Ethan Lowry urges airgun shooters to prepare for the cold so they can banish discomfort and disappointment when the temperature plummets. As shooters we can have the very latest training equipment and the best airgun. We can spend hours on…
Features
Springer strip-down
Mike Morton takes a look at a friend’s poorly set up rifle, and makes a few simple tweaks to turn this underlever into an overlord. I don’t know about you, but I love a challenge, and really enjoy working on…
Gun test: Budget busting starter kit
Mat Manning tests the Rabbit Sniper MkII package from Pellpax – an affordable springer combo that boasts an impressive array of extras. Bargain-priced package deals are a great way to get into airgun shooting, and Pellpax has a reputation for…
Tagged with: air arms, airgun shooter, airgun shooting, bag, calibre, gun, mat manning, mounts, padded gun, pellets, pellpax, rabbit sniper mkii, silencer, springer
Posted in Features, Tests
Posted in Features, Tests
Preparing for the worst
Andy McLachlan offers some practical advice so outdoor target shooters can still have a good day when the weather turns bad. The elements are already making themselves known when checking the gun’s zero prior to venturing out into the wind…
Tagged with: Andy McLachlan, gun, hft, hunting, outdoor, scope, shooting, target shooters, targets, whfta, world hunter field target association
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Posted in Target Shooting
A blast from the past
Roe Norman from Tower Guns in Somerset explains how he recently acquired a special collection of airguns that appear frozen in time. Diana Model 1s don’t get much better than this – check out the near-perfect bluing on this octogenarian…
Tagged with: airguns, BSA, bsa cadet rifles, diana model 1, junior, pellets, pistol, pistols, registered firearms dealers, rifle, Roe Norman, shot, stock, targets, Tower Guns, walther, webley
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Cold weather squirrel control
Mat Manning heads out for a morning in the freezing woods to target greedy bushy-tails as they home in on the pheasant feeders. Cold weather and short days can make the prospect of spending a day in winter woodland seem…
Tagged with: countryside, feeders, gamebirds, Hunter, hunting, hunting jacket, mat manning, pheasant, shoot, target, trigger, winter, woodland
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
Richard Saunders’ Confession time
Richard Saunders finds out whether the new Priest 2 from RTI Arms is hellbent or heaven-sent. For a long time, a small group of established manufacturers have dominated our sport: companies whose reputations date back decades to when springers where…
Farmyard foray in this month’s Countryman
With wet weather threatening to stop play, Mat Manning heads onto the farm in search of shelter and finds plenty of pests doing the same. Most shooters are pretty hardy when it comes to inclement weather – we enjoy being…
Tagged with: air rifle, air rifles, airgun, countryman, countryside, farm, farmyard, gun, Hunter, hunting, mat manning, muzzle, outdoors, pest, quarry, shooters, stalking, trigger, trip, woodpigeons
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Airgun Shooter presents: Gear of the Year (pt7 of 7)
As we approach the final 24 hours of the decade, we are bringing you something to cap off a great year – the seventh and final part of our Gear of the Year series. So whenever you’re considering a new…
Airgun Shooter presents: Gear of the Year (pt6 of 7)
It’s almost New Years Eve! Who is excited? Well whatever you’re doing, we have a late Christmas present for you in the form of part six of our Gear of the Year series. So whenever you’re considering a new gun,…
