I’m back!

Been in hibernation from airgunning for a while due to some reasons I cannot control, first, two of my colleagues who frequently join me to airgun shoots left the country for greener pastures...been left with my airguns plus the airgun of Oliver which he sold later. Romi migrated to Canada with his wife and my inaanak, sold all his airguns and accessories. Arman migrated to Norway and sold his airgun to Butch.

Been busy with my work and had shifted to 22lr for quite some time now. I'm shooting with the LRRP(Long Range Rimfire Philippines) group now and burning powder in the absence of airgun shooting colleagues... :)

Recently, I was able to join the PASA(Pampanga Airgun Shooters' Association)'s shoot in Angeles Pampanga with the purpose of having to talk to a rifle stock maker for my 22lr rimfire rifle.

Shot the 25m benchrest with my 177 caliber JBC airgun and the MS pistol category using my old but reliable JBC pistol. I was accompanied by Edgar Q. who brought his Mario Muli PCP airgun with him but he just strolled around to meet some FB friends.

I luckily got a medal for the pistol shoot and below are some of the pictures of the shoot.(can’t find the pictures anymore, ha ha, will update this later)

Local And Imported Airguns in the Philippines

We Filipinos have been fond of imported items maybe due to our history of being colonized by the Spaniards, Japanese and Americans, not to mention the Chinese who lived with us since the old times.

With airguns, we have a few imported airguns available in our local market(that I knew of), that we can buy for a price too high compared to their prices we can see in the net. If money is not a problem, below are some of our options.

One of the most successful sellers of imported airguns here is Hatsan from Turkey distributed by Hahn. They have different models to choose from including the latest Hatsan PCP multi-shot model AT44-10 they sell for around 39K pesos(including the pump) in 0.22 caliber. They also have other models like the Torpedo 155 in walnut stock which is the top of the line in the springer models also in 0.22. Other models are available like the Torpedo 150(a clone of the Torpedo 155 but with a ploymer stock, rated 1000 fps according to their flyers(maybe using the lightest 0.22 pellets) , Mod 105X Torpedo and the Mod 105X Torpedo-Camo with rated velocities of 800 fps. There's also their Mod 90, Mod 85, Mod 80 and the Mod 80 Camo all of them in break-barrel designs and in 0.22 caliber. The only pistol Hatsan has is their Hatsan Pistol Mod 25 being sold for 5,229 pesos last gunshow, July 16-20, 2009.(see pictures below)

In Twin Pines in Galleria, you can see the high end Steyr Olympic category airgun, Model LG110 if I were not mistaken, and the handsome Steyr Air Pistol in their racks. The prices, more than 200K and 100K pesos respectively..he-he...

There's also the imported CZ PCP Air rifles model 200T(Php34,400) and 200S(Php32,000) at PB Dionisio, and some Crosman CO2 airguns to choose from, wish they will bring in the Benjamin Marauder here and be sold at reasonable price, its USD 499 in the US now.

From time to time, you can see other models in the hands of wealthy Filipino airgunners like the Walther Dominator, Revolution,Fienwerkbau, you name it, some Filipinos have them...

In the local scene, for the CO2, we know the Armscor CO2, Bullseye, Rogunz, Valiente, Escopeta and some unbranded stainless CO2 airguns from Pampanga, Cebu, Batangas and other provinces where airgunning lives.

With the birth of the PCP airguns in the Philippines, we have them in foot pump versions, multi pump and with the self contained refillable pcp airguns. Some of the well known brands are the JBC from Bulacan, Muli PCP airgun from Pasig and Filarms PCP airguns from San Mateo, Rogunz from Paranaque? There are new makers and assemblers now! I’m not updated for a long time, but I’m back now!

My JBC Pistol's Add-on

Just last May, Mang Gilbert of the JBC shop called me to have my Pistol's "add-on" installed. The "add-on" is a folding stock attachment so that I can use my pistol as a hunting rifle.

Mang Gilbert took an overtime to finish it for me.



The parts were prepared for fitting;




And when it was finished, here it is,



Folded view,



A closer look,



Here's how it looked before,



Isn't it beautiful!!! 

Enjoy Guys!!

My JBC Pistol

It's been a long time since I posted here...been busy with my work due to typhoon Ondoy, had to supervise a lot of repairs in our plant and since its gun ban period now...can't shoot my airguns so, I'll shoot here at my keyboard..

