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I understand that Dr. Beeman first had Diana make for him the first ever production run of .20 springer rifles (Beeman 250 .20 cal). Only about 40 ever made in this lot. He even listed them in his catalog a year preceding his acquirement. He later decided not to follow through with more...

Answer: It depends... Many people sustain a lifelong condition of tinitis (ringing in the ear) if injury to ear components (nerve endings) are significant enough. I was in a bicycle accident 52 years ago; I have had continuing tinitis in my right ear ever since, right down to this moment :-/...

I would put on your differential diagnosis list...tinnitis from inner ear nerve damage :-/

Originally my older brother's 1960 Sheridan Silver Streak. It shoots as well today as it did back then.

This can is jumping about 10" straight up from the dark brown bench below it. It was shot (from left to right...at a 90 degree angle to the front of the camera...from 10 yards by a GAMO Magnum GR .22 cal with JSB 18.13 pellet. The can was a 28oz. can of beans filled with water.

Say 20 ft. lbs. at 20 yards would make an obvious jump. Whereas sub 12 ft. lbs. at 50 yards may get only an inch or less of a jump.

That helps. My hypothesis starts with a vacuum-like void, or cavity, forming in the body for water as the pellet passes through it; thus pushing water above it to spout out of the can, and forcing water below it to compress (or more accurately, just increase in pressure). THEN, it’s the collapse...

Why does a tin can (not necessarily aluminum, but heavier metal) filled with water, and is open on top, fly straight up (3 inches to 3 feet) when struck by a fairly powerful pellet?? Sure, the water inevitably shoots a spout upwards...but why does the can jump "up"? I can't quite figure out the...

Beeman R9 in .20 cal. Superb accuracy, with fine knockdown energry at 20 to 40 yards. Medium weight to carry. Durable.

I witnessed another type of weird cocking mishap/injury when someone was cocking a Hatsan 65: He was sitting on a bench and put the butt of the verticle rifle on the bench between his legs (at his crotch). His right hand was cocking the barrel by forcing it down at the muzzle, while his left...

I would love to know others’ opinions on safe downrange distances on airgun ranges. How much hay and pastureland should be considered unsafe beyond the last targets’ backstop…should any pellets (no slugs used) escape over the backstop? 180 yards of my range are on my property; with targets with...

I love .20 cal (just ordered an HW97K in .20); so to me it's not that it is rare due to low production numbers... I love that it was the first production lot of .20 cal springers ever made ;-) Kind of like a pioneer, or pathfinder. BTW--I bought my older brother's Sheridan pump rifle from...

I just posted some photos below

No, it's meant to be an old airgun hobbyist exploring his nostalgia, and exercising his imagination. I've never sold an airgun; I own 50 or 60.