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By B.B. Pelletier Pyramyd AIR gets a lot of email and phone questions, so I’m going to answer a few of those today. Where do you get gas springs for conventional spring-piston air rifles?You don’t. At least not anymore. In the late 1990s, Tom Gore made and sold some upgrade springs for Beeman R1 rifles … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier There have been some great airguns in the recent past, and today I’d like to take a look at one of them: Crosman’s Mark I Target pistol. Ruger Mark I .22 rimfire pistol – themodel for Crosman’s Mark I. They copied the Ruger Mark ICrosman copied Ruger’s most famous handgun, the Mark … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier Some airgun chat forums are currently buzzing with discussions about choked rifle barrels and what they can or cannot do. As usual, there are a few knowledgeable people and a much larger crowd of kibitzers with nothing to say – and saying it very loudly. What is a choke?A choked barrel refers … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier We learned about Daisy’s early Targeteers in the May 25 post, The BB pistol that didn’t shoot BBs. Today, we’ll finish that story. Daisy brought the Targeteer back!Daisy stopped making the .118-caliber Targeteer pistol in 1952. In 1957, they brought it back as a BB-caliber pistol that some people mistakenly call .177. … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier If you’re looking for a neat CO2 revolver, try Gamo’s R-77 6 Walnut. It has the styling of the Smith & Wesson 586-6 but for a lot less money. With warm weather upon us, CO2 guns are ripe for outdoor shooting! A secret technique for loading the Gamo swing-out cylinderTo load the … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier This question came in as a comment to the posting on June 8 – More about sighting-in. It’s a good fundamental question that deserves a good answer, because the effective range depends on several factors. What are you trying to do?The first factor is always what you are trying to do. Killing … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier Today’s post comes from a recent conversation with an airgunner having some scope problems. He has a variable scopes and told me the maximum magnification is too high. Learn to twist the power wheel!He has an AirForce 4-16x variable-power scope mounted on his Condor. He bought the gun to police his orchard … Read more
