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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020
This is my 2nd Gamo air rifle and my first .22. Prior to this one, I had been using the .177 Bone Collector, which I bought back in 2013 and put over 5,000 pellets through. I noticed the accuracy was getting off a bit, which is completely understandable for a gas piston rifle that has seen that sort of mileage, so I decided it was time for another Gamo, but in a .22 this time.
After doing lots of research, I found that there wasn't a lot of info on this particular rifle; the Maxxim seems to get all of the attention. After looking at the Maxxim's additional features, I decided they weren't really something I needed to spend extra money on. Yes, it has a "better" scope than the Whisper, but I knew I'd be using my own scope anyway (everyone knows the included 4x32 scopes are junk, and I'm sure the 3-9x40 isn't anything to write home about either). So, I decided to give the Whisper a shot and, with a little over 100 rounds (and 5 tree rat kills) put through it, I must say I am seriously impressed. To clarify, those first 100 rounds were not targeting squirrels; it takes about 100 rounds to break the barrel in. After the break-in, I cleaned the barrel (I also recommend cleaning the barrel before you put any pellets through it), sighted the scope in again, and have had no problems dropping my back yard visitors. This thing REALLY has some serious stopping power. I would sometimes knock the squirrels out of the trees with the .177, but the 3 I have shot with the .22 have both been knocked right to the ground. I'm using the same pellets I always had success with in the .177, and that's the Gamo Rocket. The Whisper seems to like them just as much as the Bone Collector did.
I was a little skeptical about the 10x quick-shot magazine, but man is it awesome. I can't tell you how many times I've lost a squirrel in the trees from having to load a pellet, but those days are long gone. I've read where people have had issues with it over time, so time will tell if it will hold up.
After doing lots of research, I found that there wasn't a lot of info on this particular rifle; the Maxxim seems to get all of the attention. After looking at the Maxxim's additional features, I decided they weren't really something I needed to spend extra money on. Yes, it has a "better" scope than the Whisper, but I knew I'd be using my own scope anyway (everyone knows the included 4x32 scopes are junk, and I'm sure the 3-9x40 isn't anything to write home about either). So, I decided to give the Whisper a shot and, with a little over 100 rounds (and 5 tree rat kills) put through it, I must say I am seriously impressed. To clarify, those first 100 rounds were not targeting squirrels; it takes about 100 rounds to break the barrel in. After the break-in, I cleaned the barrel (I also recommend cleaning the barrel before you put any pellets through it), sighted the scope in again, and have had no problems dropping my back yard visitors. This thing REALLY has some serious stopping power. I would sometimes knock the squirrels out of the trees with the .177, but the 3 I have shot with the .22 have both been knocked right to the ground. I'm using the same pellets I always had success with in the .177, and that's the Gamo Rocket. The Whisper seems to like them just as much as the Bone Collector did.
I was a little skeptical about the 10x quick-shot magazine, but man is it awesome. I can't tell you how many times I've lost a squirrel in the trees from having to load a pellet, but those days are long gone. I've read where people have had issues with it over time, so time will tell if it will hold up.
