“BB Mania knows no loyalty.” Ralphie, from the movie
Christmas Story, never spoke truer words. I assume most have seen this
movie classic. If you haven’t, it is not to be missed. And, if you
were already into air guns from your youth as I was, then this movie is an
absolute must!
I was 14 years old and it was Christmas morning. I had unwrapped many of the typical gifts, a set of walkie-talkies, socks, a model airplane, etc. Then Mom and Dad pointed out there was one more box behind the tree for me. I kid you not it really happened that way! Inside the box was the 5mm/.20cal multi stroke pneumatic Blue Streak with Rocker Safety. Again, just like in the movie, I threw on my robe and house slippers, stepped out into the December Michigan weather, grabbed a ¾” pine board from my Dad’s shop, pumped up the gun to full power and proceeded to blow a hole clean through the board! I was the happiest kid on earth to have this type of power and precision. I knew my Dad’s single pump Daisy I'd been using would soon be permanently retired.
I was 14 years old and it was Christmas morning. I had unwrapped many of the typical gifts, a set of walkie-talkies, socks, a model airplane, etc. Then Mom and Dad pointed out there was one more box behind the tree for me. I kid you not it really happened that way! Inside the box was the 5mm/.20cal multi stroke pneumatic Blue Streak with Rocker Safety. Again, just like in the movie, I threw on my robe and house slippers, stepped out into the December Michigan weather, grabbed a ¾” pine board from my Dad’s shop, pumped up the gun to full power and proceeded to blow a hole clean through the board! I was the happiest kid on earth to have this type of power and precision. I knew my Dad’s single pump Daisy I'd been using would soon be permanently retired.
A little background on Thomas
Air. Mike hand builds, assembles and test fires every rifle. In case you
haven’t heard, Mike has hand delivered rifles to customers at shooting events,
they scoped the rifle and proceeded to win the event. That is the
definition of out of the box, competition ready accuracy. Most rifles
include jets for two power settings. LV (light varmint) which is 12fpe and
HV (heavy varmint/open class for FT with a 20fpe setting). Colors, bottle
lengths, and barrel lengths can vary. The new mid-length, as shown in
pictures, is popular as is the standard full length for bench rest
competition.
The latest shipment of Thomas Guns arrived
and all Pre-Orders have been filled. We have a few left for sale.
Having new Thomas guns not
spoken for in the shop is a rarity. I thought I would take this opportunity to
test fire one of Mike's newest production runs. Pictures of the 5 shot
groups @ 50 yards off of bags shot with the Green FT and JSB Monsters are
shown below. All dime size groups, with four being aspirin size, show the built-in
accuracy potential these rifles have.
