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Rather than a review or general airgun related article this time, let me hop up on my soapbox for my last blog posting of the year.  My hope is I’m “preaching to the choir” here, but since we are entering an election year where our gun rights are under attack more than ever, I want to make it clear to readers – if you as an airgunner do not belong to a recognized organization that supports the 2^nd Amendment, get off you’re backside and join now.  The NRA is the largest and oldest, but if you like another organization that has a legitimate goal of keeping guns available to law-abiding citizens of this country, then go for it.  I say legitimate because gun-grabbers have used the old “wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing” ploy in the past to masquerade as a pro-gun group. I believe their thinking was hoping to dilute membership and dues to pro-gun organizations and spread their propaganda to an unsuspecting public.  Whatever their twisted thinking was if you go with an outfit outside of the known pro-gun groups, check them out carefully.  One of these phony groups was the “American Hunters and Shooter’s Association (AHSA) and it was headed by a member of the Brady campaign.  Its Board of Directors was a Who’s Who of the gun control cabal.  They were exposed by the NRA and social media and have since closed their phony operation.  I guess I begrudgingly have to give the gun-banners credit.  They are a creative lot for certain.  Since they’ve had a tough time putting the Second Amendment out of business legislatively, they find other ways to chip away at it.

So, bottom line and I’ll get off my soapbox:  If you value the airgunning hobby and you’d like to have unfettered access to lead ammo, powerful airguns and even realistic air soft replicas, get in the game.  Support pro-gun organizations and candidates anytime you can.  You may be thinking “I only like airguns and nobody is after them; they even come with ‘silencers’ now and aren’t on the gun-grabber radar”.  That is dangerous thinking.  The gun-grabbers just haven’t gotten to them yet.  Keep standing on the sidelines and they will.  Some overly emotional argument will be promoted about “the irresponsible use of all things airgun”.  We the People all of a sudden cannot be trusted with them because serious airgunners will be lumped into the same bucket as irresponsible and unsupervised youngsters who shoot out car windows and any other negative angle they can come up with.

There is an old saying: there are 3 kinds of people – those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those that wonder what happened.  Which kind will you be?

The above statements are my personal opinion and not necessarily those of AOA.  However, for questions you can reach out to Airguns of Arizona at www.arigunsofarizona.com or leave a comment.

For those of us who don’t have the kind of discretionary income that would allow us to purchase all of the classic firearms we ever wanted, Umarex is one company that provides the ultimate in replica guns that don’t just look good on display.  They are extremely fun to shoot as well.  Let me introduce you to one of their recent releases – the P.08 Blowback.  Now, Umarex has an all-metal non-blowback Luger replica in their lineup, but this blowback model is so much cooler in my opinion.  Of course, adding the blowback feature expends the CO₂ faster and cuts velocity down to approximately 300 fps out of the 4 inch barrel, but that is more than adequate for a plinker.  Let’s face it, these guns are designed to look real and spew BBs, not be taken to a 10 meter match.

The details:  This Luger is the same size as the original it copies.  It weighs in at 1.9 pounds, also very close to the original.  The 12 gram CO₂ cartridge and 21 BBs are contained in the drop-free metal magazine.  Once the last BB is fired, the toggle locks back, also just like the real Luger.  The safety lever on the left side functions as the original does by disengaging the trigger.  To keep the lines clean, the piercing screw hides inside the base of the magazine and is turned by the supplied hex wrench.  It sports black checkered plastic grips similar to the later wartime versions.  Markings were authentic with a ’42’ on the toggle link and 2 digit numbers on the side plate and take down lever in keeping with how Luger parts were serial numbered to insure all parts stayed with the same pistol.  The trigger is true to the original being semi-circular and as wide as the trigger guard.  The clear and easy to read Owner’s manual is printed in English, Spanish & French.  Users are cautioned not to disassemble the pistol, but it does field strip similarly to the real thing (to a point).  Additional chips toward the coolness factor as long as you know the proper way to field strip a Luger.

All-in-all, I really enjoyed this pistol and have added it to my collection.  The accuracy was good at 20 feet and it made short work of soda cans.  Unfortunately, the give up of gas bled off to cycle the action causes the P.08 to go through cartridges more rapidly than many other CO₂ replicas.  At my altitude of a mile above sea level, I averaged in the range of 50+ shots per 12 gram cartridge.  With rapid fire, that average drops but this pistol just makes you want to shoot rapid fire.  Initially I did experience several jams but that problem seems corrected after break in.

