December 2023 TPP Newsletter First, let’s announce the winners for November: 1. The customer from November who won the pen gun is Renato V. from California. 2. As a subscriber, Paula B. from Virginia won pellets 3. As a subscriber, Scott P. from Washington also won pellets. This newsletter and the Christmas season, in general, […]
TEXOMA PRECISION PELLET NEWSLETTER 2, NOVEMBER 2023 Topic 1: Giveaway winners Topic 2: Christmas Topic 3: The 58 caliber platform As I mentioned a month ago, one of my purchasing customers (During the period of that newsletter) will get my new pen gun. I will draw the three winners on the last day of each […]
Topic 1: Giveaways each month & Why a newsletter? Topic 2: What’s new? Topic 3: The Zeus platform Once again, I appreciate your continued support, and if there are any topics you would like me to cover in the next bulletin, please let me know. Thanks, Jim Powell Texoma Precision Pellet
Whether you are an end user or do a bit of your casting, I hope some of this information will be useful. For those who keep up with my videos, most of this has been gone over in them, but there will also be a little bit of new information. So, let’s begin: Lead Quality […]
Here is a letter in its entirety that I just sent to one of the four people who have been waiting for me to fulfill their order for BW S45 magazine inserts and or covers: Good Afternoon, I apologize for the slow response. As soon as two people said they were having issues with […]
Our sixth aftermarket part will be the CNC anodized aluminum 8-shot insert for your OEM magazines. We have another dozen parts on the drawing board and twenty or so more after that we would like to develop. I truly hope that manufacturers will embrace the aftermarket parts industry and, with that, an old-time story… Up […]
I was recently asked about the ballistic gelatin I use and in the past, I have been asked if I use the FBI standard for ballistic gelatin. The short answer is no, the slightly longer answer is no, and mine is slightly more difficult to penetrate. The longest answer is, no, and here is why. […]
Looking at the AEA Defender barrel, I see a problem I have seen before with other AEA barrels. There is an old saying, “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” It is not enough to understand a 17-caliber or 22-caliber air gun and extrapolate what you can do at larger sizes. Someone in an organization […]
While I have been in the firearms industry at some level for a couple of decades, I turned a corner about two years ago. I was at an auction for the estate of Bob Hayley, and while I think I could do a paper on him at this point, for now, I will just say […]
Pellets are not bullets, though they have many similarities. Most are obvious, they are lead, while most bullets are a harder lead mix. The problem is that every bullet mold ever made seems to end up being a pellet mold and while many may work fine, others do not. The three specific designs I want […]