is this air gun any good?

[WWDHD?]

I've never looked in this section before- I know next to nothing about air guns.

A good friend recently bought a small piece of land and a house way up NorCal. I'm going to visit soon and I want to get him a gift that's nice but not to expensive. I got to thinking a decent air rifle might be a fun gift. Besides cheap and quiet target plinking- might come in handy for pest control from time to time as well. Like me- my friend knows next to nothing about air guns either.
I found a decent deal on a Gamo Swarm Fusion 10x Gen 2. The reviews look good. from what I've read it's a big improvement over the Gen 1? I thought the .177 pellet would be good since he already has some .22lr firearms. I've seen the name Gamo around- is it a good brand?
Let me know if I made a bad choice and I can return it. I just don't want to buy junk but stay within budget as well. Who knows- maybe I'll try it out and want one too.

[NATEWA]

https://www.pyramydair.com/air-rifles

Price range?

[WWDHD?]

https://www.pyramydair.com/air-rifles

Price range?

Last one at BPS- after I used a bunch of Club Points and a coupon I think I paid a bit over $200.

[TKM]

POS, feed mechanism is the suck.

Find a powerful single shot suppressed rifle. PCP or otherwise and let the 17 year olds do the beta testing on the weirdos.

[WWDHD?]

POS, feed mechanism is the suck.

Find a powerful single shot suppressed rifle. PCP or otherwise and let the 17 year olds do the beta testing on the weirdos.

Really. The round magazine looked like a pretty cool gimmick. Seemed kind of tedious having to place a pellet into the chamber after every shot like all the other similar rifles I looked at.

[stilly]

I've never looked in this section before- I know next to nothing about air guns.

A good friend recently bought a small piece of land and a house way up NorCal. I'm going to visit soon and I want to get him a gift that's nice but not to expensive. I got to thinking a decent air rifle might be a fun gift. Besides cheap and quiet target plinking- might come in handy for pest control from time to time as well. Like me- my friend knows next to nothing about air guns either.
I found a decent deal on a Gamo Swarm Fusion 10x Gen 2. The reviews look good. from what I've read it's a big improvement over the Gen 1? I thought the .177 pellet would be good since he already has some .22lr firearms. I've seen the name Gamo around- is it a good brand?
Let me know if I made a bad choice and I can return it. I just don't want to buy junk but stay within budget as well. Who knows- maybe I'll try it out and want one too.

Only problem I would have is that it is a GAMO. Mass produced crap with poor quality at times. I am more of a PCP owner though. The Benjamin Marauder is what I run with and I enjoy it. The squirrels hate it though.

[Rivers]

Only problem I would have is that it is a GAMO. Mass produced crap with poor quality at times. I am more of a PCP owner though. The Benjamin Marauder is what I run with and I enjoy it. The squirrels hate it though.

I second both thoughts, about Gamo and the Benjamin Marauder. But I'll admit that I don't know about the Gamo, only what I've read. Still, I'm not going to buy any Hi Point pistols this week, even if I could find any.

[WWDHD?]

I second both thoughts, about Gamo and the Benjamin Marauder. But I'll admit that I don't know about the Gamo, only what I've read. Still, I'm not going to buy any Hi Point pistols this week, even if I could find any.

Ha ha- so in the air gun world Gamo is equal to Hi Point? Not even up to Taurus level?
Ok so what break barrel .177 air gun that's commonly available for $300ish that I can acquire in the next 10 days would you all recommend?

[k1dude]

My nephew has a Gen 1. No problems with it. Works well and is accurate. But he only has a few hundred rounds through it.

[WWDHD?]

Diana 34

Wow- actually made in Germany for under $300. I had no idea. Thanks for the tip- I'll look into this.

[donw]

If u r willing to up the ante...go to a hw or rws. The rws model 34 is a great selection. It's accurate, rugged and reliable and usually very competively priced.