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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
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Is this Custom Match the best HW 55 ever made? Read the report to find out. In the last report, I tuned the rifle and got rid of the objectionable firing cycle. It’s always a great pleasure to return to a classic air rifle like this … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Is this Custom Match the best HW 55 ever made? Read the report to find out. Part 2 Part 1 This is a special Part 3 for the HW 55 Custom Match target rifle. It will be a retest of velocity, following a strip-down and lubrication with black tar to get rid … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 13 Part 12 Part 11 Part 10 Part 9 Part 8 Part 7 Part 6 Part 5 Part 4 Part 3 Part 2 Part 1 Airgun Academy videos #19 and #20 are now available. 2011 airgun show calendar Before I get to the report, here’s a calendar of all the 2011 airgun shows … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 12 Part 11 Part 10 Part 9 Part 8 Part 7 Part 6 Part 5 Part 4 Part 3 Part 2 Part 1 The November podcast has been posted. Before we begin, my buddy, Randy Mitchell, who was also the outlaw, Dakota, from Frontier Village (an amusement park in San Jose, … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 My new R8 made me sit up and take notice! Today, I’ll look at the accuracy of my new Beeman R8. I waited until now to do this test because I wanted to be off the IV and be capable of doing my best with this rifle. Along … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 My R8 was customized inside and out. Well, it’s Friday again and time for another good subject to chew on over the weekend. Today, we’ll examine the power of this Beeman R8. In factory trim, it was supposed to have a top velocity of 720 f.p.s., but of course this … Read more
