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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Today, we’ll begin looking at the effects of the rifling twist rate on the accuracy of our test AirForce Talon SS rifle in .22 caliber at 50 yards. If you’re prone … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Recently, we have had a number of questions about rifling twist rates that were attached to the twist-rate report. These questions are extremely important to the understanding of how bullets and pellets are stabilized, so I’m starting a tutorial on rifling twists today. I’ll keep adding sections as I see … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Before we begin, there was a request last week for me to test the Benjamin 392. I thought I’d tested it already, and it turns out I did. Click see all 5 parts on the old blog. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 This report is for blog reader David Enoch and for several other readers who asked for it after he did. When I did the first report on the main cause of scope problems, which is the scope being adjusted either too high or too far to the … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Today’s report is a guest blog from reader /Dave. He’s going to tell us about his recent experience with a fine precharged pneumatic (PCP) air rifle. If you’d like to write a guest post for this blog, please email us. Take it away, /Dave. Most of you know me … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier I recently said that, with all the new readers of this blog coming from the firearms world, I need to concentrate on the fundamentals. Today will be such a report. I was at the range on Tuesday and watched a familiar problem play out. Only this time it happened … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier This comment came in last week from our new blog reader Jim H, and I wanted to address it right away. It’s a good question for a new airgunner to ask, and it deserves a good answer. “I’m new to the airgun side of things, so I have a … Read more
