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A common conundrum: To buy or not to buy

by B.B. Pelletier I was casually reading through the new NRA Guide to Firearms Assembly for Rifles and Pistols last Sunday when something caught my eye. There’s a page on the assembly/disassembly of the Winchester model 74 .22 semiautomatic rimfire rifle, which I find to be a very strange firearm. It doesn’t look like any … Read more

Beeman R1 – Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Testing by Earl “Mac” McDonald The first report on the Beeman R1 received a lot of reader comments. Apparently, I’m not alone in my admiration for Beeman’s big rifle. Kevin asked me what kind of tune I like for the rifle, and I answered that the Venom Lazaglide tune was … Read more

B.B.’s airguns – What I kept and why – Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Today, I’ll continue the story of what airguns I hung onto over the years and why I kept them. I’ll also throw in a few firearms just to spice things up. Crosman M1 Carbine I kept the second M1 Carbine BB gun I ever got, but I let the first … Read more

Engineered plastics, synthetic stocks and modern materials in airguns

by B.B. Pelletier Blog reader Brian Saada has written a guest blog for today. He wrote one the end of May (More on manufacturing tolerances), and it caused a lot of you to comment. I feel certain today’s blog will do the same thing. If you’d like to write a guest post for this blog, … Read more

Beeman R8: A classic from the past – Part 3

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 My new R8 made me sit up and take notice! Today, I’ll look at the accuracy of my new Beeman R8. I waited until now to do this test because I wanted to be off the IV and be capable of doing my best with this rifle. Along … Read more

Beeman R1 – Part 1

by B.B. Pelletier Testing by Earl “Mac” McDonald The R1 Elite Series combo comes with a Bushnell 4-12x40AO scope mounted. Well, we had to get to the Beeman R1 before long. After all, it’s a Weihrauch rifle and probably the one model that American airgunners are the most familiar with. Back in its heyday, which … Read more

The Crosman Mark I and Mark II – Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Crosman’s Mark I Target is a beautiful single-shot air pistol. It resembles the Ruger Mark I. Well, today I’ll test the velocity of my Crosman Mark I pistol. And you’ll recall that I’d planned to adjust the gun’s power for you as well. Well, I discovered that the pistol was … Read more

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