Our friends at AofA carry Umarex products so please contact them to purchase or for further information: www.airgunsofarizona.com.  The MSRP on this model is: $109.95 and it carries a limited 90 day warranty.

This realistic replica is recommended for ages 16 and up which makes sense, due to its realism.  It would be a very bad idea to brandish any of these Legend replicas in a public venue. We can only hope anyone above 16 would have the common sense and respect for guns not to pull such a move.

Yes, an animal uncommon in the U.S. is poised to become a lot more familiar to those who hunt with

Bushbuck on the range

air rifles and want more knockdown power. In its natural environment, the Bushbuck is the smallest member of the spiral-horned antelope found in sub-Sahara Africa.  It is also the .45 caliber PCP brainchild of Western Big Bores airguns; so now we have a Bushbuck “native” to the U.S.  It is a long, dark beauty capable of driving a 405 grain soft lead bullet to 600fpe, enough power to take any North American game animal.  The bolt-action, single shot Bushbuck comes to us from the great state of Arizona, which has a progressive and liberal airgun hunting mindset.  The need for a powerful, production air rifle was recognized by the folks behind WBB and they made it happen.  This 10 pound (w/o optics), 49 ½ inch long rifle is completely made in the U.S.A. down to the screws used in assembly.  The receiver is milled from a solid block of aluminum and incorporates a picatinny rail.  It is finished all in black and mated to a dark grey laminated wood stock.  The stock is stippled in all the right places, aiding gripping, has an adjustable cheekpiece, thick rubber buttpad and is equipped with studs for mounting a sling and a bipod should you so choose.  The stippling on both sides of the pistol grip forms the image of its namesake, a classy touch.

A 285cc reservoir holding 4500psi gives the shooter a capability of two full power shots of 800+ fps.  A lower power can be selected by only pulling the bolt back to the first cocking position for those shots that don’t require all of that knockdown power (around 400+ fps with a 240gr bullet).  A shooter always needs to practice safe gun-handling and this is especially so with adult airguns as they are not required to have a mechanical safety.  Some companies choose to incorporate a safety but WBB has chosen not to on the Bushbuck.  Having a trigger pull out of the box of around 3 pounds means there can be no lapses once this baby is loaded up.

Damage to a phone book backstop at 100 yds.

The Bushbuck loaned to me came with an MTC Genesis LR 5-20×50 scope sporting an AMD illuminated reticle.  It also provided for parallax adjustment.  An awesome scope that allows the shooter to easily compensate for the drop that will occur once the pressure decreases on each subsequent shot.  A scope is not included in the $1895 MSRP on the Bushbuck, but the quality and accuracy of the rifle demand a quality scope as well.

Stippling & MTC scope

The Bushbuck will also appeal to the long range/benchrest shooter as that area of recreational shooting is picking up momentum as well.  However, its main claim-to-fame will be with hunters, especially if you are fortunate enough to live in one of the 9 states that allow for hunting up to deer sized game with air rifles.  If you are not fortunate enough to live in one of those 9 states, check with your state’s game and wildlife management bureau to find out if taking wild hogs is legal with an air rifle.  The hog over-population problem has led some states to allow for just about any method for reducing the number of hogs.

Obviously there is much more to this American production air rifle than I can cover in this short blog and there is more on the horizon for WBB (i.e. a big bore pistol!).  The idea was to give readers a taste of what’s new on the “range” and whet your interest.  To find out more, please reach out to www.airgunsofarizona.com and they can fill you in on anything you want to know about this powerful new air rifle on the market or MTC scopes.  They also like to hear from folks so you can give them a call at: (480) 461-1113.

