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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Today’s report is a guest blog from duskwight, our blog reader in Moscow. It’s a report of a test to determine if changing the power of a variable scope affects the potential for accuracy If you’d like to write a guest post for this blog, please email me. Over … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 BB’s TX200 Mark III. This is my second trip to the rifle range to shoot the TX200 Mark III at 50 yards. Last time, I shot only heavy pellets; today, I’ll shoot the hopefully more-accurate lightweight pellets, plus one … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Today, blog reader Paul Hudson shares his Theoben Crusader rifle with us. The Crusader is not as well-known in the U.S. as some other Theoben models, so this will be an interesting report. If you’d like to write a guest post for this blog, please email us. With its … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Photos and report by Earl “Mac” McDonald Part 1 This is the final report about Mac’s vintage steel-breech IZH 61. We are only doing two reports — partly because the rifle performs just like the one that’s being sold today, but mostly because Mac sold this rifle at the … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 The Cometa Fusion is a powerful breakbarrel with nice styling. Before we start, just a reminder that I’m traveling to Roanoke, Virginia, today and tomorrow. So, I’m asking the veteran readers to help me answer the questions from newer readers. Thanks! Well, folks, we have … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The Cometa Fusion is a powerful breakbarrel with nice styling. Let’s look at the velocity and power of the .177-caliber Cometa Fusion air rifle. They advertise this gun at 1,250 f.p.s. with alloy pellets and 1,083 with lead, so I’ll test both types. Trigger The first thing … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Today, I’ll apply what I learned about bending an airgun barrel to a real problem. As I said in several earlier posts, I have a BSF S70 breakbarrel that came to me with a peep sight installed but no open sights. … Read more
