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by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Browning’s new Buck Mark air pistol has a lot going for it. Today, we’ll look at the accuracy of this new Browning Buck Mark URX pellet pistol. I didn’t know what to expect, but I sure hoped this little gun was accurate! In many other ways, it’s so … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Browning’s new Buck Mark air pistol has a lot going for it. There’s lots of interest in the Browning Buck Mark URX. Some have already purchased it because they didn’t want to wait for the report, so that tells you what people are thinking about the gun. There was some confusion … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 We have a lot of interest in non-lead or lead-free pellets. I heard from several readers on Part 2, which ran last week. That was when I used the Hatsan model 95 Combo breakbarrel to test both lead and non-lead .22-caliber pellets for accuracy at both 10 meters … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 This is a long-term test of non-lead pellets that began nearly a year ago. There’s a lot of pressure these days to abandon lead for projectiles and move to some other substance that’s not as toxic. The problem is that there isn’t any material as good as lead. Ammunition companies … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Writing this blog is a humbling experience. Sometimes, when I think I know the answer and it’s obvious, there’s a surprise. Today I wasn’t just surprised — I was bowled over! I started this test way back in June when I tested the velocity of all the pellets in my Slavia 631. … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Here’s this week’s winner of Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week on their facebook page. He’ll receive a $50 gift card. Choon Weng Chua submitted this photo from an airsoft skirmish. He’s this week’s Big Shot winner. It’s a little crude but also elegant. The Slavia 631 is the testbed for this … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier I think this will be a super-big series, because the times seem to demand it. Lead has been demonized so much that the Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC), a high-school training component of the U.S. military, has now encouraging the use of lead-free pellets for all marksmanship training using airguns. So, … Read more
