Gamo Bone Collector Gen 3 .22 Caliber Break Barrel Air Rifle Review | Unboxing | Setup | First Shots 

Thanks very much for checking out the video my UK cousin! That’s so cool you live near the Gamo HQ. This rifle has been an absolute pleasure to shoot and own, and I definitely feel that I got a bargain. Are you guys in the UK able to purchase this rifle or do you need certification due to the high foot pounds?

@40AcreFrank Hi Frank, Thank you for your reply and greetings, my American cousin! Here in the UK, our legal limit is 12ftlb. More than that, a Firearms Certificate FAC would be required. I'm sure Gamo would make a 12ftlb version of that air rifle for the UK Market. I think in the mid to late eighties, Gamo, a Spanish airgun manufacturer, bought out BSA (Birmingham Small Arms). The deal was to manufacture BSA spring piston and gas ram air rifles in their state of the art factory in Barcelona, and make all BSA's pcp's here in Birmingham. Reading between the lines and gut feeling, I think this sale of BSA to a Spanish firm wasn't popular in this country, and I think sales may have been affected. BSA have an incredible history during our last two world wars, making vast amounts of armouries so that we could go to war and fight. I think BSA realised they upset alot of people, and now alot of their manufacturing has come back to their UK site. BSA released a new pcp last year, called the BSA R12 CLX PRO. It has a thumbhole walnut stock, twelve shot magazine, and pellet counter and biathlon cocking lever.. It has a shrouded, interchangeable barrel. It puts pellet on pellet at forty yards. It's fantastic kit Frank, just fantastic. Take care, Ian. Ps. It also has a big buddy bottle and great air capacity. Just a beautiful, beautiful air rifle, I love using it.

Wow some great information! Interesting! Glad to hear some of that manufacturing is coming back to the UK. I had no idea about the armories and the history with the last two wars. I actually know of BSA through motorcycles! I grew up racing Flat Track and here in the states there is a great love for old BSAs to this day. It’s always cool to see them still racing around in the vintage classes. I just was checking out the R12 CLX after reading your last comment and wow, amazing looking airgun! I’m very interested in getting my hands on a pcp air rifle and the R12 may have to go in my wishlist. Great looking gun with attractive features. Thanks for the info and recommendation! Appreciate it.

@40AcreFrank Hi Frank, Hey, it's great to hear from you again, my friend. I'm annoyed with myself for forgetting to mention about BSA's motorcycles. I think they were very popular in their day. The amounts of armouries BSA were producing were quite amazing when you consider their factory was being bombed during that time. Whilst the men went to war, the ladies sent into the factories and kept all of the production lines going. They made machine guns for the Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes. Their machine guns were situated behind the propellor blades, firing bullets through the gaps. I wouldn't like to have to work that timing out! Quite remarkable. Yes, Frank, I love my BSA air rifles. They do quite a range now. The BSA R10 and R12 both have various stocks, thumbhole, ordinary, laminated, biathlon cocking lever, bolt action. They're fantastic. There's also Air Arms. They do the S510 range. They're fantastic air rifles, too. Check out Daystate, also. They're more expensive, though have incorporated electronics into their air rifles. I'm not keen on that direction. I prefer to make those decisions for myself. Nevertheless, they are hugely popular and have a great following. Just on my way to work now, Frank. Take care, speak soon, Ian.

Thank you very much. That’s a huge compliment and makes all the time put into this video so worth it. Awesome you also got this rifle and I really hope you like it as much as I do. It’s really helped me around my property and just still so much fun. Really appreciate the comment thanks again.

Thanks very much harleydude! Was my first RU-vid video and I put a lot of time into it. Really appreciate that.

Much appreciated brother!

Thanks so much I really appreciate that. This rifle has been nothing but fun! Has some good stopping power for small animals and destroys cans!

Much appreciated! Thanks so much. I definitely wished there were a few more videos on this rifle when I was looking into buying one. Happy you enjoyed it!

@@40AcreFrank you sir are also much appreciated. You're obviously a gentleman and a scholar!

Me too! Love this thing!

Really appreciate that thank you. Yeah the Bone Collector is so much fun, never gets old!

Hey Dennis, thanks so much that is really appreciated. Happy you enjoyed the video. Wow that’s a great idea to customize the bone collector and make it shorter for you. Maybe you might even be able to reinstall the shoulder pad which would make it seamless. Still super happy with the rifle. Never gets old. I’d be interested in seeing yours after the chop job if you get one! Thanks again for the kind words. Definitely will be making some more videos soon.

Nice! Same here I’ve been having so much fun with this rifle and got rid of my ground squirrel problem in a few weeks.