Easy to use control panel

For the PCP enthusiast, even if you only own one, a method to recharge your gun other than hand pumping is probably high on your Christmas list.  For some, that will mean asking Santa to bring you a new, glossy carbon fiber wrapped air tank in one of the handy sizes that Airguns of Arizona sells (www.airgunsofarizona.com).  And, for other gift-giving holiday occasions, you could ask for accessories to go along with that tank such as extra Foster quick connects and flexible HPA hoses or tank carrying straps, padded cases, tank rests, etc.  But, the ultimate accessory is a do-it-yourself, at-home high pressure air compressor.  For an article I was doing several manufacturers provided me with big bore PCPs.  Taking them to the range would inevitably lead to questions about the Omega 100cf air tank I brought along.  Most firearms shooters have little experience with PCP air arms and still equate airguns with their first .177 Daisy or Crosman.  When observing me recharging the rifles from the air tank, the next question typically was: “Do you have a large compressor in your garage?  They were genuinely surprised when I explained that the pressures the tanks and guns were utilizing were in thousands of psi, so your standard garage compressor really wasn’t up to the job.   I further explained that for the serious hobbyist, a local SCUBA/Dive shop was the typical source for the HPA.  For the uber-hobbyist (or airgun writer) the Omega Super Charger fits the bill.  This self-contained little unit does some mighty big work.  The unit is only 8 ½ x 17 ¾ x 19 ¼ inches so it doesn’t require much space but they are heavy (70+ pounds) because they carry out some pretty heavy duty work.  Mine came wired for normal 110 volt house current.  You have the option to go with 220V if you’d prefer.  No noxious fumes or odors are produced when filling but you won’t want to try filling a tank in your family room while watching TV.  It does produce constant noise while running and will need to run for several hours in order to fill a large tank from empty to 4500 psi.  Plus, user configured settings control the release of accumulated moisture out the back of the unit.  This purge can be set for time of delay and duration.  I have to run mine in the garage because my wife jumps every time that purge valve opens up unannounced.  I won’t be storing it in my garage when winter comes however.  Deep cold is not good for the unit, and it is water-cooled.  Even though you get a sample of special anti-freeze to be used in the coolant tank, you don’t want to take a chance the tank or lines might freeze and crack.

A pretty compact unit

The Omega Super Charger is easy to use with well-marked buttons and dials.  It has an auto-shutoff feature so it stops at your pre-selected pressure to avoid over-pressurizing the gun or tank you are filling.  There is an hour-meter on the front so you can keep track of the amount of time the unit has run.  Every four hours lubrication is applied by simply turning a knob near the back of the unit.   The finish is a very nice woven carbon fiber look.  In addition to a one year warranty, a nylon protective cover comes with it as well as a unique tri-spoke (think “Peace Symbol”) wrench to get inside to replace O-rings or for other maintenance.  The Omega Super Charger is just one of several air compressors carried in the AOA line.  An air compressor represents a serious commitment to the hobby as they start around $1400.00, plus taxes and shipping costs, and go up from there.  AOA can even fix you up with a gasoline powered compressor if that fits your needs.

Omega being used to fill an Airforce reservoir

Pre-charged pneumatic guns are a joy to shoot.  They can be very powerful, yet all but the most powerful produce no felt recoil at all.  For all of the fun and lack of recoil, there has to be an equal and opposite side and that is: charging these guns in the first place.  Starting out, if you can only afford one PCP gun, you might opt for a hand pump to fill that reservoir.  They are convenient, easily portable and take up little storage space.  They work well and can last a long time with proper usage and care.  The downside, as many of you reading this know, is the amount of work involved in hand pumping a reservoir with a capacity of around 200cc up to a pressure of 3000, or more, psi.  If you are not familiar with the process, it can be a tedious workout.  It may take hundreds of strokes, stopping momentarily at both the top of the stroke and the bottom of the stroke (for most efficient air transfer), to completely fill an empty gun.

Now, I certainly don’t want to discourage anyone from owning a PCP airgun.  Luckily for those of us who enjoy owning and shooting them, there are options to a hand pump.  Got an old scuba tank laying around that is still capable of passing the hydro test?  If you were never into scuba or your tank is so old no one will fill it for you (old High Pressure Air vessels are nothing to fool around with), check out the possibilities from www.airgunsofarizona.com.  AofA carries the Omega line of carbon-fiber wrapped aluminum air cylinders that are rated for 4500psi – higher than scuba tanks.  Plus, they weight a lot less.  The smaller tanks can easily be carried in a backpack for topping off your gun while afield.  The bigger tanks like the 100 cubic foot model shown here will keep you shooting longer between refills.  The only caveats: you must treat these tanks with care; protect them from scratching and gouges as that might weaken the tank, making it unsafe to refill, and they have a usable life of 15 years.

