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The rise of the BB gun: Part 1
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns Part 2 This report covers: The first BB gun Plymouth Iron Windmill Co. The BB becomes air rifle shot Quality control problems You’ll...
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How powerful were the big bore airguns of the past?
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: New blog section — History of airguns! How powerful? Wood was first Iron and steel How fast — Spaltology Velocity of...
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They overstepped the line!
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: What “they” did Rocky Mountain Arms Corporation Young minds go astray Bad ideas abound! Percussion cap guns What...
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Changing from lead shot to steel
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: The first lead BB Size matters Advantages of air rifle shot The dawn of steel shot How lead shot tubes work How steel...
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A special trigger from the past
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Crossbow trigger The nut Fast-forward to today What have we learned? Today’s report is a simple one. But it’s also...
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Air in war — the Vesuvius dynamite cruiser
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Dynamite guns More stable than nitroglycerin Air provides a way U.S.S. Vesuvius Close-support ship Technical...
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2015 Texas airgun show: Part 2
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier Part 1 This report covers: Big bore match What amazes you? Bell target The action pistol match Back to basics Texans galore! What about the show? Prizes galore...
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The dawn of CO2 guns
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Invention Marketing failure Crosman Corporation Shooting galleries Post-war The Crosman CG Marketing misstep From...
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The invention of rifling: Part 1
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Nobody knows when rifling was invented What is rifling? The first rifling Gunpowder leaves dirt in the bore Minie...
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The invention of rifling: Part 2
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier Part 1 The history of airguns This report covers: Fine rifling The Trapdoor barrel Bullet deformation is bad Pope’s muzzleloading breech loaders Dr. Hudson...
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Pneumatic arrow shooters
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Everything old is new again Feet per second (f.p.s.) FX offers many arrow launchers Missing the boat What I would do...
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The rise of the BB gun: Part 2
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns Part 1 This report covers: Return to normalcy Modern production methods Daisy changes manufacturing processes The age of repeaters Quick...
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How smart are you now?
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Old joke The answers Summary You read this blog and you learn things — or at least you say you do. You tell me the...
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The purpose of a military trainer
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns Airguns as military trainers This report covers: The first trainers Model trains Bayonet World War II MacGlashan Aerial Gunnery trainer...
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The first pneumatic gun
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: First air compressor Condensing chamber/reservoir Valves Controlling force Sealing against air loss The first air...
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The bellows gun — a blast from the past
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: A mechanical blowgun How it works Comparison to a blowgun Springs Shape of the gun Breechloaders Triggers Accuracy?...
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Mass production and interchangeable parts
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: But wait, there’s more Final finishing A gun maker who could not make a gun Airguns? Specialized parts can hurt you...
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Haenel model 100 BB pistol: Part 1
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Haenel history Haenel 100 Not a BB pistol? Odd way of cocking Nickel finish Crude sights Shot tube Functioning The...
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Charles F. LeFever — BB gun genius
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: In the beginning Moses goes to the mountain Historic trivia Pump gun a big deal Cast iron versus folded metal Water...
View ArticleWhere does B.B. get all those marvelous toys?
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier The history of airguns This report covers: Airgun shows Lesson 1. Attend airgun shows Lesson 2. Get a Blue Book Lesson 3. Read this blog — and use it! Lesson 4....
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