Gamo Delta Fox GT Whisper .177

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   Good on you, I'm glad my 8yr son has started taking an interest too. I used to have a browning youth gun (a broken one from GC which I repaired) and was very accurate. shot so many things with it and missed it after I sold it 

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Billbobnz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 Jun 2020 Location: Ashburton Status: Offline Posts: 779	Post Options Post Reply Quote Billbobnz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Gamo Delta Fox GT Whisper .177 Posted: 09 Sep 2023 at 9:24pm
	Good on you, I'm glad my 8yr son has started taking an interest too. I used to have a browning youth gun (a broken one from GC which I repaired) and was very accurate. shot so many things with it and missed it after I sold it

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 534	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Sep 2023 at 9:19am
	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.
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RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 534	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 2023 at 10:35am
	Thanks Kruza, I’ll tell him 👍🏻 It was very nice to have some Dad and Lad time, and very satisfying for me to watch him get that satisfying feeling of hitting what your aiming for 👍🏻 And as you said, it wasn’t too long before I heard “Dad, can I try your rifle?” 😂😂😂 It’s too big for him to load and too heavy for him to hold, but if I load it and put it on the sticks for him, he hits what ever he’s aiming for 😂👍🏻. We had great fun exploding apples at 10m with .22 16gr Hades.
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Pauly5 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Mar 2013 Location: Titahi Bay Status: Offline Posts: 1176	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pauly5 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 2023 at 9:35am
	Great to see. Spinners make cool sounds when you hit them. I reckon shooting is one of those skills you treasure for life as you often re discover it and it gives your mind a break from all the rubbish happening in the wotld.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 1691	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 2023 at 6:20am
	Looks like a happy kid. If he's shooting that well won't be long till that under lever next to him is in his sights. Good on ya, must be a great feeling to be shooting with your boy! F&<k xbox, quality time teaching a quality skill. Tell him we all said awsome shooting, he's a natural. 👍

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 534	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jul 2023 at 7:56pm
	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! 😳
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J-S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 360	Post Options Post Reply Quote J-S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 3:17pm
	Looking good. Advertised velocity looks around 525fps, so with lighter pellets you should get that. May find the JSB Exact Express work well too being lighter weight. But the grouping you are getting shows its doing just fine! Its a good power level that hes going to enjoy shooting it, he can learn to handle it well and shoot on his own rather than someone cocking it for him if it was a high power gun. Hopefully another airgun fanatic in the making.Nice work
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RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 534	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jul 2023 at 9:00pm
	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 😉.
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J-S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 360	Post Options Post Reply Quote J-S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jul 2023 at 9:53am
	The Hades looks good but id say they are too heavy for the gun. The Exacts look like the perfect pellet for that gun. Groups like that are what keeps shooters enjoying the sport, doesnt matter what the gun is.
	J S Airguns Air Arms TX200('s) Theoben Sirocco HW77 FWB 300s Webley Patriot One or two others... Current projects: Too many..

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 1691	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jul 2023 at 10:58am
	Unfortunately all the shooting sticks have done is eliminate anything but shooter fault for free standing at 10m 😛