My latest airgun is a JBC pistol with a medium 8"-T6 aluminum tank(1.5" ID). I acquired it last December 2009 after some months of waiting due to a long line of orders from the JBC shop. The barrel I ask JBC to install was from an old Gamo break barrel a neighbor sold to me a long time ago, its in 0.177 caliber and is made of steel.

I topped it with a 30mm BSA multi-reticle pistol sight I bought last Gunshow from Final Option.



During my first try in a competition last January 3, 2010, I was listed with the AAA class as I am a newbie(rules) in the pistol category. I accidentally won 3rd place in that competition, luckily disturbing the peace they have in the AAA class..he-he...wish I could maintain it later...



Its shooting more than 50 shots of JSB exact heavies at more than 700 fps... More than enough for a 40-shot MS Competition pistol category... accuracy??-its with the Gamo barrel...weight? heavy for single hand stance but just enough for a 2-hand position...

The grip is made of a local Philippine hardwood "kamagong" fitting perfectly in my hand..


Joseph installed a muzzle break at the barrel tip to stabilize it a little bit...


Overall impression? Its a perfect pcp pistol for me....

A helping hand, if you're out there....:-)

I wanted to write this post because some newbies have mistaken me to be connected to an airgun maker in Bulacan, JBC.

To correct that impression, I wanted to tell everyone that I am in no way connected to any airgun maker whether the maker has the same surname as me, "De Leon" or JBC or Armscor or Muli airguns.

If you're from out there not in Luzon wanting to own a JBC airgun, maybe I can help you but you have to follow some rules. Rule no. 1 is you have to be patient, a quality airgun takes time to complete and due to the long line of listed airgunners wanting to own a quality airgun, the turn around now is very long(more than 4 months).

A friend in Dumaguete has to wait for 7 months actually for his JBC bolt before he could lay his hands on in. So far I have assisted 3 friends of mine in acquiring their airguns.

The first one is an Italian "Bisaya" (rest peace Luigi🙏🏻🎚) who lives in Davao with his Visayan wife. He wanted to buy my hammer type 0.177 JBC when he saw it at our plant. It was all black then with a medium T6 aluminum tank and prssure gauge on an ordinary wood stock. He said he has a CO2 airgun but the power is so low. He has a farm in Davao where he usually roam around with his airgun. He's now in Vietnam commissioning packaging equipment for cement from Italy.(RIP my friend🙏🏻🎚)

With his lots of pleases and requests, I was forced to order one for him(instead of selling mine) and send the unit to him to Davao. Rule no. 2 is he has to carry all the risks. I'm not earning a thing here in helping him or helping JBC have an order. This is just my way of thanking JBC for their quality airguns that I own(I have 3 already, 1 bolt, 2 hammer and one pistol coming). Once the unit is shipped to him, the risks are all his. Another happy Italian Bisaya with a JBC Hammer Type in

The latest friends I sent their orders where long time forum buddies in yahoo. One is from Cebu who used to work in Saudi Arabia. He ordered directly from JBC but the problem was when its nearing completion, he can't find someone to bring the airgun to Cebu at the cheapest cost for him, without the hazzle of going back and forth to the shop and to the forwarder and to Crame for registration. Its his second JBC by the way, another friend shipped the first one to him, a hammer type JBC. I shipped his JBC bolt to him and now he's enjoying tinkering with it. Until now, he has not tuned it properly..ha-ha-ha....its nearing its tune by the way and the last time we chat was he's having good results, mine is not tuned to its optimum tune by the way also but its shooting well... I got 6/10 at 100 yards shooting a ram silhoutte.

The other one is a funny friend from Dumaguete whom he said had worked in the Amazon jungle some years back. He had used an airgun that never leaked there...he-he... He's a fat, ok chubby only, Electrical Engineer and I think he has the best tune amongst our JBC bolts..his handle in our forum is "Bayabas" and is sometimes called "Prutas" by those angry with him...he-he..., it took him 7 months of waiting. He didn't regret it because he said he learned from it that "Patience is a Virtue".

A few months ago, another addict airgunner asked me a favor to order for him, he's from Mindanao, I forgot his exact place, its in my e-mails but he's now temporarily assigned in Cebu. I don't even remember what's the specs he ordered..he-he...its listed in Ka Gilbert's small notebook together with other orders in line waiting for their precious PCP airgun. His name is Pablo P., Jr. also an Engineer.