Thanks very much. It’s definitely a blessing to be out here and yeah the old cabin is so cool to have on the property. My grandmother also grew up in a cabin in Colorado , how cool!

@@40AcreFrank Where are you located at?

Northern California

@@40AcreFrank OK,I lived in Yorba Linda for just about 1 year back in the 80s. My wife couldn't stand it. It was a much faster life than we were used to, but we were young.went back to Colorado.

Athens georgia now been here about twenty years

Appreciate that! Yes my scope has loosened a bit and since the video I had to use some threadlock on the rail mount but those Nord washers look like that would be a great option. Thanks for the info much appreciated!

Thanks for the welcome and checking out my video! Appreciate it very much. I checked out your channel and I’m into it! Subscribed as well. See you around!

@@40AcreFrank thanks 🇳🇱😉👍

Loving it! Thanks!

That seems like some good advice thank you. This is actually my first Airgun and I never would have thought to check that straight from the factory. I haven’t had any issues firing luckily. Appreciate the advice and will keep that in mind and be sure to check the barrel periodically.

Nice! Thanks so much for the advice! Really appreciate that. I love this rifle so far and really want to take care of it. How often do you clean the barrel? I’ll definitely be looking into a nylon bore cleaning tool now and I’ll have to check old Wally’s for those pellets. Thanks again and I’ll reach out when I get to adjustment of my trigger. Good stuff!

@@40AcreFrank You're welcome. I clean my barrel when I first get any air gun. This gets out the preservative gunk used in shipping. Then I clean it when the same pellet starts getting noticably less or inaccurate because of lead build up. Patch Worm is a nice little kit for air rifles. Plus the seals in airguns get damaged from petroleum based gun cleaners. Ballistol cleaner and/or other airgun safe cleaners should always be used. Make sure you use a straw in the moderator end to keep dirt and patches from getting caught in the end too. A patch in the moderator can cause a pellet to deflect and do damage if left inside!

This is awesome information. Had to screenshot this! Thank you very much this is great stuff and much appreciated.

Beechwood stock through the plastic bag it came in.

Yeah I read something about that afterwards and figured it had to be that. Thanks for confirming for me. Was so loud at first I was a bit worried, but it was night and day after a few shots.

You may be right but it looks and feels metal so may be a composite on the trigger and guard. Totally fooled me! Thanks for the info! And I’m happy you liked the video thank you very much. I’ve seen the hunter looks cool too!

Was hoping someone noticed my stump haha! It’s a really good spot for vids and pics. I use it a lot.

@@40AcreFrank it definitely adds to the feel of the video

I took a look at both those rifles after reading your comment and yeah they do seem pretty awesome! I love the pistol grip on the Zada! And 25 cal , I bet that is really effective on small game. Even though it’s single shot I would imagine with the 25 that’s all it takes. I also purchased some 22 Crossman Hollow points. For 500 it’s a pretty great deal and they have been surprisingly effective with ground squirrels.

The Zada is really accurate and didn`t really need very many break in shots to get there. But each different brand of pellet changes to impact point slightly it seems. The Airtact does well with the Crossmans but it has been way too hot to practice mastering it. Heat index or real feel is 113 to 117 today and daily it`s over 100 degrees. No rain at all in a very long time so the fire danger here is severe right now.@@40AcreFrank

I just got a 200 ct can of Apolo 25 cal 25 grain domed cheap too. They fit the Zada great and do extreme damage to steel cans. Very good pellets and also accurate at about 40 feet. @@40AcreFrank

Yes I noticed that with my pellets as well. Zeroed in with the hollow points but my red fires were a little off afterwards. Been super hot here in Northern Ca also high fire danger right now.I feel that! Sounds bad where you are at! Hopefully you can stay cool.

Gunna check those out! Thanks!

Not sure.

I put up a link in the description and you can buy it straight from Gamos website or Amazon. I got it from Gamo.

Here is the link gamousa.com/product/air-rifle-maintenance-center/

Thanks very much!

Absolutely I agree. But I was so excited I just wanted to shoot and see how it was out of the box. Which was not bad. Of course once I did zero it in it made a huge difference, especially at longer range! Also zeroing in was surprisingly very fun.

Yeah I thought it was metal, it actually fooled me but a lot of people are saying it’s a composite. But really looks and feels metal… it’s hard and super tough. If you tap on it with a driver it sounds metal. I should have put a magnet to it originally but like I said it really fooled me.

Supposedly it’s 1100 FPS. That’s what Gamo claims.

Haha I bet!

Thanks, do you have any recommendations?