A quick review of the Gamo Hunter IGT .22 Air Rifle!

To anyone who might be interested in the type of gun I own, I will make this short review of it!

The gun itself is made by the brand Gamo, which is actually a Spanish company. It is the Hunter IGT, one of the few rifles in Gamo's Inert Gas Technology range. This means that, instead of compressing a spring when you break the barrel, you are instead compressing a chamber full of gas, creating potential energy, which is turned into kinetic energy when transferred into the pellet! This type of mechanism provides more consistent power output in comparison to spring.

The rifle itself is, I find, very aesthetically pleasing. The wooden stock is engraved near the rear of the gun with the IGT logo, and the black, adjustable face-plate is not only a nice addition to the visuals of the gun, but also very comfortable!

The Gamo Hunter IGT, sporting fiber optic standard sights.

The gun itself comes with fiber optic sights already included, which are great for plinking in the back garden, but if you plan on hunting with this type of rifle then I would highly recommend a scope (I currently have the BSA Essentials 3-9 x 40 Scope). One thing I found with the base fiber optic sight is that the front optic is very weak, and if you hit it on anything it is liable to break, very easily. I know this first hand as it happened to me on the second day of having the gun! Since then I was able to locate another front optic, but have decided to leave it off while using the scope, which I would recommend, so it doesn't get damaged. Removing it is simple. You just push it out of its hold on the barrel shroud on the front of the gun. I have yet to remove the back optics, but they don't interfere with the scope so I may leave them on.

One downside I have found with this gun is the noise. The gun itself is very loud, and could use a silencer (Such as the one on the Gamo Whisper IGT) to moderate the sound a bit. However, I have researched this on the internet and a lot of forums informed me that the noise is mostly made by the mechanism, and (If the pellets you are using are too light) the sound of the pellets breaking the sound barrier.

This is the piston used in the IGT mechanism.

The power output of this gun is within the legal limit of 12 ft/lbs of power. This said, I have only shot a couple of birds with this gun, but it seemed more than powerful enough to get a clean kill at short to medium range! The accuracy on this gun is also good for a first gun, and I managed to achieve a clean neck shot on the first bird I shot, killing it before it left the perch. But a lot of the accuracy is also due to the BSA scope, which I will make a separate review on.

The price tag on this gun when I bought it last year was £200, but when I went into the shop, they managed to do me a deal of the gun, a gun lock, a gun bag, and a pack of superdome .22 pellets at that price. Although this may vary in your local gun store.

Thank you for reading this short review on the .22 Gamo Hunter IGT. I hope it has been helpful to anyone contemplating getting this gun, or looking for a first gun!


Ben.