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Tom Gaylord (B.B. Pelletier)

Tom Gaylord is known as The Godfather of Airguns™ and has been an airgunner for over a half-century, but it was the Beeman company in the 1970s that awoke a serious interest in airguns. Until then, all he knew were the inexpensive American airguns. Through the pages of the Beeman catalog, he learned about adult airguns for the first time. In 1994, Tom started The Airgun Letter with his wife, Edith. This monthly newsletter was designed to bring serious reports about airguns to the American public. The newsletter and Airgun Revue, a sister magazine about collectible airguns, was published from 1994 until 2002, when Tom started Airgun Illustrated -- the first American newsstand magazine about airguns. Tom worked for three years as technical director at AirForce Airguns, the makers of the Talon, Condor, and Escape precharged air rifles. Today, he writes about airguns and firearms for various publications and websites. He also makes videos, and you'll find short clips embedded in some of his articles on Pyramyd AIR's website. Tom is a consultant to Pyramyd AIR and writes under the name of B.B. Pelletier. Opinions expressed are solely his own and do not express the views or opinions of Pyramyd AIR.

Why are first shots different?

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by B.B. Pelletier This post came from a comment left by K. Rihanek, who was surprised that the first shot from his spring gun was so different than the rest of the shots. In fact, this is a phenomenon that applies across the board, and not just to airguns. But, airguns are all that I … Read more

How long will a CO2 airgun last? – Part 2

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by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 We’re talking about how long CO2 guns will last, and I said that the answer isn’t as straightforward as it was for spring guns. That’s because CO2 guns have used all sorts of construction methods in the 120 years that they’ve been produced. We left off with the guns of … Read more

Antique Big Bore Airguns

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by B.B. Pelletier Here is a video you can’t get from The History Channel. When I was young, in the 1950s, the only airguns I knew about were Daisys, Crosmans, Benjamins and Sheridans. There were no airgun magazines at that time, and the gun magazines seldom ran an article about airguns that didn’t have the … Read more

Remington Genesis: Part 4

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by B.B. Pelletier Part 1Part 2Part 3 Sorry, my friends, but the Beretta CX-4 Storm that I scheduled to blog today has been delayed. It will be a couple more weeks before I can get to it. Today, I’ll conclude the Remington Genesis report. I told you how well the Gamo Tomahawks shot compared to … Read more

Remington Genesis: Part 3

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by B.B. Pelletier Part 1Part 2 Well, Part 2 of the Remington Genesis report was completed on June 19, 2006, so this report has been some time in coming. I’d like to tell you I have been diligently shooting the gun all that time, but the truth is – I completely forgot about it! Several … Read more

B.B. gets disappointed!

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by B.B. Pelletier This is a story about a firearm I recently bought, and I want to use it to explain my motivation when I test airguns for you. I hope you will look past the firearm aspect of the story and try to put yourself in my shoes, because that is what I am … Read more

Pellets’ fit in the bore: Part 2

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by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Well, well! There’s lots of interest in this subject, and some of you have already made some observations of your own. Apparently, many people know that all pellets and bullets leak gas/air. We left off with a discussion about thin-skirted pellets made from soft lead (which I often refer to … Read more

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