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First Impressions: FX Crown hunting rifle

The Jewel in FX’s Crown? Editor Mike Morton takes a close look at the Swedish airgun company’s ambitious and feature-packed new hunting rifle… Key Specs Barrel: Smooth Twist X Power Adjusters: Two Regulator: Externally adjustable Noise Reduction: Shrouded barrel Magazine

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How to choose a gun for a junior

It’s important to introduce youngsters to shooting, but many airguns are too heavy to handle. Stick to some basic rules, however, and you can find the right model… 1. Age & Safety Let’s start with safety. It is perfectly legal to

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How to fill a PCP with air

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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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

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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

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Maxed in

Just arriving in the UK is the new Max-ML multishot sidelever from Korean gunmaker, Evanix. The Max is a bullpup-configured PCP that sports either a synthetic (shown) or walnut stock, priced at £750 and £900 respectively, with shot-count figures of

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Cat among the pigeons

GunPower’s new Hellcat is a
full-powered, take-down PCP that’s certainly caused a bit of a stir because of its diminutive dimensions – but it’s caught Nigel Allen’s eye for all the right reasons…

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Getting on to target

Purchasing an air rifle for indoor target shooting can be very expensive – but Mark Camoccio has got hold of a ‘budget’ brace of entry-level match air rifles to see how they stack up…

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The non-conformist

It’s one of the most individual PCP air rifles ever built – and doesn’t make a penny for its manufacturer! Nigel Allen thinks now might be the right time to invest in the British-made Phoenix Mk2 multi-shot sporter…

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