2013 Roanoke airgun show: Part 1
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Every airgun show has a personality, and this year’s Roanoke show was no different. It started slow. Dealers were slow to set up — enjoying talking with each other rather than getting everything ready for the doors to open…
Scope basics: Part 2
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…
Scope basics: Part 1
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…
TX200 Mark III: Part 3
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…
Testing a Diana model 23 breakbarrel rifle: Part 1
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…
And now for something completely different…
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,…
Why do airgunners need high-magnification scopes ?
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…
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Air Archery CO2 Rifle
