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by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier B.B.’s bügelspanner. Today, I have a story for you. A couple weeks ago, one of our blog readers — a man named Eric — emailed me a link to a local craigslist.com posting. Eric met me at a gun show last year, and I sold him a Winchester model … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Part 2 My rifle is actually a BSA Super Meteor. Today I’ll tell you the rest of the story. And, what a story it is! I had no plans for this part of the BSA Meteor report to go as long as it did. Circumstances just led … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 My rifle is actually a BSA Super Meteor. It would be an understatement to say there was a lot of interest in the BSA Super Meteor I got at the Roanoke airgun show. And in the discussion that followed, I learned a lot about this rifle that … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier My rifle is actually a BSA Super Meteor. Of the 3 vintage airguns I acquired at Roanoke, this is the one you readers most wanted to see. And it’s one I have been curious about for two decades. I’ve seen hundreds of them at airgun shows, but every time … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Part 1 Today I’ll show you more of the airgun show that was held in Roanoke, Virginia, last Friday and Saturday. I’m going to jump around just like you would if you walked the aisles at the show. Let’s begin at Larry Hannusch’s table. Larry has been an airgun … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Neat fix for bulk-fill CO2 guns Part 1 Crosman’s 116 bulk-fill pistol is a .22-caliber single-shot pistol. Today, we’ll look at the velocity of the Crosman 116 .22-caliber bulk-fill CO2 pistol. A couple things will complicate this test. First is the fact that the pistol has adjustable power. I’ll … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier Neat fix for bulk-fill CO2 guns Crosman’s 116 bulk-fill pistol is a .22-caliber single-shot pistol with power and accuracy that surpasses many of today’s air pistols. Before we start, a word on the “fix” for CO2 guns that Dennis Quackenbush gave me. Some folks are concerned that this will … Read more