Super flexible HPA hose with Foster quick disconnect

Along with the tanks and single gauge valve, a highly flexible hose comes as a marvelous little addition.  It is longer (one meter) than most of the hoses that come with a tank.  This is a big help when you have multiple airguns to fill and the fill ports on each gun will most likely be in a different place — anywhere from the front just under the barrel, to the rear under the buttstock and anywhere in between.  The most remarkable feature about this hose is that it could literally be tied in a knot without kinking (although I wouldn’t recommend making a practice of that!).  This valve and hose combination comes with a lifetime warranty.

Additionally, AofA offers options such as an “Adaptable Connector System”, allowing quick connections to various types of fill ports without the use of wrenches.  AofA was the first to provide this adaptable system to the market and now others are following suit.  They also offer a carry system that makes it convenient to transport the tank while providing protection from damage.  Another option: AofA can fit the tanks with a dual gauge valve that provides more accuracy by showing the tank and fill pressure during the filling process.

Contact AofA for additional details and pricing at either: www.airgunsofarizona.com or (480) 461-1113.

If you don’t have easy access to a dive shop or other filling station, then you’ll want to check out the compressor options available through AofA.  More on that in a future blog.

Umarex Colt .45?…Let’s skeedadle!!!

Having a problem with empty soda can desperados? Have BB gun – Will travel.  Wire Gordon; Denver. 

For those of you too young to make a connection to the “Have gun – Will travel” reference, it comes from the opening of a weekly horse opera of the same name.  The show aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963 and starred Richard Boone as the title character, Paladin.  Paladin was a gun for hire and that gun was his trusty Colt Single Action Army.  The new Umarex Colt SAA would look right at home in Paladin’s fancy black holster with the silver knight chess piece embellishment.  Flat out – this is one well designed and awesome replica!  When I first laid eyes on it at the SHOT Show, I had to have one.  The size and weight are very close to the original and the operation is identical to the Colt SAA, right down to the individual cartridges that the shooter loads with a single BB and then places into the cylinder through the loading gate on the right side of the revolver.  CO₂ cartridges fit under the left grip panel which contains a really nice design feature of a permanently mounted hex key for turning the piercing screw.  No more misplaced hex keys!

They currently come in 2 flavors: a nickel-like finish with faux ivory grips and a “blued” finish, also with the ivory grips.  The 4 ¾” barrel has an enclosed ejector rod underneath that is used just like on the original powder burner.  The smooth bore BB barrel ends about ¾’ from the muzzle and Umarex saw fit to put “rifling” into that last ¾’ to add even more realism.  The individual metal cartridges are a nice touch as well, but do make it a bit tedious to load, so you may want to order up extra cartridges from www.airgunsofarizona.com for quicker reloads.

A most handsome tribute to Col. Colt’s invention

I like everything about this licensed replica and it would make a fantastic training tool to introduce a new shooter to proper safety/loading of single action revolvers.  The action is so smooth and easy to cock and there is even a half-cock position of the hammer for loading and unloading that blocks the trigger, just like the original.  To meet modern liability requirements, there is also a manual safety located on the bottom of the frame in front of the trigger guard.  It is a very unobtrusive sliding switch that locks the trigger movement and doesn’t spoil the lines of the gun.  The left side of the frame carries the original Colt markings and the right side has the obligatory warnings and safety messages seen on all airguns plus a unique serial number.

In a side-by-side comparison with a real Colt SAA, about the only telltale giveaway on the Taiwanese made replica would be that the hammer does not fully seat into the recoil shield when uncocked.  It is a minor thing and takes nothing away from this fantastic replica in my opinion.

The approximately 400fps velocity produced by this revolver is plenty for decimating those no-good, low-down soda can desperados as well as any other plinking targets you can come up with.  As a backyard shooter this gun is second-to-none, right down to the fact that you could line up six targets and take ‘em out like Clint Eastwood in “Hang ‘Em High” by holding the trigger down and fanning the hammer.

If you appreciate fine firearm replicas like I do and have a hankerin’ to practice the art of fast draw, or just want a really fun plinking gun, connect with the folks at Airguns of Arizona and they can fix you up pardner.  Umarex has a pretty extensive line up of realistic firearm replicas as well as their own brand of BBs and CO₂ and in the near future I’ll showcase another of their historic guns.  Until then, I’ll just saddle up my old stick pony and ride off into that sunset.  Take care y’all.

Last month I did a walk around this .22 cal. Brocock and “kicked the tires”.  In this installment I’ll share some observations from my shooting sessions.

