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by B.B. Pelletier Let’s look at an old air rifle that left the world stage several decades ago. The Bayerische Sportwaffen Fabrik (Bavarian Sporting Weapons Manufacturer) or BSF, as it was known, operated for several decades after World War II. They were based in Erlangen, Germany, and the guns they made were approximately equivalent to … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier We received this question last week. Because it goes to the heart of airgun operation, I wanted to address it today. i wonder is there a way to pep up the 1077 by changing valves. there is a company out there, which offers to upgrade co2 guns to higher velocity. i forgot … Read more
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
by B.B. Pelletier I’ll try to finish the topic and address any concerns today. Our first question from Markus concerned leaking, so let’s go right to reliability. Reliability/longevityMarkus saw the graphic and understood that the gas spring compressed its internal pressurized gas even more when the gun is cocked. But I didn’t put any numbers … Read more
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
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
by B.B. Pelletier A lot of our readers were just not satisfied with the report I did on the HW97 & HW77 on February 7. That report lacked velocity numbers and accuracy figures. It was more a report of my feelings about the guns, rather than a meat-and-potatoes look at them. So, today, I’ll make … Read more