I almost forgot, before the Visayan Guy from Mindanao, there's the Ilonggo from Ilo-ilo who asked me to order a JBC bolt for him, he's connected with a drug company and is based there somewhere in Ilo-ilo...(sorry, I forgot your address, effects of the virus that attacked me in Cebu a long time ago)... we've been chatting a few minutes ago computing how much he will hide money from his wife who didn't know he ordered an airgun worth a lot of money...ha-ha-ha... How will you show it to your wife "Viper" a.k.a. "Snakeyes", I don't know why he loves the snakes handles...he-he..., maybe its the reason why a snake went to their house one time and with his so many airguns, he didn't hit the snake..he-he-he...stories..just sharing, don't get angry..he-he...

Off course, there's also Mr. G. from Bacolod who ordered his JBC bolt, he sent some money already, maybe he's hiding the money from his wife even if his airgun is not yet finished, he insisted on sending..he-he... I sent his money thru Ka Willie's wife just the other day.Take note Bro...Ka Willie and Joseph confirmed it already...

The problem now Guys is this..... the woodworker, Jessie, went on vacation and has not yet returned...so your waiting time may be longer, don't forget the virtue..."Patience" he-he-he, my pistol whom Mang Jun told me that will be finished in 3 weeks is now on its fourth week also..he-he...

Ah, I almost forgot, the big guy from the US who's coming home this October also asked me to order a hammer type for him...he-he, maybe this Christmas or New Year it will be finished..Kuya Ray...matagal pa yung sayo.... he's also a kababayan of mine from our rice province of Nueva Ecija.

Did I forget someone?? Please let me know... You know my e-mail and my cell number.....

By the way, there's a friend who's selling his standard JBC Bolt with extra tank, 16" Lothar Walther barrel, pressure gauge and silencer for 30k only. You'll save around 2.5k, pleaselet me know and we'll help this friend of mine. It in 177 by the way...plus 5k if you wanted to have 0.22 also(3500 for the JBC barrel and 1500 for the 0.22 stainless bolt.)...(sold)

So long for now, enjoy airgunning and practice now, there's a competition this coming Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 at the PNSA range in Taguig at the Marines Firing range... see you there!!!

Airgunners All - Airgunners from all over the Phillipines

When we started to revive this hobby at our free time at the plant, we have no knowledge that there were groups out there enjoying airgunning for a long time.

Romi brought his first JBC airgun, now owned by Oliver and with his Amrscor too, I brought my old Armscor and Amado joined us with his Armscor too and he introduced us to the Philippine Airgunning group in Yahoo.

We learned a lot from the yahoo group(thanks to Brod Gino Castandiello a.k.a. "Heightaddict" from Bacolod City) and from the net where we found a lot of airgunners all over the world too.

I was assigned for a while in Cebu and I learned that there's a co-employee of ours whose into airgunning also. I approached Loloy Zamoras and he brought me to know the Cebu Air Rifle Association(CARA). I had my baptism to the airgun competition world not in Luzon but in Cebu. I was brought by Loloy to a competition in Minglanilla where CARA has a range. I met a lot of CARA members there like Mang Boy Alcoseba, Rogey Sy, Rod Nacorda and the kind old guy Mang Domeng Francisco. I saw a lot of CO2 airguns made in Cebu at the range and was even convinced to order one without considering how will I bring it home to Luzon. I ordered a Tugaon competition design sidelever CO2 airgun. The first shot in Minglanilla was followed by a shoot in Mandaue where I won a trophy in the 10 meter paper category, 3rd place on the beginner level..he-he..not bad for a newbie.

Back in Luzon, I had my first taste of airgun competition shooting at the First Armscor Airgun Metallic Silhouete competiton. I met a lot of airgunning groups there. There were groups from Laguna known as the Laguna Air Gun Shooters Association(LAGSA) then led by Mang Jun Bona now Papa Art Valentin. The JBC Team was also there from Bulacan also known as the Bulacan Shooters Association(BSA) led by Mang Jun Lacanlale, the owner of JBC airguns of Valenzuela. Noli de Leon of Filarms was there also, just starting Filarms then and Joel Gatchalian who used to work with Noli in designing the first Filarms air rifles was there also. The group of Mang Mario Muli(maker of the Muli Nimrod Airguns) from Pasig was also there, and some members from the Wild Wings of Arayat, Pampanga. Richard Fernandez was there of Las Pinas with the old but trusty Mang Kit Ello. There were lots of registrants and when the rain fell, some airgunners were not able to shoot as it's late already...Met the family of Mang Boni Borces there, the whole family is shooting airguns except for the wife who's aslo there as moral support to the team, they belong to the LAGSA group. There were also some guys from Nueva Ecija I met there.

