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A tale of two Daisy 25 BB guns

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by B.B. Pelletier

Announcement: Rick Ruth is this week’s winner of Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week on their facebook page. He’ll receive a $50 Pyramyd Air gift card! Congratulations!

Rick’s shooting his Crosman Quest spring-piston breakbarrel rifle. Since this photo was taken, Rick says he’s replaced it with an RWS 34 springer and says it’s a much better gun.

Today, Vince takes us through a test between a vintage Daisy No. 25 pump-action BB gun and its modern equivalent. In his usual distinctive way, Vince shows us how much has changed through the years, as well as what’s remained the same.

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Gamo PT-85 Blowback Tactical air pistol: Part 2

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by B.B. Pelletier

Part 1


Gamo’s PT-85 Blowback Tactical air pistol is a lot of gun for the money.

Before we start, I want to update you on the Arkansas Airgun Extravaganza show that’s coming up on Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16. The show’s organizer, Seth Rowland, told me he still has a few tables available, so if you want to try your hand at buying and selling at an airgun show, this might be a good opportunity. He also mentioned that Tom Kaye, the shoebox compressor man, will have a table there.

Another gentleman will be bringing some nice collectible Red Ryders. I’ll be there with Mac and am planning on bringing my 1860s gallery dart gun and perhaps one or two other beauties that you’ve read about in this blog. Mac will have several vintage 10-meter rifles to sell. read more

Gamo PT-85 Blowback Tactical air pistol: Part 1

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by B.B. Pelletier


Gamo’s PT85 Blowback Tactical air pistol is a lot of gun for the money.

The Gamo PT-85 Blowback Tactical air pistol is a different air pistol in several ways that I will describe to you today. For starters, the most dramatic difference that strikes me is this pistol has a 12-inch barrel! You read that correctly, a 12-inch barrel. So, when Gamo makes the claim of being the fastest CO2 pellet pistol around, they have done their homework to make it so. The extra-long barrel means additional “burn” time to the gas, which is really extra acceleration time in the barrel. Carbon dioxide is a relatively sluggish gas that needs a longer time to act on the base of the pellet because of its lower pressure. With just 850 psi at 70 degrees F, it has about one-half or less the pressure of air found in a precharged pneumatic gun, plus the large CO2 molecule moves more slowly through the valve than the much smaller atoms found in air. In recent testing reported on the internet, a barrel length of 16 inches was found to be about optimum for CO2, as far as terminal velocity is concerned. That was with the valve in the gun that was being tested, but the valve in the PT85 pistol is certainly in the same class. read more