Umarex Gauntlet PCP Air Rifle, Synthetic Stock

Accuracy surprised me.

Bolt is a little clunky.

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I was surprised with the accuracy and it is lightweight. It is quiet so great for backyard plinking. It is a little stiff with cocking the bolt, but after about a hundred pellets it started to lighten up. You don't need a probe. Just hook it directly to your bottle or pump. The end of the barrel is threaded, but it really doesn't need an suppression. I was really surprised with it. Now, having said all that you still can tell that you are shooting a cheaper (@ $200) gun. But, I am definitely keeping it. It is well worth the money and then some.

I do wish the bottle was a little bigger, but it is okay.

Just realized that you are getting a cheaper gun. Don't expect an FX at a Umarex price. But, I am very happy with the gun.

Removable regulated air supply. Trigger not bad once I adjusted it. Seems very accurate, still breaking it in. it is amazing Pyramid shipped it to my house in 2 days.

It would be nice if the air bottle had the manometer 90 degrees from the fill port, but nothing I can't get used to.

When I adjusted the trigger, I noticed the air tank was loose after degassing it. I tried tightening it to no avail (didn't try forcing anything because it worked before I degassed it). Once I reassembled the rifle and began filling again, the tank tightened up. Afterwards I spent quite a while searching the internet to research loose bottle to find that was normal.
The other thing was chambering the pellet was very hard at first using Crossman hollowpoint (which is a little harder than most pellets) H&N Terminator was a little easier). After seating several pellets I decided to use a cleaning rod to push a seated pellet back out and inspect. It looks like the pellet head was seated in the rifling and seems to be seating easier. Hopefully that will be better once it is broken in. Stills shoots great with either pellet.

Good gun for the money. Accurate right out of the box.

The bolt is very stiff initially, slowly breaking in.

Very consistent shot with excellent accuracy at a great price.

It's accurate, powerful, quiet, and it's heft makes it feel like you're really shooting something.

Make it so the gun can be cocked while the safety is engaged, OR make it so the safety can't be engaged unless the gun is cocked (to avoid jams - see below).

If you cock it with the safety on, the action jams up bad.

The manual does not say this anywhere obvious, but umarex told me "it should not be cocked with the safety on". (Meaning, engage the safety after you cock it).


This is annoying, as I was trained to engage the safety immediately after I fire (unless taking an immediate follow up shot), making user-caused jamming easy. Needing to unjam a "hot" airgun is not ideal.

Accuracy is excellent. Easy to work on. Great for the newbee.

Larger air tank. Pinnacle rail. Adjustable hammer spring

Great 1st time pcp.Great if you.like.to.tinker. You can make this 300 Doller rifle to $1000 + easily .Mine is shooting 60 fpe . One pellet size holes at 50yd.Improveing every week at 100+ yds.

Things I like were price, easy to work on, lots of accessories advaluable to improve the performance.If you like to tinker this is the one for your..

I would put a bigger air bottle.Adjustable hammer spring.Larger magazine.

The rifle is very universal and excepts improvements.Its not a difficult rifle to work on.And these a lot of help on the web

The Price

O-ring kit with full schematics that will not void your warranty for O-ring replacement and takedown cleaning to remove rust. Created: 14/07/23 10:20 AM Description: gaunt1 Notes 1: Diablo Exact King .25 Notes 2: Distance to Chrono(FT): 1.00 Ballistic Coefficient: 1.000 Bullet Weight(gr): 25.39 Temp: N/A F BP: N/A inHg Altitude: 0.00 # FPS FT-LBS PF 8 926 48.35 23.51 7 921 47.83 23.38 6 924 48.14 23.46 5 920 47.73 23.36 4 925 48.25 23.49 3 927 48.45 23.54 2 920 47.73 23.36 1 925 48.25 23.49 Average: 923.5 FPS SD: 2.8 FPS Min: 920 FPS Max: 927 FPS Spread: 7 FPS Shot/sec: 0.0 True MV: 924 FPS Group Size (in): 0.00

Something about throwing a .25 caliber vs. my .177 and .22 pellets. At the low prices Umarex is selling the Gauntlet 1 and from many online reviews..why not? It’s about $1800 less than my German dream rifle

I went for the $10 ten shot service, well worth it as it gave me a baseline for what to expect for a $220 rifle and avoid immediate returns due to gross sloppy workmanship.

Half the missing bluing on top of the hammer tube, the slow air leak, and broken stripper O-ring is disappointing. But, the rifle shoots well at 50 yards with the signature stiff bolt. The trigger adjusts nicely so will keep the rifle.

I look forward to many shots with a few mods down the road. First up is an O-ring kit to hunt down the leak and replace any more clipped o-rings. Not sure what a three year warranty means with high shipping cost. No thanks, O-ring kits are cheaper than postage.

Below are my just received Chrony results that mirror the results from Pyramid, heavier pellets in my case.

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The rifle is very accurate. It loves jsb 33.95. One of the best bang for the buck.

Bigger bottle..... Adjustable hammer spring.

My regulator didn't last long.