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Gsmith (gumark) pune is about to launch its own air rifle by end of june 2009. Recently i visited the shop and they said that it will be available soon for sale. The Price they quoted for a .22 calibre airrifle( what i was told) will be Rs 14,000(INR) with a muzzle velocity of 800fps. They claimed that the range of the rifle will be upto 90 meters which i found hard to digest as IHP air rifles with almost same muzzle velocity are of 35 meter range.

If anybody have any such info then please share.

Sharad

Lets see what they coem up this time, their earlier adventure was a failure IIRC.

-Inder

Oh my God....not again....

Guys, I think we must wait and see before expressing our own opinions; for you never know, who is to become what in this wide world. How about bombarding them with mails and encouraging them? Praises work wonders and it might prove good this time as well.

Rottlord

Its nice to be optimistic but pkjeetesh has spent close to Rs. 20000/- on the Gunmark G350 and trying to make it work as advertised. His nightmares with the Gsmith's "new" air rifle are quite well documented here so do help yourself in the Airgun section.

And if they really do come up with a very good locally made air rifle with or without our mails and encouragement, then how will they sell their Diana's at inflated prices ?

M.

RottLord wrote:Guys, I think we must wait and see before expressing our own opinions; for you never know, who is to become what in this wide world. How about bombarding them with mails and encouraging them? Praises work wonders and it might prove good this time as well.

-- Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:24 --

sharad

If you follow all the advice available here to tune an IHP 35 in .177 you will get pretty close to those specs at half the price and stay legal.

Please appreciate that a .22 air rifle doing 800fps with a 14 grain pellet will give 20.3ft lbs which may be crossing legal limits and is a very impossible Indian engineering achievement.

Here is some un-asked for advice. Use the money for something better.

M.

sharad99088 wrote:Gsmith (gumark) pune is about to launch its own air rifle by end of june 2009. Recently i visited the shop and they said that it will be available soon for sale. The Price they quoted for a .22 calibre airrifle( what i was told) will be Rs 14,000(INR) with a muzzle velocity of 800fps. They claimed that the range of the rifle will be upto 90 meters which i found hard to digest as IHP air rifles with almost same muzzle velocity are of 35 meter range.

If anybody have any such info then please share.

Sharad

i still shoot and love every bit of my gunmark350,the first model.
cheers sanjiv

Ok, that way; all right, I agree with you Sharad. I also asked them the price for a beretta 92fs co2 .177 but 30K is what they are asking for it, a full 14k more than the original price including shipping and handling. What is the price that I should pay, at the most?

Regards,

RottLord

Sanjiv,

Very likely what you have is an exception. Its still not worth paying 14000/- for a .22 springer using leather washers and oil to boost fps (and eventually ruin the gun).

M.

biking3819 wrote:i still shoot and love every bit of my gunmark350,the first model.
cheers sanjiv

-- Tue Jun 16, 2009 13:19 --

Rottlord and All,

Just to clarify, I have nothing against the Gsmith folks nor do I know them personally or have been duped by them at anytime. Its just an expectation on my part that we should get what we pay for and the product should work as advertised.

M.

fantumfan2003 wrote:Sanjiv,

Very likely what you have is an exception. Its still not worth paying 14000/- for a .22 springer using leather washers and oil to boost fps (and eventually ruin the gun).

biking3819 wrote:i still shoot and love every bit of my gunmark350,the first model.
cheers sanjiv

M.

manish thats your point of view and may be many others and there may be equal nos of people who are satisfied with the price and the performance and i am one of them and there may be others who are not ifg or any other forum members who can throw intheir views like i did.,its not praising gsmith but its my opinion just like you have your own.
- sanjiv

sharad99088 wrote:Gsmith (gumark) pune is about to launch its own air rifle by end of june 2009. Recently i visited the shop and they said that it will be available soon for sale. The Price they quoted for a .22 calibre airrifle( what i was told) will be Rs 14,000(INR) with a muzzle velocity of 800fps. They claimed that the range of the rifle will be upto 90 meters which i found hard to digest as IHP air rifles with almost same muzzle velocity are of 35 meter range.

If anybody have any such info then please share.

Sharad

Going to pune tommorow.will check this out at the G.smith store...

M.

biking3819 wrote:

fantumfan2003 wrote:Sanjiv,

Very likely what you have is an exception. Its still not worth paying 14000/- for a .22 springer using leather washers and oil to boost fps (and eventually ruin the gun).

biking3819 wrote:i still shoot and love every bit of my gunmark350,the first model.
cheers sanjiv

M.

manish thats your point of view and may be many others and there may be equal nos of people who are satisfied with the price and the performance and i am one of them and there may be others who are not ifg or any other forum members who can throw intheir views like i did.,its not praising gsmith but its my opinion just like you have your own.
- sanjiv