There’s no dark art to filling the air cylinder, just remember two simple rules: fill the rifle slowly and keep everything free of dust and grit. 1. Male and female adapters PCPs are filled using male and female adapters. All…
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The Gun Test: Colt .45 “The Peacemaker”
Umarex has released the long-barrelled cavalry version of the Colt SAA .45. Mike Morton reckons you can gallop to glory with this CO2 pellet gun
Tagged with: airgun, colt .45, pelt gun, the gun that won the west, the peacemaker
Posted in Air Pistols, Air Rifles, Reviews, Tests
Posted in Air Pistols, Air Rifles, Reviews, Tests
Teenage Gun Test: Umarex NXG APX
Tempting teenagers to leave their hi-tech gaming world is no easy task – but this new junior’s multi-pump pneumatic from Umarex should do the trick nicely. Joe Guest looks at the BB and pellet-firing NXG APX… If modern styling is…
Twin Test: Walther Century GT and Crosman Phantom MkII
Synthetically stocked break-barrel rifle/scope combos are very much in vogue, so Nigel Allen takes two of the newest arrivals into the fields – Walther’s Century GT and Crosman’s Phantom MkII… At £265, the new Walther Century GT/6×42 scope combo is an…
Tagged with: .177, .22, 1/2in UNF, airgun, ambidextrous, anti-beartrap, AO, arrestor holes, barrel, BDC, break-barrel, breech, butt, CenterPoint, Century, choked, collar, comb, combo, composite, creep, crosman, crosshair, crosswise, firing cycle, forend, grip, GT, lock-up, mil-dot, MkII, Monte Carlo, mounts, muzzle, pad, parallax, phantom, pin, plunger, raised, receiver, recoil, reticle, rifle, rubber insert, scope, shrouded, silencer, stock, synthetic, thumb muscle, trigger, turrets, two-stage, umarex, unchoked, vermin control, walther, weight
Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
Side Course: Air Arms HFT500
It’s been designed and even named after the precision sport of Hunter Field Target. The editor delivers his verdict on Air Arms’ new HFT500 PCP model… Although Air Arms’ range spans the entire gamut of airgun shooting sports, the…
Tagged with: .177, 10-shot, adjustable, air arms, alignment, BAR, blade, butt, button, charge, cheekpiece, cocking, field target, forend, grip, HFT500, hunter field target, loading, manometer, nigel allen, O-ring, pad, pcp, pneumatic, power curve, precharged, scope, sidelever, target, trigger
Posted in Air Rifles, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Tests
Test: BSA R10 Super Carbine
BSA’s latest variant of their best-selling R10 Mk2 PCP – the Super Carbine – may have been cut down in size, but does it leave you short-changed? Not according to Nigel Allen, who’s put a fair few tins of ammo…
Tagged with: .177, .22, .25, Black Pepper, bolt-action, BSA, BSA R10 Mk2 Super Carbine Black Pepper, buddy-bottle, cassette, choked, curve, high-impact, magazine, Mk2, multi-shot, muzzle, nigel allen, pcp, plug-in, pneumatic, polymer, power, power curve, precharged, probe, R10, resettable, safety, shot count, silenced, silencer, Super Carbine, trigger, unchoked, unsilenced, VC
Posted in Air Rifles, PCP, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, PCP, Tests
Head-to-head: Cometa 220 v Weihrauch HW99S
Mark Camoccio goes head-to-head with a pair of lightweight springers from Germany and Spain – each of which is clearly capable of punching well above its weight!
Tagged with: 220, action, adjustable, airgun, anti-beartrap, barrel, beech, break, breech, butt, catch, chequering, cocking, Cometa, fibre optics, forend, foresight, ft/lb, grip, HW99S, junior shooters, lady shooters, mark camoccio, mounting, muzzle, notch, open, pad, pistol, Rekord, resettable, rifle, safety, scope, shooter, sights, springer, stippling, stock, trigger, weihrauch
Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
Head-to-head: Gamo Junior Hunter v Norica Thor GRS
Young airgunners are the lifeblood of tomorrow’s shooting sports. Mark Camoccio assesses two Spanish break-barrels that are designed to entice juniors into the fold
Tagged with: .177, airgun, ambidextrous, beech, break-barrel, BSA, cheekpiece, fibre-optic, first gun, gamo, gas-ram, GRS, gun bag, highland outdoors, Hunter, junior, mark camoccio, norica, open, pellets, Piston, power, safety, sights, spring, synthetic, targets, test, Thor, trigger
Posted in Air Rifles, Gas-Ram, Springer, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Gas-Ram, Springer, Tests
Test: Walther LGU
Hot on the heels of its highly advanced LGV break-barrel, Walther has added another impressive springer to its stable. This one also bears a famous name from the past – and the editor is the first to take the new LGU underlever for a test drive…
Tagged with: .177, .22, airgun, ambidextrous, anti-beartrap, armex, breech, cocking action, Delrin ring, forestock, grip, LGU, lgv, nigel allen, Piston, rifle, safety, spring, springer, stock, trigger, two-stage, umarex, underlever, walther
Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
May the G-Force be with you!
Gamo hopes its latest junior rifle’s militaristic styling, compact proportions, tough build and easy handling will appeal to new recruits – and we reckon one look at the new G-Force should be all it takes to lure couch potatoes away…
Tagged with: air rifles, ambidextrous, break-barrel, G-Force, gamo, junior, militaristic, red-dot sight, synthetic stock
Posted in Air Rifles, Features, Gear
Posted in Air Rifles, Features, Gear
