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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.

I want to work on airguns!

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by B.B. Pelletier If you want to work on airguns, go right ahead. By all means – work on airguns. What’s that? You want to know what books you should buy? What tools to get? Well, I would recommend reading The Comprehensive Guide to Airgun Maintenance, Restoration and General Repair – and I also suggest … Read more

Gas springs of the Theoben airguns!

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by B.B. Pelletier Gas springs in airguns is an interesting subject. I will need more than a single post to cover everything, but today I’ll cover the basics. Terminology firstGas springs are also called gas struts by spring makers in the UK. A quick search shows that even then, most of the manufacturers also use … Read more

Is ANY airgun worth $1,000?

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by B.B. Pelletier I hear this a lot from people outside the airgun community. They’ve gone all their lives thinking airguns were inexpensive copies of firearms, fit only for children, when suddenly they come face-to-face with a Logun Gladi8tor or a Weihrauch 100S, two rifles that retail for over $1,100. The shock of the encounter … Read more

How to choose a PCP

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by B.B. Pelletier We got this request last week. A reader wants me to cover the applicability of various PCPs to different kinds of shooting, so that’s what I’m going to do. Low power for target shootingThere really is no choice with this first category. All modern PCP target rifles and pistols develop 6 foot-pounds … Read more

Bulk-fill: Part 2

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by B.B. Pelletier Today, we’ll learn how to move the CO2 from the large bulk tank to a smaller tank or to the gun, itself. It takes an adapterTo connect anything to a 20-lb. CO2 tank requires an adapter to connect the big tank to whatever it fills. The threads on the big tank are … Read more

Working with bulk-fill CO2 guns

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by B.B. Pelletier We have discussed bulk-fill CO2 guns several times in this blog. It’s time to talk about how they are filled. Last week, we got a question about this from Jim. Since the answer is not straightforward, I thought it was time to talk about it in some detail. My 10-meter target pistol … Read more

Smith & Wesson 586 & 686 revolvers

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by B.B. Pelletier Every bit the Smith & Wesson revolver, this model 586 is a jewel! I’ve often referred to these revolvers when talking about other models, so today I decided it was high time to give credit where it is due. The S&W 586 and 686 revolvers made by Umarex are the best CO2 … Read more

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