Month: May 2007

by B.B. Pelletier Got an urge to talk about big bore for a while, so I’ll start with what many airgunners don’t know. Big bore airguns have been around since the 1500s – that you know. And, in 1780, the Austrian army had either 1,000 or 1,500 .47 caliber .22-shot repeating air rifles – you … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier Yesterday, I received this comment from a reader who is planning to buy an AirForce Talon SS CO2 rifle. He asked so many questions and was confused on the topic of pellet performance, so I thought I’d answer his questions here. If one person has these questions, others probably do, too. His … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Okay – back to business. When we last looked at the .22 caliber Mendoza RM 2000, we saw the beauty of its adjustable sights and the marvel of the magazine loading system that enables this breakbarrel to be a repeater. Let’s look at velocities and some necessary preparatory maintenance. One … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier HW75M is a beautiful target pistol. Taking a different road today to look at a higher-priced air pistol. Don’t fret – I haven’t forgotten the RM-2000 or the Remington Genesis. I have owned this pistol for about 8 years and, though I never thought I’d ever be able to buy one, an … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier And, now, for something completely new, let’s look at Mendoza’s .22 caliber RM 2000 repeating spring-piston rifle. That’s right, this one’s a repeater! The rifle I tested was in .22 caliber, which should excite all you hunters. The RM 2000 is a large air rifle that’s close to fully ambidextrous. The RM … Read more

by B.B. Pelletier Okay, so now you know what I used to tighten my groups by 40 percent with the Hammerli Storm Elite. The Gel Shooting Support is a small pad you lay on whatever surface you have and lay your rifle on top of it. Yesterday, I laid the pad on top of my … Read more