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by B.B. Pelletier Michael A. Crooker was found guilty, last Wednesday, of illegally making a silencer. He faces a mandatory sentence of 15 years in federal prison. The case was followed by Massachusets newspaper The Republican. The actual charge was “causing a firearm to travel in interstate commerce.” You see, under federal law, a silencer … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Many readers post ads for their airguns on old posts in this blog – where the same gun is reviewed. There’s nothing wrong with that except that most people don’t read those old posts, so your ad isn’t seen by many people. We also get a lot of inquiries about where to … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Spring gun tuning: Part 1 This is the most important tool a spring gun tuner owns. It may not be used for every job, but working without one when you need it is like walking a tightrope without a net. I now use a B-Square compressor, but for many years I used … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier A package arrived from Germany yesterday. It contained goodies that I will use to keep you amused for the next several weeks. Like a CARE package at summer camp, I went straight to the chocolate chip cookies – the new Magnum Research Desert Eagle. SO – how’s it hangin’?There has been a … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier I promised several readers I’d address the subject of teaching people to shoot. We talked about teaching kids, but why limit it? Determine the level of the budding shooter’s maturityMaturity is more important than age when it comes to shooting. Since the shooter will ultimately have total control of a device that … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier There’s a lot of interest in tuning a spring-piston air rifle, so I’ll start a series on that next week. I’ll intersperse other topics so everybody has something to read. I’ll also show you how to make a few special tools that are necessary to do this work. I hope this will … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier I’m using today’s blog to update you on a couple of important things that have come up. Remington Genesis adjustable cheekpieceThe Remington Genesis comes to you with an adjustable cheekpiece. Crosman made the decision to mention it after the box art was finalized, so they are putting stickers on the box. The … Read more
