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By B.B. Pelletier How safe is a PCP airgun? That’s a good question, especially if you’re thinking about buying one. PCPs are the oldest of all airgun designs. Some are more than 400 years old and still in working condition. There are no spring guns that old to compare to. But, let’s talk about the … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier “Do lead pellets bounce back?” is the gist of a question/comment I received yesterday on the Shooting BB guns post from June 28. This is a good question, because it relates to shooting safety. Lead doesn’t bounce straight back – but be cautious just the sameThe article was about shooting steel BBs. … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier The June 15th post was titled Shoot in style with Gamo’s wheelgun. I compared the Gamo R-77 revolver to the Smith & Wesson 586-6, but at the end I waffled and said the S&W was an all-metal gun, so the comparison wasn’t fair. Today, I’d like to look at the airgun that … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier This is another post on using a scope. Let’s talk about shots that are angled up or down from the shooter’s perspective. On the levelWhen shooting with a scope, you have to know the pellet’s trajectory so you can hit targets at different ranges. I addressed this in the June 1 posting … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier Pyramyd AIR gets a lot of email and phone questions, so I’m going to answer a few of those today. Where do you get gas springs for conventional spring-piston air rifles?You don’t. At least not anymore. In the late 1990s, Tom Gore made and sold some upgrade springs for Beeman R1 rifles … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier A couple years ago, Umarex, the company that’s famous for its airgun copies of famous firearm handguns, decided to do a rifle. They chose the Winchester 1894 lever-action and copied it well. True to their normal design, inside the action of the air rifle is a .177-caliber 8-shot rotary magazine. The two … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier There aren’t many semiauto BB guns around, and there are even fewer BB guns that recoil when shot, but the Walther PPK/S is one that does both. It’s a unique air pistol that sells for a surprisingly small amount of money! The name is Bond. James Bond.That was the famous introduction of … Read more
