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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
By B.B. Pelletier Last week’s post about my old Silver Streak brought some comments that reminded me of an important concept – having an airgun that one can always go to in case of an emergency. Today, I’d like to tell you about one of mine. My Blue Streak looks old compared to today’s model. … Read more
By B.B. Pelletier Shooters in Florida, the Southwest and Hawaii don’t worry much about cold weather, but the rest of us do because the winter puts an end to outdoor shooting with CO2 guns. Now that summer is back in almost every corner of the US, all of us can head outside again for loads … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Today we’ll look at a problem some spring guns have in abundance – too much vibration! What causes vibration in a spring gun?Vibration is caused when the moving parts of the powerplant have too much clearance. The moving parts include the piston with its seal, the mainspring, the spring guide and sometimes … Read more
