I have a Gamo Shadow 1000, there nice guns, BUT it takes some skill to shoot a magnum springer like the Shadow. The recoil is forward, then backwards, and it vibrates a little, which can throw off your shot by a lot if your not use to shooting ‘em. It took me over two months to get to were I could hit a Coke can at thirty yards, and I’m use to shooting springers, if this is your first springer your going to have a little trouble shooting it. when you shoot it hold it lose, just rest the forearm on you hand, don’t bring it in to your shoulder to much just let it rest, if you plan on shooting it with out the scope, like I do, your going to have to ether A. put some weight in the stock, or set it in a wood one. Or B. practice a lot that you can compensate for the recoil, like I do.
The heaver the gun the easer it’ll be to shoot and hit what you’re aiming at, the scope will increase weight, as would a wood stock. Use heavy pellets, like the Gamo Magnums, or Rockets, or the Crosman Premier Domed Heavy, all of which can be purchased from
Pyramyd Air
The Crosman Premier Domed Heavy is cheap and effective; although I have yet to try them I will soon and have read nothing but good revues.
Now then you asked about my other airarms, I currently own a china-brand utterly sterilized under-lever springer known as a B-3, I’ve modified the factory stock by removing the pistol grip, I prefer the older stile straight grips. I also have a Gamo Shadow 1000, a Crosman 1008 Co2 pistol which the front sight broke off on, and that’s about it… my dad, on the other hand, has a plethora of airarms including a Crosman 2200, a Crosman 1377 soon to be converted to a 1322, a bunch of China-guns, and an old Slavia model 618, he’s got a lot more I just don’t feel like listing them right now.
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Oh and as for shooting, we usually shot on a thirty yard range, but some times we back it up to fifty to sixty yards. We also do airgun action shooting, which is were you shoot targets and who ever gets them all in the shortest amount of time wins, or we walk through a stage in the woods and who ever gets the most targets in the lest amount of time wins, I also hunt but since talking about that is against the rules I won’t go in to that…dumb rules…
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