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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Jedediah Strong Smith 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! Jedediah Strong Smith submitted this week’s winning photo for BSOTW. Do you see that there are two people in this image? … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 This report talks about bending and straightening airgun barrels. Sometimes, airgun barrels are bent and need to be straightened to work properly with their sights. While there are many home fixes for doing this, I wanted something more precise that I could control more closely. … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The Cometa Indian spring-powered air pistol is a powerful, big airgun. Lots of interest in this Cometa Indian air pistol! Some of you know it already, and many more are interested in the light cocking effort. How can “they” make a gun that shoots 500 f.p.s., yet … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier The IZH 60 now comes with target sights. This report has a lot riding on it. First, I was specifically asked to do this by Pyramyd AIR after I made some remarks about the new IZH rifles with their plastic receivers. I tested both the IZH 60 and the … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier The Cometa Indian is a large spring-piston air pistol that is incredibly easy to cock. Want something new and different? Here it is. The Cometa Indian, offered by AirForce International, is a spring-piston air pistol with great power and a low cocking effort. They advertise the velocity at 492 … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 This is the second part in our series of bending airgun barrels. Settle in, boys and girls, for this report will be long and involved. Today, I’ll begin the quest to bend or straighten an airgun barrel to fix many problems. I’ve waited to do this report until I could … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Last week, our new reader, Cantec, mentioned that several gentlemen were advising the use of corn oil for lubricating the compression chambers of spring-piston airguns. I know exactly where this recommendation came from and how it should be viewed, and I wanted to share this with you today. Corn oil? Yes, I’m … Read more
