge shotgun for larger game at longer distances. I don't want to take a chance wounding a larger game animal with the Gamo. The plastic factory shells can be reloaded, but I assume it could nullify the warranty.

Maybe longer shells with more shot.

In my opinion, this is a pest control shotgun for animals that move too rapidly for a single pellet shot. In my state, Red Squirrels are open season for good reasons. I would say 20 feet (about 6 yards) is optimal range for pest control with Gamo factory shotshell ammo. This is a very light gun and well designed.

is perfect,,cool,,,thanks

no question about it

evrything is okay,,,thanks,,

Works great as either shotgun or rifle.

Offer heavier shot shell loads. I reload with a piece of egg carton cardboard 1/3 of a cleaning pellet 18pieces of 7.5# shot another 1/3 of a cleaning pellet and egg carton i cut out with a hole punch. I get good patterns at up to 25 yards and have no problem. I would not take more than a chipmunk with the factory loads. You can even shoot skeet with it but you have to be quick to do so.

Pay attention when you close it. Keep the barrel down so the shells don't slide up and catch the seal.

It's really nice for a smooth bore. I was afraid non-diabolo pellets like Crosman penetrators would tumble because of the air pushing behind it, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it hit my mark. Out of all my pellet rifles, this is one of my go-tos when I want to try a crazy new pellet or something. I like how the barrel spine is also 11mm and flush with the dovetail rail going down the whole top side. I used a Beamshot under barrel mount to attach a laser sight and zeroed it using a laser bore sighter. I've been on a custom Crosman deep dive lately and I pulled the Viper Express out recently and I was all like, wow this big ol' thing here is a beast. It's no magnum piston, but it's a different animal with a different vibe.

It only has a front bead sight because it's a shotgun, and that's cool, but finding a rear sight in case I want to use pellets at any decent distance is really hard. I've been through all kind of aftermarket sights like Truglo shotgun sights, flip up sights and so on. I may get a match grade rear sight for my Crosman and maybe that will also work for this, but I've resorted to using an under barrel laser sight. There was also a piston version of this but it's been discontinued. The springer is just fine though. I really with there was more development on Gamo's end when it came to the Express series such as different rounds or airgun models, but this was about it.

The shot shells can be fun, but they're kind of silly. This may be marked as a shotgun that uses shot shells, but I feel like pellets are where it really shines. It's a pellet gun that happens to take shells, not the other way aroind. I believe Gamo miscategorized the shells as hunting shells. I'm no hunter, but I'm 95% sure that these are more of a novelty that should be nowhere near animals. That alone may have given this shotgun a bad name, but hopefully after reading this you'll have a different expectation than some of the bird hunters I've chatted with in airgun groups online.

the viper is the perfect gun for the pest birds in my yard. very happy with this air shotgun.

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Fair price , unique product , works well.

Add spare chamber insert to package.

Lots of fun.

The fast delivery from time I ordered. Not only that the customer service is phenomenal..

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The gun definitely has a kick back to it..

Affordable. Decent power. Easy to use. Very low noise. Medium-to-wide spread shot.

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This is a nice air shotgun for the price. It seems to have good power in the 50 feet or less range, which is good for pest control and plinking. It has a medium-to-wide spread, which is exactly what I wanted. It's also very easy to use: single break barrel action and ready-to-go. It's not going to do the job of a regular shotgun, of course, but if you need something fairly quiet, for example, you're shooting early in the morning or where neighbors are close by--and you want something that still has decent power for small tasks--this is will probably do the trick. I'm very happy with it.

Nice gun, works exactly as describes,

lower price

shells are not available at most stores

1st Gamo I have purchased and I love the weight and ease of the break barrel. The trigger feels good and the gun shoots accurate. Most of my guns are wood, but I like the synthetic composition of the rifle!

Maybe supply some .22 cartridges for the shotgun purposes.

You can re-use the .22 cartridges, go to YouTube to find out how. I did some and they worked beautifully!

Very cool airgun. Great for clearing my barn of birds that congregate and poop on everything. Great fun to shoot also. Easy to load and operate

Shot shells are a little weak at more than about 20 feet but deadly at 15