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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier The Cometa Fusion Premier Star is stunning! This is the actual test rifle. How many times do I show you a photo of the actual test rifle because it’s prettier than the example on the website? Well, this one is. The .22-caliber Cometa Fusion Premier Star air rifle has … 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 My 18-year-old Beeman R1 with its Maccari custom stock and Bushnell 6-18x Trophy scope is a thing of beauty. Some days, you get the bear — and some days the bear gets you. This was one of those latter days. For … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier The Cometa Fusion is a powerful breakbarrel with nice styling. Today, we’ll start looking at a .177-caliber version of the Cometa Fusion air rifle. This is a powerful breakbarrel spring-piston rifle and the test sample is serial number 13636-10. The Fusion is made by Cometa of Spain and imported … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 My 18-year-old Beeman R1 with its Maccari custom stock and Bushnell 6-18x Trophy scope is a thing of beauty. You’ll notice that I’m signing in differently today. I’ve decided to start using my real name along with my pen name. I’m doing this … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Bill Cardill 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! Bill Cardill submitted this week’s winning photo for BSOTW. Tune is slang for tuneup, and in airguns a tuneup can range from a quick lubrication all … Read more
