Side-lever spring piston Air Rifles

I am a big fan of side lever spring piston air rifles.

I own a .22 caliber Industry Brand QB-57 deluxe and a Roebel B6C in .177 caliber.
These are both "Bullpup" style air rifles.

The QB-57 has a muzzle velocity around 560 fps and the Roebel B6C is rated around 450 fps.

I especially like the QB-57 because it is a takedown rifle that fits nicely in its case for transport.

I drilled a hole in the top of the carry handle of the B6C for attaching either a picatinny rail, or M-16 scope rings, both of which I bought for it.

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Crosman's Benjamin Trail NP air pistol

When I first discovered the "Benjamin Trail NP" nitro piston break barrel air pistol I bought it the next day!

Since I am in Canada, the detuned 495 fps version was all that was available.
The American version has a muzzle velocity above 600 fps.
Even still, a pistol that shoots lead pellets over 400 fps accurately can be alot of fun and useful.
My Benjamin trail NP has never shot close to 495 fps, and a leaky breach is the reason for this.
The seal sits too low and half the air blows out the breach when the gun is fired.

The solution is a new breach seal and special metal washers that the seal sits on to make an airtight breach.

D&L Airguns in Langley, B.C are sending me new seals and washers in the next few weeks, and I will update this blog with my progress.

Update: I replaced the breach seal and stuffed some Plummers tape under the seal to raise it up a bit.
The results are better, but I'll need to fiddle with it to get better results.

AirGun ammo

I have been shooting lead free, plastic skirt air gun ammo for a few years and in my opinion,  there is no other airgun projectile that has the penetration potential of the Crosman PowerShot penetrators .22 caliber/16.7 grain, the 'fast flight' penetrators .177 caliber/5.4 grain and the 'gold flight' penetrators .177 caliber/8.5 grain.
I also have a a few tins of H&N .22 caliber 'prometheus' & 'apollo' pellets, but they don't penetrate like the Crosman's do.
Here in Canada, i am limited to airguns with muzzle velocities below 500 fps, so ammunition can really make a difference with the guns I shoot.
The .22 caliber pellets work well with my Crosman P1322 pneumatic multi pump bolt action pistols, as well as with my Crosman phantom .22 caliber spring piston break barrel rifle and my Industry Brand QB-57 deluxe side lever spring piston Bullpup rifle and the .177 caliber pellets have made a world of difference with my Crosman M4-177 multi pump pneumatic bolt action M4 replica rifle, the Crosman 1377C & P1377, my pair of Beeman P-17 pneumatic pistols, a Roebel model B6C side lever Bullpup rifle and an Industry Brand B1-3 Grizzly Scout break barrel spring piston rifle.
All these airgun can blast the Crosman penetrators straight thru Campbell's Soup cans and some blow holes thru two at once!

Everybody needs a hobby....

Welcome to the Canada AirGun Freak blog.

I am Spinoza, and I will be sharing my collection of various airguns here.

I have Co2 powered replica air pistols, non-replica pellet pistols, BB guns and different types of air rifles, including spring piston, gas ram and multi-pump pneumatic rifles & pistols.

I originally learned gun safety, and how to shoot when I was 11 to 13  years old , from an amazing  Scout master,  and I anxiously looked forward to every Boy Scout camping trip,  which were the only times that I got my hands on His Airguns, which were a couple of Daisy and/or Crosman multi-pump pneumatic .177 cal. BB/Pellet rifles with plastic stocks and plastic pump handles.    Crosman model 21OO or one of the "pumpmaster" models and a Daisy model 880.

Around 1979-80, the  Boy Scout troop that I was a proud member of  fundraised and saved our pennies for an entire year, so that our entire troop could fly from Toronto to Calgary, and attend the "Canadian Scout Jamboree"(CJ-81) along  with 25,000 other Boy Scouts from all parts of Canada and dozens of Countries from around the world for 3 wonderful weeks, camping throughout a huge valley within  the Rocky Mountains. I recall that the Nature Reserve was and probably still is  called "Kananaskis Country"

Anyhow, Over the previous  couple of years of learning to handle, care for and shoot,  I had become the target sharpshooter of my Boy Scout troop and at the Jamboree I was nominated  to represent my troop in the Canadian Boy Scout Jamboree Rifle competition.

There were hundreds & hundreds  of competitors, and a few different types of shooting competitions that filled 2 or 3 days, and throughout, competitors were elimenated, and others progressed to the next level , until on the last day, and I was still in the 25 meter "open sights" Target rifle competition.

  It was down to the finals and when it was over,  I  finished the day, and the tournament with  third 🥉 place, only losing by a hair, but overjoyed to have discovered that I had  some sort of  natural ability to shoot more accurately than all the competitors but two🔫😀

Honestly, I can only remember the emotions, the thrill of seeing my target and the excitement of shooting a precision engineered pellet target rifle.

I can vaguely  remember the air rifle assigned to me was made of wood and metal, and much heavier than the only other air rifles that I had handled.

At that age,  I didn't know anything about the technology powering Airguns.

I do remember my Scout Master being quite impressed by the Air rifles that  Scouts Canada had been able to provide for the Jamboree.

And so, I did survive my childhood, and then my  teen years, and I have been buying, trading & collecting Air Arms since the year I turned 18 in the 1980's, when I bought my first Co2 pellet gun at my local Canadian Tire Store, a Crosman 357 pellet revolver + full metal 8" rifle steel barrel!!!

Here are a few of my airuns, and in time I will post reviews, photo's and possibly videos of the rest of my ever growing airgun collection :)