Gamo Delta Fox GT Whisper .177

This little Gamo absolutely loves JSB Exact Express 7.87gr.

Ive tried many types of .177 pellets now, and none come close to the express 7.87gr.

The pic below was shot at 10m, indoors, and shows a 5 shot group with the 8.44gr exact, which is good, and two groups of 5 shots each with the express 7.87gr. Best group is 5.1mm center to center.

Its always a good feeling when you find "The One" pellet that a rifle loves.
Now all thats left to do is shoot it and enjoy it   

Review update...

I've decided to use this little Gamo as a sparow gun, for some garden pest control.
I had the chrono out while playing with my other springers so I thought I'd try a few pellets through this one too.

Starting with the heaviest I tested, H&N Hunter (Gun City Rabbiter) 10.49gr.
Average 377.3fps, ES 10.6, SD 3.6, for 3.3FPE. Humm... ok.

Then Gamo 10X hollow point, 7.56gr, average 457fps, ES 27.7, SD 10.1, foe 3.1FPE
Not very impressive. The H&N Hunters were much better.

Next JSB Exact 8.44gr, Average 460fps, ES 5.4, SD 2.6, for 4.0FPE. Wow, those are nice figures. The exacts were the ones that shot so nicely in previous grouping tests.

Lastly I tried the JSB Exact Express, the light little 7.87gr JSBs.
Average 481 fps, ES 2.6, SD 1.0, for 4.1 FPE. WOW! Those are seriously nice numbers!!!

Next step is to wait for this F***$%#@ rain to clear off so I can try the exacts vs the express for groupings at 10m.
I have also bought and fitted a 2-7x32 Wulf scope, which is working very nicely on this lovely little rifle.
Once Ive setteled on a pellet, sight it in at 10m and get ready for the sparrows.

I was shooting this little rifle again yesterday, and thought I’d give a little summary to finish up this review.

This little rifle has been a real pleasure to shoot.
It is light weight, very mild shooting, only produces a few fpe, but is really pleasant to shoot.
More than accurate enough for a satisfying plinking session, and could be comfortably cocked and shot all day long.
I’d be confident enough to take birds up to myna size out to 20m, and maybe even a rabbit head shot if I could sneak up on one to with in 20m.

As a “youth” air rifle I think it hits the mark perfectly! 😂
I’d happily recommend it to anyone wanting an air rifle for a child (supervised of course), or just an easy shooting, light weight, all day little plinker.
Gets my thumbs up 👍🏻

Pete.

Great to see. Spinners make cool sounds when you hit them.

Took my son out for his first session with his Gamo Delta Fox GT Whisper today, despite the horrible weather.
He loved it and was consistently hitting spinners from 5m to 20m the whole day.
At one point he said to me “Dad, this spring is really working hey.”
I said “What do you mean?”
He said “This spring inside my gun, my arms getting sore from cocking it”
😂😂😂
I swear he shot through half a tin of 500 JSB exacts! 😂

What I found interesting was that even though I thought I had nipped all the screws up tight, his little 3.8FPE rifle still has enough recoil to loosen the screws on the rings and the scope had shifted back a little! 😳

I finally managed to chrony the little Delta Fox GT Whisper today.
It is pushing a 8,44gr JSB exact at 451fps (averaged over 5 shots), with an extreme spread of only 6fps 😳, quite impressive.
Those figures combined give a whopping total of 3.8ft-lb of energy, so it’s no possum slayer, but then that was never its intended purpose.
I bought it for my son, to be his first rifle, so he can learn how to shoot, learn how to shoulder a rifle, learn how to squeeze a trigger, learn how to handle a firearm and hopefully, learn the etiquette of good gun manners.
I think it will do just fine 😉.

Unfortunately all the shooting sticks have done is eliminate anything but shooter fault for free standing at 10m 😛