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Your cart is empty.The GAMO P-430 CO2 powered air pistol shoots both .177 caliber pellets and BBs at 495 feet per second. This pistol comes with a pellet clip that holds 16 rounds (each end of the magazine features a rotary clip holding eight pellets each).
Cheryl Fite
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
This shoots as it should. I wouldn't recommend getting it for children as it does have some power.
Mikey Spillone
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2025
Other than the cheap plastic magazine not snap/licking in place it shoots great and no leaks although I’ve learned to keep pelgun oil on the seals and the rest of the gun oiled with rem oil.
LDnchk
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024
If your clip keeps falling out of the pistol grip, you ARE SO LIKELY hitting the clip release button, RIGHT WHERE YOUR THUMB IS!!!This is by far the strongest (highest velocity) plinker you will find in its price range. One loaded magazine holds 16 rounds I think. That's awesome! Very light. About as accurate as any handgun with generic sights. One CO2 gets about 75 rounds. Not bad, at such a reasonable price!!
RANGEL BUENO
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2024
Well, that is not the most powerful airgun, but it is cheap compared with the others. I advise you guys to use copper steel BBs instead of pellets. Pellets are a little bit heavy for this airgun.
GMG
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
Long-time air hobbyist, this model has a well designed magazine (Gamo seems to be ahead of other manufacturers) with a simple rotary chamber on each end.Other than this, it appears to be average quality as other brands of the same price range.Tip - some have mentioned seals freezing up - this can be prevented if you completely empty the cylinder by pulling the trigger, which will keep any remaining CO2 from escaping onto the seal when changing out.
Sean
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2022
Update:My second order of this gun is very, very different from the first. The barrel is completely loose. It's rattling around inside so zeroing this gun is impossible. What even is QA? But on a gun this cheap, I STILL can't complain (much).Update to the update: I created a Frankenstein's monster. I cannibalized the barrel and mounts from the first gun, since it had zero vibration and was able to shoot fairly accurate from the first go.This solved the problem. If you notice barrel movement or you can't get reliable grouping, reach out to Gamo for support.The seal on this second gun is holding up better than the first, and I've had no issues using Gamo CO2. crosman CO2 split, and was leaking inside the gun. Very dangerous situation, so I recommend sticking with only Gamo CO2 in this gun also. Premier Hollow Points seem to pack the most punch as far as pellets go, while Gamo pellets seem best for hunting (a bit more reliable on accuracy.I STILL highly recommend this gun, even buying a couple, because at this price you simply can not find anything with this velocy.I sincerely hope Gamo comes out with a metal body version of this, with adjustable sights in a compact form. That's my dream air pistol, even if I lose a bit of velocity. (Don't add blowback, that's just silly on this platform when it performs so well as it is).Original review:This is THE CHEAPEST HIGHEST VELOCITY air pistol on the market.I read all the reviews, so I knew the first thing to expect was a broken mag — that never actually happened to me, but I still have two spares which makes plinking that much more fun.I also knew the main seal on this is not a quality seal, so I expected that to fail too, and boy did it. The entire seal was ruptured after only a few times of using it. You can buy a captain o-ring .177/.22/.25 o-ring rebuild kit and you’ll have what you need to fix it.Mine broke, but it was the plastic clip that holds the black plastic in place for the magazine. Kinda bummed, but it was my own fault.When you get this gun, take a Phillip’s head and fully disassemble it. Clean everything really, really well, then lubricate all of the moving parts and seals. It comes from the factory with a weird zinc like residue that normally builds up after firing lead pellets. After you clean it and put it back together (you remembered to just swap out the seal, right?) you should be good to go.This gun never froze up on me, and aside from me breaking it, the only issue I saw was that it can lock the co2 canister into place if you fire it too rapidly, which will make it a pain to dislodge the co2 canister. Use a blow dryer gently warm it and it will dislodge itself. A simple fix for this would be to “bore out” the chamber for the co2 to allow for those shifts in temperature and if you’re brave enough, I highly recommend you do it.
Joe
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2021
I own this CO2 gun for over a year and I really like it for it’s ability to shoot pellets and BBs. The gun is very light weight in the hands and shoots extremely fast to where I can’t see the BBs fly out of the pistol. I kept thinking if shots have been fired or am I shooting dry? Haha The gun is very accurate, but you have to compensate for the downwards of the gun when pulling the trigger. There is no recoil, so the gun doesn’t bounce when the trigger is pulled, compensating for the finger pull; expect to be shooting further down from the target. I kept three extra magazines so reloading is much faster. Each magazine holds 2 sets of 8 Bbs in a revolver style, holding 16 BBs/pellets total. It’s very easy to empty half the mag and having to flip it around which isn’t my preference for shooting airsoft; less reloads the better. Reloading can be tedious because you can’t pour the BBs into the magazine, but instead place each individual BB or Pellet into a revolver style slot.The construction is plastic on the outside and metal on the inside. It’s fairly easy to insert a CO2 cartridge, but expect to use tools when screwing it in place, unless you have very strong fingers. Each CO2 cartridge will last about 100 BBs or Pellets which is considerably good.I never had to deal with BBs jamming or misfires, so I’d say it’s reliable to use for target practice and efficient enough to use where you’re not draining your pockets by buying CO2 cartridges. I left one in for months and hardly notice a drop in pressure. I wouldn’t recommend this, but just a perspective of how well it can hold gas pressure inside the gun.I would definitely recommend as a first CO2 entry level pistol, but not as your “go-to.” I prefer a CO2 pistol with weight, realistic trigger pull, and a faster way of reloading the mag.Hope this helps with your purchase and ALWAYS remember your gun safety rules:1. Treat Every Gun as if it was loaded.2. Never point the muzzle towards anything you’re not willing to destroy3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your eyes are on the sights and ready to fire.4. Be sure of your target and what is behind it.This is not a toy. It’s a CO2 gun; treat it with respect as if it was a real firearm.
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