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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Crosman MTR77NP air rifle With the Christmas season approaching, I’m on the fast track to test several new airguns this month. Today, I want to begin our look at the Crosman MTR77NP scoped air rifle. It’s a .177-caliber -only copy of the M16. When I saw this one at … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 This is an ongoing series about scope questions and issues. Blog reader David Enoch asked for it originally, but many other readers have jumped in since it began. Today, I’m going to give you some scope tips I’ve learned over the … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Benjamin Marauder .177 caliber: Part 1 Benjamin Marauder .177 caliber: Part 2 Secrets of loading the Benjamin Marauder magazine Benjamin Marauder .177 caliber: Part 3 Benjamin Marauder .177 caliber: Part 4 Benjamin Marauder .177 caliber: Part 5 Benjamin Marauder .177 caliber: Part 6 Fixing a Marauder magazine Benjamin Marauder … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Parallax Parallax is an optical term describing how the point of view affects what the viewer sees. The driver of a car may see his speedometer needle at 60 m.p.h, while a passenger to his right may see it hovering just above 57 m.p.h. In the UK, … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier This article was originally written for the upcoming Pyramyd AIR catalog. But there were so many new rifles and pistols that we didn’t have room for this. I felt it was important enough to get it out, so I’m publishing it on the blog. You’d like to have a … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 B.B.’s TX200 Mark III As you read this, I’m driving to the Roanoke airgun show. This is just a reminder that I’d like you veteran readers to help answer the questions we get from the new readers while I’m away from my desk. I’ll read … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Today’s report is for blog reader J-F, who asked this exact question: “Why do airgunners need high-magnification scopes?” And let’s define high magnification as anything over 12x. That’s arbitrary, of course. It’ll be arbitrary no matter where you set the limit. I set it there because that’s 3 times … Read more