First, I really liked the “soft touch” coating over the wood stock.  It was comfortable to the touch and gave such positive grip it made this little lightweight carbine even more pleasant to shoot.  No special instructions on care for the coating came with the airgun, but my guess is it could be cleaned with mild soap and water should it be needed.

It would be preferable to have an on-board pressure gauge; however, Brocock’s focus is on providing top value in quality and price for a British made airgun.  With import duties and costs of making this precision airgun, it must have been considered expendable to keep the price down.  This PCP will take a full 200 bar charge, but without a gauge, I never went more than 5 magazines (holding 6 pellets) without recharging the cylinder.  For the U.S. market it is set up with the Foster quick connect fill valve, but the instruction sheet described filling with a male probe.  Additionally, as these are export guns, they avoid the U.K. 12 ft-lbs. power laws and these G6s are rated up to 23 ft-lbs.  Loading was easy and pellets are retained by a rubber ‘O’ ring around the circumference of the magazine.  A large boss protrusion on the rear face and a smaller spring loaded ball on the front face prevent incorrect insertion of the magazine.  No misfires of any kind were experienced, but pay attention during shooting sessions as there is no mechanism preventing double-loading of pellets.  Trigger pull averaged a very nice 3.3 pounds right-out-of-the-box and both pull weight and length of pull is adjustable.

I used H&N Barracuda Hunter pellets (18.21gr.) and Excite Spikes (16gr.) and it digested them with excellent accuracy when I did my part.  The Nikon PROSTAFF Target EFR scope was a great pairing with the G6 and worked well without tweaking, other than adjusting the objective bell for parallax distance.  Testament to the prep my friends at Airguns of Arizona do prior to shipping products to their customers.  (www.airgunsofarizona.com)  Accompanying the G6 was a picture of the test target showing a ragged hole created by 5 shots from 23 yards.  Also included was a chronograph tape indicating an average velocity of 755fps for 6 shots using JSB Heavy pellets.  From a standing position I was consistently hitting the 1/2” kill zone of a Remington reactive crow target at 16 yards right-out-of-the-box.  The Huggett suppressor worked like a charm and this little gem could probably be used in a suburban setting without raising the ire of the neighbors if the user was so inclined (and it was legal to do so…)

Of course, no one airgun will meet all of a shooter’s criteria (I don’t know why my wife doesn’t understand this, and my need to own so many) and so here are a couple of items that I feel are necessary to mention.  Already discussed was the lack of an on-board pressure gauge.  Not a showstopper for many shooters, just nice to have; especially if you are taking the G6 afield.  I found the indexing of the rotary magazine to be a little sticky and had to play with it sometimes to get the next chamber aligned with the bolt.  It lessened during my testing so was probably just a break-in issue.  At this price point I also would like to see an extra 6 round rotary magazine included with the G6.  No manual safety – again, a cost saving measure I’m sure — but I missed not having one, partly because of the warning in the instructions that the gun can be discharged while the bolt is locked back in the open position.  The instructions indicate this would not necessarily harm the gun but there is a good chance the breech seal could be blown down the barrel.  That being the case, it is just another caution for the shooter to keep your wits about you every time you take it out shooting – good advice whenever handling any lead slinging device!

All-in-all, the G6 was a pleasure to shoot; very accurate with that Nikon scope.  A of A retails this carbine for $739.00 and Brocock warrantees them for 2 years.  Many thanks to them for lending this great little shooter to me — good things really do come in small packages.

New Brocock Contour G6

In this first of two parts I’m going to introduce you to this new little carbine by doing a “walk-around” and “kick the tires” so to speak.  Next installment, I’ll get into the “test drive”.

Brocock is a British manufacturer that has been in business since 1989.  They were known for their high quality, realistic revolvers that fired a pellet from a pressurized, self-contained cartridge.  They were basically a niche player in the British airgun scene and not well known or widely available outside of that country.  Their guns were so well made and resembled the real firearms so closely that some of their products were being converted into firearms.  To put a stop to that, Brocock airguns and cartridges were outlawed in Great Britain in 2004.  A company almost put out of business by the government because of a few rotten apples… could never happen in the U.S. right?  Luckily, Brocock had also been making PCP guns and were able to stay afloat.  Last year the Diana group out of Germany purchased Brocock.  Diana also owns Daystate now so this move provides Brocock with access to share designs, technology and processes as well as expanding their market exposure outside of Great Britain.

