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by B.B. Pelletier Today’s post answers a question from last week. Matt asks: “Can you explain trigger pull and how the number of pounds is come to? I’ve seen different guns listed as low as 2lbs and as high as 12lbs, but it doesn’t mean anything to me. Trigger-pull is a measure of forceThe force … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier I really enjoy the realism Walther puts into their PPK/S BB pistol. It uses CO2 to both shoot the BB and shove the slide back in a realistic blowback with every shot! I actually went out and bought a Walther PPK/S in .22 long rifle caliber just because I liked the BB … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Today’s blog is for Ian, who was given a Diana model 35. He wasn’t getting very good groups, so I gave him some tips on holding a spring gun when firing. I should have asked him what pellet he was using, because I suspect it’s a major part of the problem. He’s … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Today, I’d like to look at a pellet that many experienced shooters believe is the finest in the world – the JSB Exact domed diabolo. Who is JSB?The initials JSB stand for Josef Schulz Bohumin. Josef Schulz started the company in the city of Bohumin in 1992. A former sports shooter, he … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Today’s post applies to all airgun powerplants. It comes from a question we received yesterday: I have a question that keeps bothering me. I was hoping that you can answer it for me. With a same gun, same power plant, different barrel (i.e. Diana 350 Magnum .177 and .22) and shoots pellets … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier On Friday, we received the following comment from Turtle: “and… if you ever come across a low series # talon in your personal collection for sale…please by all means contact me. Had one w/ serial no below A00000050 I let go. And I kick my own butt several times a day about … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier When I was young, I was interested in old firearms, but all the articles written about them said I had been born 30-50 years too late. All the real deals were long gone by the 1950s. As an adult, I became interested in collectible airguns, and it looked like the same thing … Read more
