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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.

Open sights: part 2

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by B.B. Pelletier We are discussing the types of open sights encountered on sporting airguns and firearms. Post and beadThis has been a popular sporting sight for more than a century. The front sight is a blade with a small bead on top. The rear sight is a u-shaped notch. On some guns, a v-shape … Read more

Crosman’s new 2300S

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by B.B. Pelletier Crosman’s new CO2 pistol! The 2300S is the gun that aftermarket makers have been building for years. Now, Crosman offers it straight from the factory You can tell a lot about a company by the new products they field, and Crosman is a company that’s alive with new products. Some of them, … Read more

How do you know if an airgun is accurate?

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by B.B. Pelletier This question came in from Dave just yesterday. It’s a good one because it goes to the very heart of what many of us want – accurate airguns. While I won’t be able to give you a failsafe way of always knowing, I will tell you what my experience has been. It’s … Read more

Teach a person to shoot: Part 5

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Teach a person to shoot: Part 1Teach a person to shoot: Part 2Teach a person to shoot: Part 3Teach a person to shoot: Part 4 by B.B. Pelletier SightsThe best sights for training are the aperture rear and globe front with inserts. These sights are nearly as accurate as optical sights and impart quick success … Read more

Teach a person to shoot: Part 4

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Teach a person to shoot: Part 1Teach a person to shoot: Part 2Teach a person to shoot: Part 3 by B.B. Pelletier The right guns for trainingLet’s talk about the guns you will use to teach a person. Airguns are ideal for teaching because of their safety and their lack of noise or recoil. It’s … Read more

Different types of rifling

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by B.B. Pelletier This will be limited to the common types of rifling found in modern airguns. I can’t possibly cover all the types of rifling in this posting – or even in this entire blog! There are several books written on this subject, so if you are interested in pursuing the subject further, I … Read more

Spring gun tune: Part 13 – Range-testing the R1 we tuned

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Spring gun tuning: Part 1 Spring gun tuning: Part 2 – Building a mainspring compressor Spring gun tuning: Part 3 – Mainspring compressor continued Spring gun tuning: Part 4 – Let’s disassemble a gun! Spring gun tuning: Part 5 – Powerplant disassembly Spring gun tuning: Part 6 – Disassembly completed Spring gun tuning: Part 7 … Read more

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