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Marlin Cowboy BB gun – Part 3

by B.B. Pelletier Before I start, I wanted you to know that the December podcast posted yesterday. Part 1 Part 2 The new Marlin Cowboy BB gun is a beauty! Today, I’ll test the Marlin Cowboy for accuracy. It’s a good-looking new BB gun but a couple issues like hard cocking, a heavy trigger and … Read more

Categories Ammo, Competition, Education / Training, Special/Unique, Spring 57 Comments

Marlin Cowboy BB gun – Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The new Marlin Cowboy BB gun is a beauty! Well, we’ve certainly heard a lot of passionate comments about the new Marlin Cowboy from the Part 1 report! Today, we’ll test velocity, and I’m including the new RWS BBs in this test. You can’t buy these from Pyramyd Air as … Read more

Categories Education / Training, Special/Unique, Spring 65 Comments

Crosman TitanGP Nitro Piston (Lower Velocity) – Part 3

by B.B. Pelletier Happy Thanksgiving! Part 1 Part 2 The TitanGP with lower velocity is a smooth shooter! Today is accuracy day! Finally we’ll get to see what this special lower-velocity version of the .22 caliber Crosman TitanGP Nitro Piston can do downrange. First, I’ll address the scope since so many people have commented on … Read more

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A rare BB gun from Wyoming!

by B.B. Pelletier Over the years I have written about many strange airguns. Some of them were mine and others were guns I either borrowed to test or just wrote about. Sometimes, I’ve even written about firearms, which a student of airguns should understand because of the insight firearms shed on our hobby. Microgroove rifling, … Read more

Categories Education / Training, Fun, Special/Unique 62 Comments

Crosman TitanGP Nitro Piston (Lower Velocity) – Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The TitanGP with lower velocity is a smooth shooter! Okay, today I’m going to shoot the Crosman TitanGP with Nitro Piston through the chronograph. Boy, did we have a lot of discussion about this rifle in Part 1, and a lot of folks surprised when they realized that I was … Read more

Categories Ammo, Education / Training, Special/Unique, Spring 72 Comments

The Umarex EBOS – Part 3

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 The new EBOS is a loud, powerful BB submachine gun. Today, I’ll finish the test of the Umarex Electronic Burst of Steel — the Umarex EBOS. This is accuracy day, and the test runs exactly as it has for the other two BB submachine guns I’ve tested — … Read more

Categories CO2, Competition, Education / Training, Special/Unique 76 Comments

Crosman TitanGP Nitro Piston (Lower Velocity) – Part 1

by B.B. Pelletier Before I start, I want to let you know that there are new Airgun Academy videos online. This past March was a very poignant time for me. I was happily working on a number of exciting airgun projects, oblivious to what was just around the corner. One of those projects was especially … Read more

Categories Education / Training, Special/Unique, Spring 63 Comments