Airgun Hobbyist - April 2015

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Contents
Vol. 5, No. 2 April, May, June 2015
A look at the AirForce Texan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
by Tom Gaylord
RWS Diana LP8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
by Tim Smith
SHOT Show 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
by Gordon D. Smith
Gletcher Airguns: Good Quality and Fair Price . . . . . . 15
by Bob Campbell
The Right Now Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
by Airgun Hobbyist
Use Enough Airgun! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
by Luke Clayton
Scope Your MKI/II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
by William Kowal
What a LARC! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
by Trevor Adams
The Prewar Diana 5 Air Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
by Larry Hannusch
No Brag, Just Fact for this Texan . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
by Luke Clayton
A Replica of a Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
by James E. House
Industry Day at the Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
by Airgun Hobbyist
The Targ-aire Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
by Trevor Adams
Hot Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
by Luke Clayton
Stop Canting Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
by Benjamin Smith
Youth Shooting Sports Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by Joe C. Murfin
American Airgunner TV at SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
by Airgun Hobbyist
Review of the Firearms Guide DVD 5th Edition . . . . . 38
by Gordon D. Smith
Walther LGV – Tips, Tricks and Recommendations . . . . 40
by Jock Elliott
Put your wood stocked Marauder on a diet . . . . . . . 42
by Mike Hill
Convert your Marauder to a Bottle Fed . . . . . . . . . 43
by John DiStefano
The 1861 Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
by Tim Smith
Publishers
Tim Smith
Sue Smith
Editor
Tim Smith
Field Editor
Gordon D. Smith
Hunting Editor
Luke Clayton
Cover Page
Thomas Hart
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Contributing Authors
Trevor Adams, Bob Campbell, Luke Clayton, John DiStefano, Jock
Elliott, Tom Gaylord, Mike Hill , James E. House, Larry Hannusch,
William Kowal, Joe C. Murfin, Benjamin Smith, Gordon D. Smith,
Tim Smith
ISSN 2327-6940. EAN-13-9772327694002
The Prewar Diana 5 Air Pistol
Page 22
A Replica of a Classic
Page 29
Hunting Articles
Pages 18, 26, 34
SHOT Show 2015
Pages 8, 16, 30, 37