Shooters in east Lancashire who are looking for an airgun club are being offered a taste of paradise. The Burnley and District Air Rifle League started in the 1960s, but sadly closed its facilities in 2005. However, the club has…
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Paradise regained…
Tagged with: .177, air rifle, airgun, airgun club, club gun, lancashire, league, rifle, rifle shooting, shoot, shooters
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Streamline your ammo
QYS has followed the success of its initial Domed diabolo with the Streamlined, but how does it compare? Mike Morton finds out… Qiang Yuan Sports made a big impact on the airgun scene in the UK last year with its…
Tagged with: .177, airgun, ammo, daystate red wolf, Diabolo, domed pellets, hunting, mike morton, pellet, plinking, precision, qiang yuan sports, rifle, shooting, shot, streamlined, target-shooting, testing
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When .22 was king…
Ian Jones recently bought this latest version of the classic HW 35 Export – it’s beautiful! Andy McLachlan remembers the glory days of airgun shooting when .22 was king, and sets out to restore the monarchy. Like many shooters of…
Tagged with: .177, .22, air rifle, airfix, airgun, airgun clubs, Andy McLachlan, BSA, competitions, ft, guns, hft, hunting, hw 35 export, pcp, pistol, plinking, shooters, shooting, target shooter, webley
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Posted in Target Shooting
Mike Morton tests the Winchester Model 55RS and Model 55
Winchester made a name for itself back in the 1860s with its successful repeating lever-action rifles, and went on to create the equally iconic Model 70 bolt-action sporting rifle in 1936. It’s a testament to their rock-solid design and popularity…
Tagged with: .177, airguns, bolt-action, JSB exact express, mike morton, model 55, pellet, shooting, sporting rifle, winchester
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Airguns on an international stage
Shooting shows don’t come much bigger than IWA Outdoor Classics. Here are just a few of the guns and accessories that raised eyebrows at this year’s four-day showcase in Nuremberg Huntsman Genus Daystate had some exciting new guns on show,…
Tagged with: .177, .22, 10/22, air arms, air rifle, airguns, ATN, auxiliary ballistic laser 1500, business, cerakote, co2, daystate, db, eagle vision, evolution jacket, exact jumbo heavy, FX Airguns, gopro, GunPower, hades pellets, huntsman genus, impact mk2, iwa, JSB, minelli, MTC, Nuremberg, NV, Outdoor Classics, pcp, picatinny, plinking, Ridgeline, s510 tdr xs, shotgun, side-shot, stock, stoeger xm1 s4 suppressor, swat prismatic, texan, texan lss, umarex ruger, v-max pistol, webley
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April’s Airmail
This is the chance for you to air your views and opinions Each rifle Mat owns has earned its place in his airgun armoury by fulfilling a specific role Letter of the month While reading Airgun Shooter for what must…
Tagged with: .177, .22, .25, aa ultimate sporter, aimpoint micro, air rifles, airgun shooter, airmail, bsa scorpion, chairgun pro, daystate mk3 (FAC), field, hawke, HW 100, hw 95, letter of the month, mat manning, opinions, parallax, picatinny, red wolf, sight, spuhr, views
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Ask the experts
Our experts have your questions in their sights! Struggling with a scope? Having hassles with your hunting? Well, don’t despair because you’ve arrived at the right place to discover remedies for your airgun anxieties! Whether you’re looking for a quick fix…
Tagged with: .177, airgun, airgun shooter, backstop, basc, basc airgun team, birchwood casey, bullet, centrefire, charging cylinder, council, gear, gun, h&n baracuda match, huntung, Jonathan Young, kit, law, mike morton, mounts, muzzle, pcp, pellet, piston seal, plinking, power, rifle, scope, shooting, shot, springer, telescopic sight, valves, wind doping
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Pellet test with Mike Morton
Mike Morton takes part in a slugfest with the heavyweight Weihrauch Magnum – a quality hunting pellet that thinks it’s a sledgehammer. Should you be looking to deliver a super smackdown on your next hunting trip, look no further than…
SPONSORED: Rifle Pellet Sample Pack
This sample pack from Rifle includes a variety of .177 pellets that are bundled with a pack of targets for you to compare how each pellet performs in your pistol or rifle. There is also included an instruction sheet to…
Mike Morton heads into the kitchen to cook up a batch of ballistic gel
Mike Morton heads to the kitchen and cooks up a batch of ballistic gel to find out how much pellet shape and calibre matter when it comes to a clean kill. Who’d have thought you could have so much fun…
Tagged with: .177, .22, airgun, animal, ballistics, bsa r-10 SE, calibre, domehead pellets, equipment, ethical, field line, fmjs, gelatine, hollowpoints, humane, Hunter, kitchen, mike morton, muzzle energy 11.3, pellet, permanent cavity, powder-burner, primary cavity, projectile, quarry, shot, super-h-point .22, supermag .177, superpoint extra .177, superpoint extra .22, swift, temporary cavity, test, weihrauch hw
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