GAMO COMPACT Pistol for 10m ?

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As per title , fancy having a go at the AFG 10m pistol comp next year , have been looking a few pistols but the one that keeps poping up is the Gamo compact .
For money as a starting out pistol would it do the job ?
For the record i was a pistol shot for years up untill the ban 🫤
 
I had one that I bought from here for the same reason as you, but my eyes aren't what they used to be so I resold it. I thought it was accurate enough and nice and light with a nice grip and trigger.
 
For the money, you can't really go wrong. If you don't like it, you'll get your money back anyway. Always someone looking for one.
 
The Gamo Compact is a great pistol. Very light very accurate low recoil. The wooden grips are very comfortable and put this pistol in another league. You can
buy a brand new one for £200 which includes the case and pellets so quite a bargain. Some people have an issue with the trigger mine seems fine out of the box. You do have to pump it after every shot.
 
Something I noticed with mine that annoyed me a bit, is the pellets never cut the targets as cleanly as top end guns. Not sure why? Maybe as they are quite low power even for a pistol.
 
Rob Taylor said:
Really? Mine was fine, but it wasn't a new one. Nice and quiet too.
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Have a look on the tube, most of the examples show the same thing, with pellets not cutting paper cleanly. What pellets did you use? Maybe they work better with a lighter pellet like a co2 pistol pellet. Maybe you got lucky with a really good one. My one is very old too, still got it in a cupboard somewhere 😂. I still think they are great to get started in 10m as they teach you all the basics and the balance and trigger is good to learn with.
 
I was a pistol shooter before the ban also. This forum directed me towards the Gamo compact and I bought a used one with the trigger mod already done .
The Gamo reminds me a bit of an old Browning international medalist .22lr . If anything the anatomical grips are better . Mine is very good at 10m but they are certainly not a powerhouse. At closer range with flathead you can get pellets bouncing back a fair bit .
Great for the money I think .
 
They are a good starting pistol, in that they have good sights a good grip and a reasonable trigger (can be easily improved, search the forum for how to), downside, being SSP they are low powered, which leads to ripped targets. They are also quite light, though you can sort that with weights.
If you buy second hand you shouldn’t lose anything if you do sell it on and there are a reasonable number around.
 
Good enough for 20yard (18m) County league match and 10m cutting clean holes with RWS R10 7gr, seem just as happy on the slightly heavier H&N Econ II. Worked fine on match grade card targets. The really cheap coarse Bisley paper targets they tend to tear.

Generally a very reliable pistol with a lot of information on here (search). Full spares back up from Knibbs & Chambers.
Easy to maintain.

They do benefit from getting your hands dirty, doing some research and cleaning up the trigger sear contact points a bit of oil and if you fancy going through random springs and knocking up a new lighter trigger spring you can drop the trigger pull weight down to a certified county/national match comp legal 500grams.

FPS is circa 380-400fps depending on pellet weight which is on a par with other SSP pistols FAS6004/ HW40/75 P17 clones of Hw40 Gamo Compact/PR45

IZH 46m is a true budget match pistol and has a larger compression cylinder and thus higher FPS circa 480-520.

The lower power is a must for some as they are very quiet and nicer to use indoors or noise sensitive areas.

Styled more like a .22lr - .32 match pistol.
Shorter sight radius than match pistols which helps with beginners and accuracy as easier to get on target and hold a sight picture.

The rear sight can be adjusted for notch width.
The trigger sear adjustment screw is famous for being too short but easy to swap in a new longer screw.

You can't up the power, it is what it is and attempts at multi stroking will break things as the system is designed around a single stroke compression.

Some hate them, most love them, not a true match pistol or really a budget match pistol but for the money and some tinkering they shoot very well indeed and are a good enough stepping stone before dropping a few grand into a true match pistol.....
 
landylandy said:
Have a look on the tube, most of the examples show the same thing, with pellets not cutting paper cleanly. What pellets did you use? Maybe they work better with a lighter pellet like a co2 pistol pellet. Maybe you got lucky with a really good one. My one is very old too, still got it in a cupboard somewhere 😂. I still think they are great to get started in 10m as they teach you all the basics and the balance and trigger is good to learn with.
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I think I was using Econ 2 pellets, so quite light. I had nothing to compare it to though as it was my first and only target pistol.
 
I'd say the Compact is possibly the most competitive pistol on the market, for the cost
Good use examples going from around £120

Very good ergonomic grips, which make the difference over pistols with plainer grips.
Not heavy either
 
robs5230 said:
I'd say the Compact is possibly the most competitive pistol on the market, for the cost
Good use examples going from around £120

Very good ergonomic grips, which make the difference over pistols with plainer grips.
Not heavy either
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RE targets the cheaper targets do tear with the relatively low power of the compact, but NSRA or Kruger targets perform much better so when using a Compact i always just used the cheaper targets for practice moving on to better quality targets for competition entries. The Compact is a great starter pistol for 10m pistol shooting. (y)
 
You definitely can't go wrong with a gamo compact. Lovely entry pistol into 10m shooting. The trigger can be improved with a little bit of work.
 
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