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Just me but I wish I had gone with 22 instead of 17 caliber when I bought my Gamo but it is still good enough for squirrel and rabbits under 25 yards and feral cats at 50' or less so I am an air gun fan but I think PCP has more developing to do yet.
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Your 1,000fps .177 Gamo is quite adequate for squirrel killin' far beyond the 25 yards you mention... My personal best is 63-65 yards laterally with the bugger in the top of a VERY TALL tree (at least 75' tall).
My personal best on rabbits and feral cats is 50+ yards... Your ability to make these shots or lack of confidence in the weapon does not limit the actual ability of the weapon.
Brent
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I practice regularly at 50 yards and its rabbit hunting accurate with some pellets at that range but I screwed up about 6 months after I bought and started shooting it. I bought a .17 caliber brass brush and cleaned it. My one hole groups at 20 yards disappeared and I used to get them just using the cheap hunters pellets. Now I have to use the heavier pellets to stay in the black at that range. Fellers, never run a brass bore brush down an air rifle barrel, it is bad juju. It is beginning to tighten up again but I don't know if it will ever get back to the accuracy it had when I first bought it. What hurts is having to spend twice as much or more for pellets. I weep but it is still cheaper than shooting a 22 so I can live with it.
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