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If you’ve watched more than a few episodes of Bone Collector, you already know the name carries some weight in the hunting world. So when Gamo put that name on a 10-shot .22 break-barrel, people paid attention. The Bone Collector air rifle — officially the Gamo Swarm Bone Collector Maxxim SuperMax 10X GEN 2 — was built with Michael Waddell and Travis “T-Bone” Turner, and it’s aimed squarely at hunters who don’t want to reload after every shot.
Here’s a straight look at what it does well, where it fits, and who should actually buy one.
This is a .22 caliber, 10-shot, gas-piston break barrel that pushes alloy pellets up to 1,000 FPS. It comes with a 3-9×40 scope, a suppressed barrel, an adjustable trigger, and a synthetic stock wearing the Bone Collector logo. It’s a hunting-and-pest-control rifle first, a plinker second.
The headline feature is the 10X GEN 2 magazine. Instead of a single-shot break barrel where you drop a pellet in by hand every time, this one feeds from a low-profile rotating mag that holds 10 pellets. Crack the barrel to cock it, and the next pellet loads automatically. Close it, aim, shoot, repeat — ten times before you touch the magazine again.
If you’ve ever tried to reload a break barrel while a squirrel sat there judging you, you understand why this matters. Follow-up shots are the whole point. Gamo even tucked a storage slot under the grip so you can keep a loaded spare mag right on the gun.
The magazine sits flat against the receiver, so it doesn’t throw off your sight picture or add a clunky box hanging under the rifle. That’s a nice touch that a lot of multi-shot airguns get wrong.
The powerplant is Gamo’s IGT Inert Gas Technology — a gas piston instead of a coiled steel spring. In plain terms, that means smoother cocking, less of that spring “twang” on the shot, and more consistent performance when the weather turns cold. Spring guns can get sluggish in the cold; gas pistons hold up better.
In .22, you’re looking at velocities up to 1,000 feet per second with alloy pellets and around 17.7 ft-lbs of energy. That’s enough for squirrels, rabbits, and the raccoon that keeps getting into your feed. The rifled steel barrel keeps pellets flying true, and the included 3-9×40 scope gives you the magnification to actually place shots instead of guessing.
A word of honesty here: like every break barrel, this rifle rewards technique. Hold it consistently, let it recoil the same way each time, and it’ll group nicely. Death-grip it or rest it wrong and your groups will open up. That’s physics, not a flaw in the gun.
The barrel uses Gamo’s Whisper Maxxim noise dampening built right in. It won’t turn the rifle into a movie-style silent assassin — no spring/gas-piston airgun is truly silent because of the mechanical noise — but it takes the sharp crack down to a much more neighbor-friendly level, especially when using heavy-weight pellets like the TS-22 for example . For backyard pest control where you’d rather not announce every shot, that’s genuinely useful.
The CAT (Custom Action Trigger) is two-stage and adjustable, so you can tune both stages independently to your taste. Out of the box it’s fine; dialed in, it’s noticeably better, and being able to set it yourself is a feature you don’t always get at this price.
The stock is all-weather molded synthetic — the kind you can leave in a damp blind without worrying. It’s got textured grip panels, the Bone Collector branding, and an SWA recoil pad that soaks up a big chunk of the kick. It comes with a 3-year warranty.
The Bone Collector air rifle makes the most sense if you:
As an all-around hunting break-barrel with a 10-shot magazine, it covers a lot of ground.
You can order it directly from Gamo, and it’s also stocked at Walmart. Just make sure you’re grabbing the .22 caliber 10X GEN 2 version if follow-up shots and small-game power are what you’re after. For those looking for something nicer, more powerful and with a beechwood stock, we also have the Swarm Bone Collector 10X GEN3i.
The Gamo Swarm Bone Collector Maxxim SuperMax earns its name. It is built to be a practical, hard-working hunting rifle that lets you keep shooting when it counts. Between the 10-shot magazine, the gas-piston powerplant, the included optics, and a price that stays reasonable, the Bone Collector air rifle is an easy one to recommend for hunters and pest-control shooters who value speed and dependability over frills.
