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by B.B. Pelletier This report is for Abe, but with the large number of folks coming into precharged airguns, I suspect many people need to read it. When I started in precharged pneumatic guns (PCP) in 1996, the need for air was not as critical as it is today. The problems back then were overcoming … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Before I begin, here’s an update on the Career Infinity. I wanted to test velocity for you today, but when I picked up the rifle it had leaked off a little, so I topped it off with the scuba tank. When I bled the line to disconnect from the tank, … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Today I’m writing an emergency blog I shoehorned into the list. Sparkie, who assures me he is NOT Clark W. Griswold Jr. (Chevy Chase’s Christmas Vacation), sent me a comment with his interpretation of how a spring-piston airgun worked. He was off a little, as many people are, so today I will … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Last Saturday, I attended the 2008 LASSO shoot on the Boyd Farm in Lavon, Texas. They have 1,000 acres of grazing land and generously allow Eric Henderson to host the shoot on one of the lower pastures. This shoot is for big bore airguns. The targets are half-sized steel silhouettes of rams … Read more
Before I turn today’s blog over to my wife, I have an announcement. Tomorrow the LASSO big bore airgun shoot will be held outside Dallas, Texas. I will be there to photograph things for you and also to conduct an experiment. Dennis Quackenbush dreamed this one up after reading all the conjecture about maximum velocities … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Mr. B. requested this one–comparing regulated precharged pneumatics to unregulated PCPs. What is a regulator?First, what is a regulator and how does it work? A firing valve in a PCP does not operate at its peak at 3,000 psi–not even close. Most of them work best down around 2,000 psi and some … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 This is part 2 of the Career Infinity report. Normally, I’d be testing velocity, but something came up. Today I’m going to take you on a short excursion inside a gun, to show you a little about how they work and also how easy they are to repair. You see, … Read more
