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The art of collecting airguns – Part 2

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by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Today, I’ll fulfill my promise to tell you about the greatest gun deal I’ve ever made. Although the title says airguns, today’s article is about firearms. But the process by which I did what seemed to me to be impossible is the same one I described in Part 1 of … Read more

Airgun triggers, springs, bolts and metallic hardness

by B.B. Pelletier Brian Saade has delivered another great technical guest blog for us. This time, he’s going to discuss metal hardness and how that affects various airgun parts. I can already see the flurry of questions and comments! If you’d like to write a guest post for this blog, please email us. Guest bloggers … Read more

Tech Force 87 underlever – Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The Tech Force Contender 87 is a big, powerful underlever. Well, the first moment of truth has arrived for the big Tech Force 87 Contender. I think you’ll be surprised at what it did. I know I was. Cocking effort Remember in part 1 that I said I thought that … Read more

Webley Alecto – Part 3

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Webley Alecto Well, I think we have another classic air pistol on our hands. Today, I’ll test the accuracy of the Webley Alecto — and I’m impressed with it. I realize it’s been a long time since the first two parts of this report, but you can use … Read more

H&K MP5 K-PDW CO2-powered BB gun – Part 3

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Umarex HKMP5-K-PDW is a lightweight, handy BB-firing semiauto. Today, I’ll begin the accuracy testing of all three of our BB submachine guns, beginning with the first one I tested, the HKMP5-K-PDW. This gun is semiauto only, so there are only two settings on the selector switch — fire … Read more

The Walther LGV Olympia – Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The Walther LGV Olympia is a beautiful breakbarrel spring-piston target rifle from the 1960s. Today, we’ll look at the velocity of my Walther LGV Olympia target rifle. I told you in Part 1 how serendipity brought me to this rifle and what a find it was. Of course, this one … Read more

The art of collecting airguns – Part 1

by B.B. Pelletier So, you’ve finally come to terms with the fact that you’ve been bitten by the airgun bug and now you want to do something about it. You have been reading everything you can find and you find that you’ve developed a taste for some of the vintage airguns of the past. They … Read more

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