Cal: .177
Manufacture: Gamo
Origin: Made in Spain
Year: 1975 +/-
Breach/loading: 25 shot repeater with break barrel
Ammo: BB/Lead pellets
Accuracy: rifled barreled, iron sights, with a rail for a simple scope to mount on
Range: Out to 20 yards
Application: Target practice. Gun safety training, beginner/junior
Safety: has an auto safety catch in front of the trigger & within the trigger guard, can be made safe after making the gun "hot"
Condition of sample: used and lightly rusted, seals and spring in need of replacing
This is a review of the Gamo Expomatic 2000 I brought from a pawnbroker 2 years ago.
What made I buy it was the fact you can load up to 25 pellets or steel BBs in metal spring loaded tube that acts as an auto feeder every time you #### the gun, quite interesting considering this rifle was made in approx 1975, It was screwed to the wall of my garage via brackets with no intention of using it for plinking or hunting just collecting dust, today I bring it to my indoor range and fire off a few rounds... lol
The power of this rifle should be around 495 feet per second I recon it is pushing half that but without a crono there is no absolute certainty, you can hear the spring bounce about inside and on occasion a pellet will travel halfway down the barrel forcing the user to use a rod to push it the rest of the way. Steel BBs are a blast, they fall out of the muzzle just before your about to shoot which is like going off halfcocked lol, be aware of ricochet with low power rifles I use paper or cardboard targets with a carpet backstop, this keeps the "Plinking" noise from alarming concerned citizens
You have the option of a scope or laser, you remove the spring loaded metal tube and it becomes a single shot only use, now why on earth you would do that to this aging gun is pure speculation!
When loading either BBs or pellets you have to pull the spring back in its slot via a small bolt action style lever, the spring is held back by a small return then you can speed load the BBs or single load each pellet till the tube is full, do not overfill or load the pellets the wrong way the gun will not feed the ammo into the breach. and just one more minor issue to address.... try not to touch the bolt that holds the spring back before its loaded into place unless you want to see 25 pellets or BBs fly across your range in one go,
With its present condition its perfectly safe to shoot, low powered with very little recoil despite the spring in need of replacing, a great tool for teaching safe shooting for a beginner and a blast if you want to loose 25 BBs or pellets downrange every time you break that barrel
I plan to take it apart and having it restored to is original condition but I stand to gain little in doing so at the moment
Manufacture: Gamo
Origin: Made in Spain
Year: 1975 +/-
Breach/loading: 25 shot repeater with break barrel
Ammo: BB/Lead pellets
Accuracy: rifled barreled, iron sights, with a rail for a simple scope to mount on
Range: Out to 20 yards
Application: Target practice. Gun safety training, beginner/junior
Safety: has an auto safety catch in front of the trigger & within the trigger guard, can be made safe after making the gun "hot"
Condition of sample: used and lightly rusted, seals and spring in need of replacing
This is a review of the Gamo Expomatic 2000 I brought from a pawnbroker 2 years ago.
What made I buy it was the fact you can load up to 25 pellets or steel BBs in metal spring loaded tube that acts as an auto feeder every time you #### the gun, quite interesting considering this rifle was made in approx 1975, It was screwed to the wall of my garage via brackets with no intention of using it for plinking or hunting just collecting dust, today I bring it to my indoor range and fire off a few rounds... lol
The power of this rifle should be around 495 feet per second I recon it is pushing half that but without a crono there is no absolute certainty, you can hear the spring bounce about inside and on occasion a pellet will travel halfway down the barrel forcing the user to use a rod to push it the rest of the way. Steel BBs are a blast, they fall out of the muzzle just before your about to shoot which is like going off halfcocked lol, be aware of ricochet with low power rifles I use paper or cardboard targets with a carpet backstop, this keeps the "Plinking" noise from alarming concerned citizens
You have the option of a scope or laser, you remove the spring loaded metal tube and it becomes a single shot only use, now why on earth you would do that to this aging gun is pure speculation!
When loading either BBs or pellets you have to pull the spring back in its slot via a small bolt action style lever, the spring is held back by a small return then you can speed load the BBs or single load each pellet till the tube is full, do not overfill or load the pellets the wrong way the gun will not feed the ammo into the breach. and just one more minor issue to address.... try not to touch the bolt that holds the spring back before its loaded into place unless you want to see 25 pellets or BBs fly across your range in one go,
With its present condition its perfectly safe to shoot, low powered with very little recoil despite the spring in need of replacing, a great tool for teaching safe shooting for a beginner and a blast if you want to loose 25 BBs or pellets downrange every time you break that barrel
I plan to take it apart and having it restored to is original condition but I stand to gain little in doing so at the moment
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