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by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Today, we’ll take the next step in evaluating the Air Venturi Pro Guide spring retainer system by testing a stock .22 caliber RWS Diana 48 right out of the box, then installing the Pro Guide system and testing that. Because many of you are interested in working on your own … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier I get questions all the time that sound like this: I know a lot about real guns. I shoot a Winchester .270 and a 12-gauge shotgun during hunting season, and I know how to take care of them. But I’m completely new to airguns. Can you recommend a book or books where … Read more
Guest blogger Converting CO2 guns to high-pressure air is becoming more and more popular, and .22 multi-shot has written a guest blog about converting his RWS 850 AirMagnum, which is a common conversion. If you’d like to write a post for this blog, please email me at blogger@pyramydair.com. Bloggers must be proficient in the simple … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1Part 2 Homework assignment first!In part two of this report, I gave you a puzzle to solve. I asked you to calculate the average velocity of a 15.8-grain JSB Exact Jumbo pellet from the Webley Raider 10 using the data I presented for the other pellets. First approachAs I saw it, … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1Part 2Part 3 This is the final report on the HW 55SF. It’s been a while since the last report, so maybe you’ll want to re-read the past three parts to refresh your memory. A quick update is that this is the special HW 55 I found at the Little Rock … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier An announcement before I get to today’s topic. On August 11, I told you about the Pro-Guide Spring Retainer System. They’re now available from Pyramyd AIR. You can have Pyramyd AIR install one in your gun, or you can install it yourself. A mainspring compressor is needed for installation. Also, there are … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Haenel model III-284 is an East German breakbarrel rifle seldom seen in the U.S. I thought I’d look at something old, something fairly uncommon in the U.S. The Haenel model III-284. This is a breakbarrel spring rifle made in East Germany in the 1950s and ’60s. The rifle is larger than a … Read more
