Gamo Air Rifles

Gamo air rifle - Today Gamo production includes rifles, pistols, ammunition and optics. They produce mainly high-powered, high-end air guns. Gamo Airgun is the manufacturer. The company is based in Spain and is the largest producer in Europe. The company was founded in 1959, as El Gamo, and airgun production first began in 1961.

When Manganese Bronze Holdings liquidated what was left of the distribution of weapons of Birmingham Small Arms Company in 1986 assets including logos and the right to use the initials, BSA, which continues to be bought by Gamo air rifle business in Armoury Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B11 2PP under behalf of BSA Guns (UK) Limited.

During the 1970's in England El Gamo air rifles marketed two, Marksman, a .22 rifle fitted with a conventional telescope and is focused, and repeaters Paratooper, a .177 pistol grip incorporates a repeating rifle tubular magazine at the top of the cylinder, and using the rise / fall mechanism for pellet breech position.

Gamo Air Rifles - A break barrel synthetic stock air slightly stronger than the full power range. Reach speeds of 1,100 meters per second. 2011 - Whisper IGT-A gas ram air rifle with moderator noise in the synthetic stock. Promoted through the gas ram technology under the international name of the IGT. In the United States model launched under the name Whisper Silent Stalker. With very little emphasis on the gas ram technology.

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Air gun | Air Rifles

An air gun is a gun (air rifle), gun (air gun), or the rifle that fired the projectile by compressed air or other gases, as opposed to firearms, the burning propellant. Most air guns use metallic projectiles as ammunition. Air guns that only use plastic projectiles are classified as airsoft guns.

Air guns is the oldest pneumatic technology. The oldest existing mechanical air pistol, air bellows gun dating back to around 1580, was in Livrustkammaren Museum in Stockholm. This is the time that most historians peg the beginning of modern air gun.

In the 17th century, air rifle, caliber .30 -. at 51, used for big game hunting deer and wild boar. This air gun is charged using a pump to fill the air reservoir and provide speeds of 650 to 1.000 feet per second. They are also used in warfare; the most famous example is the Military Girandoni Repeating Air Rifle.

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