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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The new Rogue is simpler, more tractable. After the last report, I spoke to Dennis Quackenbush about how the new Rogue I was testing. I explained that while it shot well with Benjamin bullets, it didn’t seem to group with cast bullets obtained … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Before we begin, our Russian reader, duskwight, posted a link to the recoilless spring-piston rifle he has made from scratch. We have watched him work on this project for the past three years, and it is finally coming together. The gun in the picture is missing the stock and … 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 Part 1 Part 2 The new Rogue is simpler, more tractable. Thank you for being so patient with me on this report! I was testing the Benjamin Rogue .357-caliber big bore rifle all month long, but I had nothing to report until now. I go to the rifle range … 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
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 The Cometa Indian spring-powered air pistol is a powerful, big airgun. Today, I’m testing the accuracy of the Cometa Indian air pistol. There’s been a lot of interest in this pistol, partly because it isn’t familiar to many of you — but mostly because of … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier I’ve written about firearms in this blog from time to time. Even though it’s about airguns, there are so many lessons we can learn from firearms that it’s a shame to turn our backs on them — as if by using explosive gas instead of compressed air they’re somehow … Read more
