By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer To make up for unexpected changes to the usual air rifle season, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has come up with a substitute method of establishing and awarding top junior athletes in its unfired national events. Each year, two of the biggest competitions in the world of junior air rifle […]
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John Whack Chapter 50 AIRABELLUM Let’s Play Rekt
Have you gone completely stir-crazy from the quarantine blues? Are you a fan of the thrilling John Wick movies? Then enjoy this light-hearted spoof from Bullistic Productions in cooperation with Umarex 🙂 You’re welcome!
Are You Bored Enough to Welcome Pain?
What’s your mental state right now? Going by my body clock, we’ve been cooped up due to this quarantine thing for at least 19 years, 11 months, and 26 days. Or so it feels. How many times have you watched Brady Bunch re-runs? All finished binge-watching the combined libraries of Netflix, Amazon, and Apple TV? […]
California Twin Sisters Team Up for Quality Time On the Firing Line
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer Cynthia and Cindy Hernandez, both 17 of Reseda, Calif., have always been close – so close, they were even born on the same day. “We pretty much do everything together,” Cindy said of her twin, Cynthia. “It’s natural for twins to be the closest to each other.” The two are […]
Junior Air Rifle Athlete Celebrates Win By Remembering Her Loss
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer Ionee Mendoza of Parlier High School JROTC air rifle team from California is a strong athlete. During the JROTC Three-Position Air Rifle Service Championships, held in Chandler, Ariz., in February, the 16-year-old junior earned the top Navy precision title and also finished second overall in a field of over 260 […]
Airguns Don’t Get No Respect
This extended sequestration is either expanding my philosophical horizons or marking a slow descent into delirium — I’m not sure which. Having run out of new ways to categorize my airgun pellets (what the heck does Meisterkugeln mean anyway?) I got into a debate with the dog over the relative merits of using hydroxychloroquine as […]
Silence! Check Out the New Umarex Fusion 2 Air Rifle
While we can’t say we’ve found a cure for Coronavirus, we’ve discovered an effective therapy for the newfound hermitry mandatory quarantine has inflicted upon us. After sorting the pencils in my desk’s lap drawer by length and sharpness, counting the individual pixels on my laptop screen, and co-authoring a rock opera with my dog, I […]
Coronavirus Quarantine Boredom Cures
While Jack Torrance (The Shining, 1980) chose to be self-quarantined in a remote lodge for an entire winter, we’re facing a more involuntary situation with this whole coronavirus / COVID-19 thing. Even if you’re young and healthy and likely to have mild-to-moderate symptoms, you can do your part to protect those in more vulnerable segments […]
New Umarex Fusion 2 Sends 9 Rounds in Silence
Umarex USA continues blazing the path to deliver innovation, adventure and performance at an attractive price with the new Umarex Fusion 2 CO2 powered bolt action air rifle. The original Umarex Fusion pellet rifle was a CO2 powered bolt action design that was very popular for backyard plinking and quiet pest control. Umarex has carried […]
Check Out the New Sig Sauer MCX Virtus PCP Air Rifle
The folks at Sig Air have been busy with a constant stream of CO2 pistol and BB offerings. Then came the innovative break-action ASP 20 with its novel barrel lockup design. Oh, then they decided to get into the Airsoft business. That stings by the way – if you’re wearing snug clothing. Now, it’s time […]
