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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
by B.B. Pelletier There’s a new article and video about a big bore match and another article about the Gamo Varmint Hunter Plus, Paul Capello has another great video. It’s about the RWS 34 Panther. While reading the classified ads in the Baltimore Sun one day in the 1980s, I stumbled across a listing for … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Today, we’ll look at the IZH 46. Before I do that, Derrick told us that Gamo U.S.A. sells grips to convert a Compact to left-hand operation. Indeed they do. Look on their website under ACCESSORIES. The IZH 46, or Izzy, as some call it, is another single-stroke pneumatic target pistol. … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Okay, today we’re back with the new RWS Diana Schutze youth model breakbarrel. I’ve been watching the forums and see that shooters are already discussing this rifle. One person has made up his mind that the trigger is too heavy (it’s 6 lbs. right now) and others are comparing the … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Normally, I don’t do comparisons, but this time I will. Here are two fine inexpensive 10-meter target pistols, one of which, the IZH 46, has become difficult to get. I say they are inexpensive, but that’s only compared to a world-class 10-meter pistol. The Gamo Compact is the least expensive of the … Read more
