New Gamo products at the 2013 SHOT SHOW (Photos)

Gamo introduced a number of new product this year starting with a new youth air rifle called the Little Cat. This .177 caliber youth rifle is capable of 525 FPS with a Match Lead pellet, and up to 750 FPS with Gamo PBA Platinum pellets. The rifle comes with fiber optic sights and a grooved cylinder for attaching a telescopic sight. It weighs in at 5.5 lbs, has a trigger pull of 3.74 lbs and a total length of 33.3 inches.

Next in the new product lineup are the Whisper Fusion and the Whisper Fusion Pro .177 Caliber rifles capable of 1300 FPS and 1400 FPS respectively using 'Platinum' pellets. Both come equipped with a 3x9 40mm air rifle scope, have fluted polymer jacketed rifled steel barrels, smooth action triggers, recoil pads and use Gamo's IGT (Inert gas Technology). Whisper fusion is a dual noise dampening technology developed by Gamo.

Two more .177 air rifles appear in the line up with interesting names, Shawn Michael's, and Bone Collector, at 1400 and 1300 FPS respectively using Platinum PBA pellets, again with IGT, fixed 4 x 32 scopes, and supplied with 50 pellets.

Another .177 rifle appears in the lineup in the form of the Big Cat 1400 with similar specifications to the Shawn Michael's rifle.

New to the lineup are C-15 a Semi-automatic blowback .177 air pistol with a speed of 458 FPS, and the MP9 450 FPS air pistol with a the capability of 8 shots a second, 16 pellet magazine, and both operate from CO2.

Also introduced are the .177 Caliber LETHAL PELLETS in 5.56gr, which Gamo claim to have 38% better grouping than a standard lead pellet. New in .177 and .22 are the MATCH LEAD FREE PELLETS. Gamo also introduced some friction reducing lube called SPEED OIL, a new Zombie air rifle, Zombie green laser sight, zombie spinner targets, paper targets, and a glow in the dark pellet called ZOMBIE TRACKER.

Among their many other products Gamo also had their Raider GE-100 and GE-200 Metal Detectors.

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Jeff Banke is a freelance photographer who has been teaching Hunter Education for the California Dept. of Fish & Game for 18 years, is one of only 7 Master Instructors in the State. He is also a Master Instructor for the International BowHunter Education Program, an NRA Training Counselor and a...

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