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by B.B. Pelletier This report is another response to a viewer of our Airgun Academy videos. In episode 22, we say the following at 3 minutes, 20 seconds into the video, “When using real hunting pellets, you have to realize that the velocity and, therefore, the power is going to be significantly less [than the … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Many of us shoot our airguns inside the house, garage or barn and need to stop our projectiles from damaging what’s behind the target. Today, I want to talk about what works, what doesn’t and why. My sermon today is in the form of a repentant sinner, because I’ve made most of … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier A couple of new products were announced late this past Friday and are so revolutionary that I couldn’t wait until Monday to report. So, just this week you get one extra report The Field Adaptive Reactionary Training pellet Agro Industries of California announced a joint venture with the U.S. Department of Defense … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier This question came in last week in the form of a comment about pellet sizing. Pellets are sized by pushing them through a die, and it used to be popular to do it in the 1970s. Shooters eventually realized that the bores of their airguns were doing the same thing, and sizing … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The Haenel 311 is the world’s only bolt-action, spring-piston 10-meter target rifle. Let’s look at the velocity of my Haenel 311 target rifle. Because of the way it cocks, this rifle is low-powered. It isn’t possible to put a long-stroke piston or a stout mainspring in the mechanism when the … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Believe me — there’s enough information on this topic to fill many reports. I will do that if there’s enough interest; but if interest is confined to just one or two people, I’ll recommend that you read several of the gun books that I listed in my Building an airgun library blog. Those … Read more
by B.B. Pelletier Announcement: Kit Palencar is this week’s winner of Pyramyd Air’s Big Shot of the Week on their facebook page. He’ll receive a $50 Pyramyd AIR gift card. Kit Palencar is this week’s Big Shot of the Week. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Today, we’ll complete the test … Read more
