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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Parallax Parallax is an optical term describing how the point of view affects what the viewer sees. The driver of a car may see his speedometer needle at 60 m.p.h, while a passenger to his right may see it hovering just above 57 m.p.h. In the UK, … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier This article was originally written for the upcoming Pyramyd AIR catalog. But there were so many new rifles and pistols that we didn’t have room for this. I felt it was important enough to get it out, so I’m publishing it on the blog. You’d like to have a … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 B.B.’s TX200 Mark III As you read this, I’m driving to the Roanoke airgun show. This is just a reminder that I’d like you veteran readers to help answer the questions we get from the new readers while I’m away from my desk. I’ll read … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier I’m going to the Roanoke airgun show this week. I’ll be on the road starting Wednesday morning, and I’m asking you veteran readers to help the new readers with their questions, as I’ll have less time on the road to devote to the blog. My wife, Edith, will more … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Early Sunday afternoon, my wife, Edith, and I were enjoying lunch at On The Border, a Tex-Mex restaurant, and we marveled at the number of comments on last Friday’s blog…but not about airguns. Mostly comments about cars. Vintage cars, in fact. Edith is a gear head, and so is … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Today’s report is for blog reader J-F, who asked this exact question: “Why do airgunners need high-magnification scopes?” And let’s define high magnification as anything over 12x. That’s arbitrary, of course. It’ll be arbitrary no matter where you set the limit. I set it there because that’s 3 times … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 BB’s TX200 Mark III Let’s look at the power and velocity of my TX200 Mark III. You must bear in mind that my rifle is 13 years old and has been thoroughly broken-in. A new rifle will be much slower for the first thousand shots, or so. … Read more
