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by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier Haenel 310 is a different kind of trainer. A history of airguns This report covers: History — Haenel 33 and 33 Junior Haenel model 49 and 49a Haenel 310 Magazine Cocking BB gun action Accuracy I’m starting this report to address a question from one of our readers. … Read more
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier Sig Sauer MPX. Part 1 Part 2 This report covers: Qiang Yuan Training pellets Air Arms Falcon pellets Time to adjust the sights Sig Sauer Match Ballistic Alloy pellets H&N Finale Match Pistol pellets Install the dot sight Evaluation so far Today we start looking at the … Read more
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier A history of airguns This report covers: History Air rifle A lead sled Sights We’ll get dirty! Today we start looking at the famous Egyptian Hakim underlever spring-piston air rifle trainer. It is a pellet rifle trainer for the 8mm Hakim battle rifle the Egyptians used for several … Read more
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier This report covers: Shoot like a girl! The classic writers The proper handgun sight picture Spoiled sight picture Experiment It is a hand gun — singular Shooting glasses to the rescue It takes training Is this for everybody? This report was inspired by reader GunFun1, who said, “Does … Read more
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier Sig Sauer MPX. Part 1 This report covers: How to load the MPX Orient the magazine by the magazine door Removing the belt Load the belt Feeding the belt into the magazine Sig Sauer Match Ballistic Alloy pellets Crosman SSP pellets Air Arms Falcon domes Does firing fast … Read more
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier A history of airguns The 15th century Why? Gallery guns were weak Airguns and galleries Different ammo Repeaters What killed the airgun? Feltman Shooting galleries have been a major influence in the shooting sports for close to a century and a half, and airguns have had their day … Read more
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier A history of airguns How powerful were the big bore airguns of the past?: Part 1 My knowledge base Quackenbush Brigand Air cane Farco air shotgun Splatology Powerful enough to kill? Conclusions This report is for reader Zebra who asked me last week about the power of the … Read more
