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by B. B. Pelletier Part 1 Today, I’ll discuss big parallax wheels, including those that are custom-made for field target, reticles and the effects of temperature on a field target scope. Let’s start with parallax wheels. You know that parallax adjustments are used for rangefinding. The shooter focuses on something close to the target or … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Announcement: We now have podcast download links in each month’s podcast. Thanks to TheRibber, who showed us how he did it, my wife followed his examples and updated all the podcasts. Going forward, every podcast will have a download link when posted. Settle in, my children, for daddy has a long winter … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Gamo Big Cat is an impressive breakbarrel at an impressive price! There’s a new article about precharged pneumatics on the Pyramyd AIR site. It’s one I wrote for Airgun Illustrated magazine years ago, but I’ve updated it. Today, I’ll look at the accuracy of the Gamo Big Cat. … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Some of you understood my tongue-in-cheek humor last week, when I told you about passing on two $100 BB guns at a flea market that turned out to be worth $600-800 apiece. But others did not, and someone was kind enough to advise me that perhaps I should have rethought that decision. … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier UTG Navy SEAL Mk23 pistol may be one of the best buys in a low-cost spring-piston gun. For this review, I decided to do some research before I actually tested the gun. By reading the reviews on the Pyramyd AIR website, I learned a lot. The first thing I learned concerns the … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Before we begin, I have an announcement. Very soon, Pyramyd AIR will be launching a new social website for airgunning. When they do, I’ll be responsible for the pages that deal with technology, training and technical information. I’m telling you this because in the past few months, we’ve had some … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1Part 2 Do you even remember that I was looking at the the Crosman 1088 pistol? It seems so long ago (Dec. 17) that I completed part 2. In part 2, I mentioned that the single-action function doesn’t work on this particular pistol. I could have replaced the gun right then, … Read more
