chowdozer
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Why do you say no to the barrel break rifles just curious?
I have a gamo hunter 440 in .177 caliber. Bought it couple years ago and has been a nice pellet rifle. Rated at 1000 fps and I believe it make that kind of velocity even though I have never had it chronographed. I can take out most any squirrel out to 35 yards or so with a shot to the head. Of course a shot anywhere else on a squirrel and he will laugh at you. My 20 yard practice target I can sometimes place 3 shots so close its hard to find more then one hole in the paper so the accuracy is there with a break barrel. Been two over two years and thousands of shots and have had no problems. I sometimes wish I had tried the .22 caliber model I stuck with the .177 because ammo is readily available.
A good friend of mine who is a gunsmith told me not to get a break barrel. After breaking the barrel a couple thousand times and a little wear starts, how do you know where the barrel is pointed? A couple thou at the break is compounded by the 35 yard lever arm, or whatever your range is to target.
You may not have seen any decrease in accuracy of your rifle, however it's not a question of if wear will start, it's when.
It makes sense to me so I bought a fixed barrel.