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by B.B. Pelletier Mendoza RM-2800 is the most powerful of their line. Several of you have asked for this report on the RM-2800. This is Mendoza’s largest, most powerful air rifle. It’s a repeater, but also a breakbarrel, so it has to be cocked before every shot. Many will think of it as a single-shot, … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Back in 1978, the airgun world was at the beginning of a velocity revolution. The FWB 124 had come to market earlier in the decade and was capable of almost 800 f.p.s. right out of the box. With careful tuning, it became the first spring-piston air rifle to break the 800 f.p.s. … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Today, I’ll share the power and accuracy I’ve achieved thus far with my .457 Outlaw Long Action. Before that, though, we’ll look at what the rifle was doing with the original 25″ barrel. I had to shoot several bullets to find the right one for that barrel, too. I went … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 In Part 1, we looked at the outside of the Hakim. Today, I’ll go inside, plus give you performance numbers and tell you how to repair a bad piston seal. But first, I must thank Bob from Oz who sent me a link to an article from a 2007 issue … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1Part 2 Apparently, I really screwed up yesterday’s report. First, I didn’t tell you that the distance I shot was 21 yards. Second, I didn’t give group sizes. That was intentional, because after three years of using the NRA official 50-foot smallbore target in my tests, I thought everyone knew what … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1Part 2 Today, I’ll finish the report on the RWS Diana Schutze, which is marked on the gun as the model 240. We’ll look at accuracy in this report. I had a head-start on this final report because I already shot a few groups at 21 yards while testing another air … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Sometimes, I’m asked to write a report about something I like so well that the writing seems to take care of itself. This report is one of those. Pestbgone asked first, but several others chimed in for a report on my Quackenbush .457 Outlaw Long Action big bore air rifle after reading … Read more
