American Airgunner

In our first episode of 2012 Paul and our film crew travel to Oklahoma to hunt wild boar with a .50 caliber Dragon Claw. After a successful hunt at Riverview Ranch, aided by professional team roper, Clay Hurst, and his dogs, we'll introduce you to the first ever American Airgunner Challenge in which eight contestants will shoot it out with a Walther Dominator PCP Air Rifle and a Magnum Research Desert Eagle Air Pistol..

Show host and creator, Paul Capello, takes us to the SHOT Show where he talks with Air Venturi's Gun Tech about big bore airguns, then shows us the effects of hot and cold on CO2 action pistols in the UmarexUSA.com testing range. In the Airgunner Challenge, Steve and Carie face-off in a race to launch a rocket using a CO2 powered Hammerli 850 AirMagnum pellet rifle.

Just about everyone likes to blow stuff up. American Airgunner host, Capello, ignites some exploding targets, then shows how to site in a scope on a Ruger break barrel air rifle. In the Airgunner Challenge, the remaining seven shoot against the clock for a bang of their own to avoid the elimination round in episode four.

American Airgunner goes to Florida in a hunt for an elongated pest, the python. We take along a Hammerli Pneuma air rifle in this quest through the swamps. In the Airgunner Challenge, it's an elimination round in a race to the end of a track—the tables are leveled as Steve and Donnie face off with a CO2 powered BB carbine, the HK MP5K-PDW.

Show host, Paul Capello, shows us what goes on at the annual NRA Show in St. Louis, MO and takes some shots on the indoor airgun range hosted by Pyramyd Air. We get another American Airgunner viewer video and then Paul watches as contestants use an Elite Force airsoft rifle in a challenge that involves a bit of a trick shot. It could be anyone's game in this challenge. Next week, it's a shoot-off at the Airgunner Saloon with a Walther Lever Action pellet rifle.

In this episode, Zac and Rob belly up to the Airgunner Saloon, then we take you to Alabama for a look at the NRA Airgun Jr. Nationals and follow that with some air rifle hunting tips from show host, Paul Capello. Lastly we have new viewer videos and three of our contestants have an opportunity to shoot their way back into the show with a single shot Browning Buck Mark pellet pistol.

The American Airgunner airgun games continue in episode 7 as Zac and Steve have an opportunity to outshoot Carie and re-enter Airgunner Challenge, then we visit the Airgun Extravaganza airgun show that took place in Malvern, Arkansas before giving the contestants the difficult task of walking a target across a dirt pad with a Beretta pellet pistol.

American Airgunner host, Paul Capello, and guest, Glenn Seiter, hunt for squirrel in the Ozarks with RWS Model 34 springers, then they join a show friend, Casie, to try a different squirrel recipe. Later in the episode, Zac and Nathan face-off in an elimination round with the Morph 3X from Umarex, an airgun that you can change from rifle--to carbine--to pistol.

Paul Capello's American Airgunner has its sights on the "undead". In this episode, we see what one company has to offer in terms of Zombie targets, then Josh Ungier shares with us his collection of airguns, Paul shows us how he performs 1000-round maintenance on airguns and then Duke and Rob enter into an elimination challenge with an objective of hitting as many Zombies as they can with a Beretta pellet gun, a replica of the Cx4 Storm.

In this episode of American Airgunner, a gunsmith cautions us against using petroleum based oils in our spring rifles, then we see how a polymer Walther air pistol gets a hydrographic camo treatment. We get an overview of pre-charged pneumatic guns and the remaining Airgunner Challenge contestants shoot a Ruger Air Hawk at pressurized cans in an effort to avoid the next elimination round. Some great slow motion clips in this one.

In this episode, we're in California and meet up with Chuck Harrison, thanks to Western Outdoor News, in pursuit of wild turkeys. Then we get a little education on different pellet sizes before watching the remaining four Airgunner Challenge contestants compete in our bracketed ball drop challenge with a Smith & Wesson pellet revolver.

In an earlier episode of 2012, we saw some of the unique airguns in the collection at Pyramyd Air, in this episode we get an in-depth look at the company and learn about its humble beginnings. Then it's off to the Airgunner Challenge where two of our contestants use a Browning 800 Express, a break barrel pellet pistol, for a shot at playing in the final round. This time it's alternating panes of glass.

It's the final round of the Airgunner Challenge. Nikki and Donnie have three stages to complete. First pellet pistol, then BB gun, finally PCP rifle. Somewhere in the midst of the competition we'll step back in time to take a look at one of Paul's reviews and we'll see which viewer video our producer's thought encompassed everything from passion for airguns to unique content to filming and editing skills.

In episode 14 of Airgunner TV, we review the 13 original shows produced for 2012. We take a a look at some of Airgunner's firsts, its high points and its low points. From the Walther Dominator at the beginning of the Airgunner Challenge to the Beretta Px4 and Umarex Steel Strom at the end and from wild boar with an airgun to the small target of a California turkey with a pellet rifle in episode 11. And a few other topics in between.