Trainee gamekeeper, Charlie Crane, says goodbye to his sturdy air rifle of over a decade…
Behind the Scenes
The Tawnado
Airgun Business: Smooth Shooting
Family Fortunes
It’s one of the shooting industry’s biggest success stories in recent years, turning its initial concept of a shooting seat into a huge retail outlet. So Simon Everett sets his sat-nav to Rotherham… and goes behind the scenes at IdleBack
Rising giant
From LGV to XTC, Armex is a distributor with a lot of airguns on its hands – Colin Fallon goes behind the scenes for a closer look at the inner workings of this UK distribution giant…
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Stock in trade
Simon Everett gets an audience with Don Robinson, stockmaker – a self-taught craftsman from Halifax who’s been making or embellishing airgun stocks for around half a century….
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Young apprentice: Busy period
Airgun Shooter is following young Charlie Crane as he and his airgun are mentored in the art of gamekeeping. This month, we follow the young student at the time of year his mentor thinks is the busiest for those in the profession…
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In the workshop
In this month’s issue, Lyn Lewington shows you how to strip the popular HW99S lightweight break-barrel from Weihrauch
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Young apprentice
Airgun Shooter is following young Charlie Crane as he and his airgun are mentored in the art of gamekeeping. This month, the young student is asked to give an account of himself – specifically on his choice of hunting distances…
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Boy wonder
The rise in the number of youngsters taking up HFT bodes well for airgunning’s future – with Harry Fallows foremost among the emerging talent…
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