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Offline Star1pup

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Whisper
« on: May 20, 2008, 08:55:24 AM »
Anyone have an opinion about the Gamo Whisper?  It might be what I need for squirrels in an area where a .22 rimfire might be too loud.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2008, 03:38:41 PM »
what range and what accuracy do you require ? what is your price range.?
I think it would be fine if you are getting close... I have read reports of others likeing them fine for a starter gun or just a budget entry level gun for back yard shooting or basement shooting. I would buy a pump up pneumatic like the sheridan or one of the other makes, no recoil, good accuracy and power... hard to beat unless you are going to shoot a whole lot and would get tired pumping,,, i never did but some dislike the pumping.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2008, 10:36:49 AM »
I already have a Benjamin pump up, but was thinking about something quieter for this area.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2008, 12:58:59 PM »
Quote from: Star1pup on May 20, 2008, 08:55:24 AM
Anyone have an opinion about the Gamo Whisper?  It might be what I need for squirrels in an area where a .22 rimfire might be too loud.

Although I have the Shadow, (same hardware) I'm happy with the performance. Get less than 3/4 groups at 25 yards using Superdome pellets.
Easily dispatch rabbits with an eye hit. ;)
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2008, 05:21:42 AM »
I have the .177 GAMO Whisper and like it a lot.  I get ¾" to 1" groups with it at 25 yards.  I use primarily Crosman Premier 7.9gr Hollow Point pellets.  I have also used the GAMO 9.6gr Rocket Ballistic Tip pellets with good results too.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2008, 03:16:46 PM »
The whisper shoots 1200 FPS with their pellets and 1000 FPS with lead pellets that's pretty fast.  With that velocity I think a body shot should do in a rabbit or squirrell.   Even a ground hog.  After all a Remington Standard Velocity .22 Long Rifle with 40gr bullet is only traveling at 1150fps at the muzzle.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2008, 06:07:58 AM »
Quote from: Sourdough on June 30, 2008, 03:16:46 PM
The whisper shoots 1200 FPS with their pellets and 1000 FPS with lead pellets that's pretty fast.  With that velocity I think a body shot should do in a rabbit or squirrell.   Even a ground hog.  After all a Remington Standard Velocity .22 Long Rifle with 40gr bullet is only traveling at 1150fps at the muzzle.

I bought a pack of those PBA's, tried them in a Shadow and in my old Crosman 760.  Out of the Shadow, got the sonic crack, and in the 760 stuck pellets.  Decided if I wanted a sonic crack, I could just shoot a .22 rimfire, and well, it kinda totally ticked me off that two got stuck in the 760.  Sold 'em at a flea market so they could experiment with 'em.   ::)
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2008, 07:23:40 AM »
The Whisper has a suppressor to suppress thet sonic crack.  That way you don't upset the neighbors.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2008, 01:52:41 AM »
Quote from: Sourdough on August 07, 2008, 07:23:40 AM
The Whisper has a suppressor to suppress thet sonic crack.  That way you don't upset the neighbors.

The sonic crack is from the pellet itself and a suppressor cannot change that.  What it does do is lessen the sound of the air escaping from the barrel behind the pellet.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2008, 04:13:20 AM »
Quote from: Sourdough on June 30, 2008, 03:16:46 PM
The whisper shoots 1200 FPS with their pellets and 1000 FPS with lead pellets that's pretty fast.  With that velocity I think a body shot should do in a rabbit or squirrell.   Even a ground hog.  After all a Remington Standard Velocity .22 Long Rifle with 40gr bullet is only traveling at 1150fps at the muzzle.

There is a huge difference between a 40 grain .22 bullet and a .177 pellet weighing less than 7 grains!! Like 600% more energy plus a larger diameter. But with that said, I don't trust body shots on small game with a .22 LR either. I have seen pheasants and grouse fly away after being shot through the body with .22 long rifles. Marmots will nearly always make their hole after being hit with a .22 LR unless in the head. When I got my first .22 my dad told me "if you can't hit it in the head, don't shoot it with a .22". But I read in some magazine where the "expert" recommended chest shots on squirrels with high speed hollowpoints and I thought "surely that expert knows more than my old hillbilly father". But when that first squirrel disappeared into a hollow tree after taking an LR hollowpoint through the chest I found that old hillbilly was right after all.
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2008, 09:29:15 AM »
I now see there is a .22 Whisper on their website.  I wonder if that is louder.  Noise could be a problem where I now live.  At the old house I could just have used my 30.06.  ;D
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2008, 02:27:59 PM »
I have been considering one of these since I have a rabbit problem in my garden and I live near other homes. Has anyone used this rifles in .177 on rabbits @ 20 yards of so.

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Re: Whisper
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2008, 07:58:03 AM »
Quote from: Cheesehead on October 03, 2008, 02:27:59 PM
I have been considering one of these since I have a rabbit problem in my garden and I live near other homes. Has anyone used this rifles in .177 on rabbits @ 20 yards of so.

Cheese

See my post above. Do it all the time. ;D
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2008, 10:33:03 AM »
Thanks Ahab.

Is the Whisper much quieter?

Cheese
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Re: Whisper
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2008, 11:44:38 AM »
Quote from: Cheesehead on November 09, 2008, 10:33:03 AM
Thanks Ahab.

Is the Whisper much quieter?

Cheese

Not sure as I haven't compared but my Shadow doesn't seem to be overly loud. Seems if the Whisper is as advertised you got a winner.
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