Blog posts of '2025' 'January'

 

“The best”-- it’s a subjective term in cases of preference and definitive in terms of a race or track performance. When it comes to marketing and selling stuff, “The Best” is often proclaimed on a certain product to get your attention– “Best in class towing capacity”, “Best sounding speakers un...

 

 

Some of the coolest items on earth are made out of a precious, rare material called Unobtanium. Unobtanium is so rare and special that unless you are also a very rare and special person, you will likely never get your hands on that item. In fact, you might never even lay your eyes on said ob...

 

The category of air pistols has and is mostly filled with BB shooting varieties. If a pellet version was offered, historically, this was a break barrel design or a bolt action CO2 powered model.  Replica pellet pistols have been around for a while, but due to their disk style magazines, these m...

Umarex team Member Eydin Hansen at the bench for the Pyramyd Cup, 2023

The centerpiece of modern airgun competition is benchrest shooting.  Why? The most likely explanation for this is the level of precision needed to be competitive and the elimination of as many variables as possible. In theor...

Winter is gonna winter. Here in the northern hemisphere that means cooler weather for all of us and some of us get blessed (blasted?) with the powdery precipitation more commonly called snow.