The next shoot, I was able to convince Romi and Oliver to come along. It was held in Baliwag, Bulacan sponsored by the BSA group of Mang Jun Lacanlale. Mang Gilbert was there, Mang Mario Muli of PAsig whose airgun leaked during the competition..he-he.. better luck next time Mang Mario. Romi won his first trophy there in BR65, the first bench rest shoot done that we joined. He's still holding hi record of 38/40 points in that category.

Our addiction to airgunning was followed by acquisition of new airguns and by joining these competitions. There were lots of airgun competitions that we joined, some in Pampanga, in San Fernando, in Angeles and at the Clark Airbase. Lots of airgnners were there mostly from within Luzon area only.

In the Visayas, they were holding their competitions there almost every month. In Cebu with the CARA and in Dumaguete, Ilo-ilo and in Bacolod. The yahoo group has been our meeting place although at the net, we can exchange experiences there and share our knowledge with each other. Although there are some bullies in any group, the Philippine Airgunning Society has increased in numbers and became alive again. This was shown with the recently concluded PNSA shoot last May 10, 2009.(I won in Benchrest 25 there, he-he 3rd place nga lang). There was a small group from Bicol there during the PNSA competition.

I'm not sure if I missed some groups but everyone is free to add to this blog. Have a nice day folks, nothing to do due to heavy rains, just tuned my JBC bolt for the upcoming Bulacan shoot, hope it will materialize this coming sunday, June 14.

As Heightaddict always say " Airgunning Rocks!"

Shoot safe.

The 3rd PNSA 2009 Airgun Competition

Last May 10, 2009 is a mother's day celebrated around the world. On the same day, the 1st Mayor Leyble's Pistol Shooting Competition was held here in Langhaya Range in Antipolo City. Simultaneous with the Antipolo pistol shoot was the 3rd PNSA Airgun Metallic Silhouete Competition held at the Philippine Marine Headquarters' PNSA Shooting Range.

There were several categories namely the Metallic Sillhouete Air rifle scoped, MS Air Rifle Iron sights, MS Pistol Scope, MS Pistol Iron sights and the Bench Rest shooting BR 25 meters competition were paper targets were placed 25 meters away from the shooter. 177 and 22 shooters were seperated in this BR25-meter shoot.

The MS competitors were divided into Masters, AAA, AA, A and B levels while the BR25 was shot with 2 categories or groups only, the 177 and the 22 calibers.

Oliver Nieva and I arrived there at around 8 in the morninng. Some familiar faces were already there when we arrived like Richard Fernandez, Mang Kit Ello, Atty. Lawrence Bagwan, Dayno Dinopol, Stephen "Rowell" Santiago, Tads Tadeo of Angeles Airgunners Association and some guys and friends from LAGSA, the Laguna Air Gun Shooters Association. I saw Mang Boni Borces and his 2 shooter daughets, Ana  Marie and Jan Therese there with the rest of the LAGSA Team.

There were several sponsors also already at the 50-meter range of PNSA like the local JSB pellets  distributor Anthony Herrera and his team. The Citybank guys, the PLDT SME, Jollibee, Bio-essence, Pearl of the Orient Boracay and many more...

The MS targets were already set at their respective stands, 20, 30, 36 and 45 yards away for the rifle shooters and 10, 12.5, 15 and 18 yards for the pistol shooters for the chicken, boar, turkey and ram metallic sillhouetes.

I saw a zeroing bay at the right of the range where Atty. Lawbag is zeroing his air rifles. A guy from Naga(Bicol region, didn't got his name) was there zeroing his rig. Dayno joined them to zero is JBC airgun also.

We learned from Richard that the shoot will start at 9:00am and had to register already. I was assigned as shooter number 023. The airguns had to pass the safety check and they weigh them to check and register the weights. There a 12 lbs limit for the BR25 where point may either be deducted or subtracted in percentages, e.g 1 lbs overweight will have a deduction of 1% on his score score to get his final score.

Below are some of the pictures I took.

There were some short speeches and later on the competition was declared open.

We were the first shooters to shoot the MS Air rifle category, I was assigned at bay no. 9, on my left was Oliver Nieva, beside me is Dayno at Bay no. 10 and on his right was a Dentist from LAGSA(forgot his name) at Bay no. 11, and Ana Marie Borces at the ram in bay no.12. 

I got bronze in the BR25 177 category, Oliver got silver in MS Level B and the rest is history.

Enjoy the the pictures guys and gals...