SHOOTING TO THE MAXX
Almost all modern air rifles that offer a multi-shot magazine system are pre-charged pneumatics, but Gamo bucked the trend a few years ago by introducing the Maxxim Elite – a break-barrel powered by a gas-ram with a 10-shot magazine. The original Maxxim Elite went on to spawn a series of rifles called the Swarm, the current line-up including the Varmint Swarm, Camo Rocket Swarm, Varmint Swarm Tactical, Varmint Swarm Barricade and the Maxxim Elite Swarm Tactical, the subject of this review.
“These guns share similar features, like the Gamo Multishot magazine and Whisper silencer systems, as well as the Recoil Reducing Rail that cushions the recoil and reduces the stress on the 3-9x40 scope included with the rifle. The differences between the Swarm models are in the style of their stocks and the materials they’re made from, with the Maxxim Elite Swarm Tactical having a rigid black polymer stock with a fixed butt pad and cheekpiece.”
“THIS AMBIDEXTROUS STOCK REMINDS ME OF OTHER POLYMER HANDLES THAT I’VE HAD ON TEST FROM GAMO, BEING WELL MADE”
STOCK AND GLASS
I love synthetic stocks, and black rifles in particular, and
