Month: July 2006

by B.B. Pelletier Teach a person to shoot: Part 1 Making students aware of safetyHow do you make a student as aware of gun safety as the instructor? You make a game of it. First, you teach the students the most basic safety rules, with the first one being Never point a gun at anything … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier Today, we’ll look at the performance of this pistol. It has a 5″ barrel, so we expect it to be in the 400-425 f.p.s. region with lighter lead pellets. I’m interested in a pellet that shoots as accurately as possible. Make mine wadcuttersAll the Umarex action pistols are .177 caliber only. I … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier The 1911 Colt semiautomatic pistol is a handful! I used to swear it couldn’t hit a barn wall if the shooter was on the inside, but then I met a member of the 2600 club (NRA High Master rating) who taught me how to shoot the .45. After that, I knew what … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier Sighting-in a scope must be frightening to many shooters because, of all the technical questions we get, a large percentage deal with problem scopes. Many of the problems can be traced to the fact that they haven’t been sighted-in correctly. Problem 1. Sight-in distance IS NOT YOUR CHOICE!You can choose any distance … Read more

Spring gun tuning: Part 1 Spring gun tuning: Part 2 – Building a mainspring compressor Spring gun tuning: Part 3 – Mainspring compressor continued Spring gun tuning: Part 4 – Let’s disassemble a gun! Spring gun tuning: Part 5 – Powerplant disassembly Spring gun tuning: Part 6 – Disassembly completed Spring gun tuning: Part 7 … Read more

Spring gun tuning: Part 1 Spring gun tuning: Part 2 – Building a mainspring compressor Spring gun tuning: Part 3 – Mainspring compressor continued Spring gun tuning: Part 4 – Let’s disassemble a gun! Spring gun tuning: Part 5 – Powerplant disassembly Spring gun tuning: Part 6 – Disassembly completed by B.B. Pelletier Thanks for … Read more

Read the first part of this review (The Logun Domin8tor: Part 1/A light hunting rifle worth consideration). by B.B. Pelletier I’ll finish looking at the Logun Domin8tor today. Let’s start at the range. Getting readyIt took 60 pump strokes to fill the rifle from 2,000 psi to 3,000 psi. On high power, you get about … Read more