My sample arrived in a long cardboard box securely inside another shipping box.  I knew the G6 was a carbine and wondered what extra things might be accompanying the airgun in that large box.  Alas, no extra goodies other than a Foster female quick connect adapter and paperwork was in the box.  It just goes to show you how well our friends at www.airgunsofarizona.com package their products to protect them in route to the customer.

Once I opened the lid and removed the top piece of 1” thick foam I was able to gaze upon this little 6-shot rotary magazine fed gem.  I wondered for a moment about the color selection for the Minelli designed stock.  I’m sure Brocock did their due diligence with market research, etc. when they made the choice of forest green (which is really more olive green) for their “soft touch” stock treatment.  It could be they were just attempting to make their product stand out among the crowd; or perhaps the green is the natural color of the material used in the “soft touch” coating.  For the purist, Brocock also offers a model stocked in walnut as the model Contour S6.

Removing the G6 from the box, you immediately get a feel for its lightweight nimbleness.   The ambidextrous skeletonized stock keeps the weight down while the “soft touch” overlay gives the shooter a comfortable, slightly sticky tactile feel.  This is enhanced by a checkering-like treatment on the forearm and grip.  The trigger is a wide metal unit surrounded by a plastic trigger guard having access holes to allow adjustment of the trigger pull and first stage length of pull.  Notably absent was a pressure gauge to indicate how much air remains in the reservoir and no apparent manual safety (confirmed upon reading the instructions accompanying the gun).

My attention then turned to the Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40mmAO Extended Focus Range (EFR) scope mounted on the gun.  It is a great looking scope with an adjustable objective lens for handling parallax.  It should prove to be a great pairing with the G6.

The Lothar-Walther barrel is capped by a permanently affixed Milbro Huggett suppressor.  This gun is made for the U.S. market where there are very few restrictions on airgun power and my understanding is that it is capable of up to 23fpe.  Even so, in my experience with Huggett suppressors, I expect this to be a very quiet shooter and viable for urban backyard shooting/pest control.

As the saying goes: good things come in small packages, and I’m expecting good things from this attractive little package!  I can hardly wait to get outside with it!  Stay tuned for part two next month.

MTM Molded Products has been making products for the shooting enthusiast since 1968 under the name MTM Case-Gard.  This family owned company out of Dayton, Ohio may be known to some of you reading this if you are an ammo reloader in addition to being an airgun aficionado.  MTM is known for their line of ammo storage and carrying boxes but that is only part of what they do.  Case-in-point is this nifty Shooting Range Box that can hold all the accoutrements you might carry around in your range bag as well as doubling as a range maintenance center.  The polypropylene box measures 25”x11.5”x8.75” and breaks apart into a shallow upper tray having a sturdy translucent lid and a beefy fold-down handle, and a deep lower box that converts into the long gun stand for the maintenance chores.  Inside the top portion are 2 small removable trays, plus a total of 18 compartments for holding everything you might need to clean your gun or for basic field maintenance.  Another nice touch in this kit is a removable Jag and Brush Gauge so the user can make certain they are using exactly the correct size jag or brush when preparing to clean a barrel.   For airgunners shooting the most common calibers of .177 & .22 the gauge may not necessarily get a lot of use, but if you are also involved with powder-actuated firearms across multiple calibers, this little gauge could come in very handy.

The bottom portion stores two support arms/forks and has recesses molded into each end that the forks are inserted into.  These forks have over-molded soft rubber inserts that securely hold a long gun or shotgun to facilitate maintenance procedures without danger of marring the finish. There is plenty of room for carrying bottles or cans of your cleaning products as well as larger items.  The support forks sport several “branches” which come in handy for keeping the long cleaning rods up off the bench top when they aren’t actually being used inside a barrel.  The length of the base is adequate to provide a stable platform for just about any long gun.  You can see from the accompanying photos that it worked quite well for cleaning a break-barrel air rifle by situating the unit near the edge of the table.

It’s an American made product that is a good value at an MSRP of $49.95.  MTM Case-Gard products come with a 5 year guarantee and the Shooting Range Box is available in Forest Green or Red.

Speaking earlier about ammo carrying boxes, the company makes small cases they refer to as “ammo pouches” that clip to the belt.  These molded pouches are perfect for dumping a tin of pellets into before heading out on a shooting session with your favorite airgun.

More of what MTM Molded Products Company has to offer can be viewed at:  www.mtmcase-gard.com

And of course, for all your other airgunning needs, check out www.airgunsofarizona.com