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Winchester model 11 16-shot semiautomatic BB pistol: Part 2

Winchester 16-shot semiautomatic BB pistol

by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier NOTE: While I’ve been calling this a 16-shot gun, the owner’s manual and Pyramyd Air’s website state that it’s a 15-shot BB gun. I could easily get 16 shots into the mag. Edith informs me that it’s not uncommon for more shots to be loaded in airgun mags and … Read more

How does rifling twist rate affect velocity and/or accuracy? Part 4

Big Shot of the Week

by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Bill Cardill is this week’s winner of Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week on their airgun facebook page. He’ll receive a $50 Pyramyd AIR gift card. Congratulations! Bill Cardill is the Big Shot of the Week on Pyramyd Air’s facebook page. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 This could … Read more

Falke 90 test: Part 3

Falke 90 restored

by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Falke 90 underlever rifle is a German spring-piston gun from the early 1950s. This report is my test of the .22-caliber Falke 90 underlever air rifle I acquired a few years ago. When I got it, the rifle wasn’t working, so blog reader Vince offered … Read more

Top 10 reasons why I’m an airgunner

by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier 10. Cost Airguns cost less to shoot. A tin of pellets costs less than any firearm ammunition I can buy or reload. Even the premium pellets cost less than the run-of-the-mill .22 rimfire ammo that I don’t buy because it isn’t worth the money. I don’t shoot for the … Read more

Too much jargon in airgunning?

Schimel CO2 pistol

by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Merry Christmas from Edith and me! FOR SALE: M-ROD .25 with super-fine LDC. Has HDD and is as quiet as an incontinent mouse. Shoots MOA all day. Great for backyard safaris. Check me out on the BOI, where I go by Stinky. Huh? If you understood any of that, … Read more

Diana 25 air rifle: Part 4

by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The Diana 25 (this one says Winchester 425) was made for decades. It is at the top of the youth line of air rifles from the ’50s through the ’70s. On Friday, I tested the Chinese Fast Deer sidelever rifle at 25 yards, … Read more

Chinese KL-3B Fast Deer sidelever: Part 4

Fast Deer sidelever air rifle Hobby group

BSOTW by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Bill Cardill is this week’s winner of Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week on their airgun facebook page. He’ll receive a $50 Pyramyd AIR gift card. Congratulations! Bill Cardill is the Big Shot of the Week on Pyramyd Air’s facebook page. This same scenario will be repeated in … Read more

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