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Nelson Lewis combination gun: Part 4

Nelson Lewis combination gun Otho welded gun

by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Nelson Lewis combination gun is both a rifle and a shotgun. It’s been a while since I last wrote about this gun. Blog reader Kevin asked if I was going to write anything more and I answered yes, but what I did not … Read more

Nelson Lewis combination gun: Part 3

by B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Dave Cole is this week’s winner of Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week on their airgun facebook page. He’ll receive a $50 Pyramyd AIR gift card. Congratulations! Dave Cole is this week’s winner of Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week contest on their airgun facebook page. Part 1 Part 2 Nelson … Read more

Nelson Lewis combination gun: Part 2

by B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Adam Crowson 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! Adam Crowson is Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week. Part 1 This Nelson Lewis combination gun was made in the mid-19th century. It’s … Read more

What do pellet head sizes mean?

by B.B. Pelletier This question came in last week in the form of a comment about pellet sizing. Pellets are sized by pushing them through a die, and it used to be popular to do it in the 1970s. Shooters eventually realized that the bores of their airguns were doing the same thing, and sizing … Read more

Choked bores and tapered bores

by B.B. Pelletier This subject came up as the result of a comment I made about choked and tapered bores. It turns out that gun makers were having this same discussion 140 years ago with pretty much the same results. The best gun makers of the 1860-1910 timeframe (and Harry Pope for just a little … Read more

The art of collecting airguns – Part 2

Winder musket

by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Today, I’ll fulfill my promise to tell you about the greatest gun deal I’ve ever made. Although the title says airguns, today’s article is about firearms. But the process by which I did what seemed to me to be impossible is the same one I described in Part 1 of … Read more

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