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by B.B. Pelletier Today’s blog is targeted toward our younger readers — I think (and hope!). Edith has been reading hundreds of Pyramyd AIR customer gun reviews for the past week, trying to get caught up with a huge backlog. She has encountered several dozen complaints that should never have been lodged in the first … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Photos by Earl “Mac” McDonald Part 1 This is the second of my reports on the 2012 SHOT Show. There will certainly be at least one more after this, and perhaps even more, as there’s simply too much new information to pack into a single report. The state of the airgun industry … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Before we begin, I’d like to share my Christmas with you. I didn’t get any airguns or firearms this year, but I did get a wonderful reloading tool. It’s a Pope-style capper and decapper for priming and depriming cartridge cases while at the rifle range. You do that with the old-fashioned target … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Okay, Grasshopper, enough Wax on! Wax off! It’s time to use your skills. If you’ve been following the discussions over the past month about accuracy, you should now have the tools to be a pretty good judge of the potential accuracy of an air rifle and the relative ease with which that accuracy … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Announcement: The California General Assembly requires your attention one more time. Several months ago, Senator de Leon wrote SB 798 in an attempt to make black airguns and airsoft guns illegal. All airsoft guns and BB and pellet guns would have to be clear or brightly colored. Because so many of you … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier The RWS Diana 54 recoilless air rifle, also called the Air King, is big, beautiful, powerful and accurate. Recent interest among our readers in the Beeman P1 pistol has given me cause to revisit some of the other classic airguns I’ve tested in the past. If the guns are still available for … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Many years ago, I was of the opinion that a silenced handgun made virtually no noise when fired. Then, I bought a legal silencer and discovered that silencers do not completely silence the report of firearms. Since then, I’ve researched the silencer issue in much greater detail and have come to the … Read more
