Are you thinking of going FAC? Roger Lait explains what it’s like to live with a rifle with a muzzle energy of 50 foot pounds So how much is too much power for an airgun? Do you need 50 foot…
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Testing airgun pellet impact w/ Mike Morton
Mike Morton takes up clay shooting – with no shotgun in sight – as he examines the damage done by different types of airgun pellet One thing all airgun hunters agree on is the need to kill a quarry animal…
Kral Puncher Review
Turkish gunmaker, Kral Arms entered the PCP market with the Kral Puncher – a multi-shot sidelever that’s both feature-laden and affordable. And now we’re here to give it the full review. The maker of the Kral Puncher is a fast-growing…
Tagged with: .177, .22, .25, 1/2in UNF, 10-shot, 12-shot, 12ft/lb, 14-shot, adjustable, air rifle, airgun, Arms, blade, blueing, breech, calibre, charging, cheekpiece, chequered, cocking, curve, elevation, fac, fibre-optic, forend, graph, grip, gunmaker, hammer, Kral, magazine, Monte Carlo, mounts, multi-shot, muzzle, nigel allen, pad, pcp, pistol, power, power adjuster, probe, Puncher, push-fit, Range-Right, recoil, recoilless, safety catch, scope, sidelever, sight, silencer, trigger, Turkish, two-stage, ventilated, walnut, windage
Posted in Air Rifles, PCP, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, PCP, Tests
SMK PR900W review
Until 2015, budget gun specialists SMK have never had a PCP in their line-up – but we take a look back at the first offering: the SMK PR900W The cheap PR900W marks SMK’s entry into the world of PCPs Sportsmarketing,…
Tagged with: .177, .22, 7-shot, 9-shot, airgun, breech, butt, charging, cheekpiece, dovetail, grip, magazine, Monte Carlo, pcp, PR900W, push probe, quick-fill, raised comb, rake, recoil pad, shot count, smk, SportsMarketing
Posted in Air Rifles, PCP, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, PCP, Tests
RWS Super Field: Pellet test
Mike Morton gets a feel for the RWS Super Field as he puts this versatile pellet to the test to see if it lives up to its excellent reputation. Mike Morton puts the RWS Super Field to the test The…
Tagged with: .177, .22, calibre, Daystate Pulsar, hft, mike morton, pellet, ruag, rws super field, shooters
Posted in Tests
Posted in Tests
Springer rifles: top 4 break-barrel and underlevers
Richard Saunders takes a look at four top break-barrel and underlever spring rifles, and gives them the piston seal of approval Which springer rifles will get Richard Saunders’ approval? Although pneumatics have been around for much longer than many people…
Tagged with: .22, break-barrel, Hull Cartridge, hw 95k luxus, hw 97kt, John Rothery, pcp, Piston, rekord trigger, Richard Saunders, rifle, rifles, spring rifles, springers, trigger, underlever, walther lgu varmint, walther lgv master pro, weihrauch, wholesale
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
The fast and the furryous!
Richard Saunders is left scratching his head about how to deal with some troublesome rats around the stable Setting up on a bench at a distance of 20 metres meant Richard had a perfect, stable platform from which to shoot…
Tagged with: .22, air arms diabolo, airgun hunter, bsa r-10, eagle ir, equipment, kit, magazine, magazines, night vision, nughtsite, pellet, permissions, pistol, rats, red-dot sight, repairs, Richard Saunders, rifles, shooting, shots, sights, stable, stables, targets, vermin control
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
Target Shooter: Age over beauty
Andy McLachlan has a blast from the past with the Sportsmatch GC2, a veteran PCP that proves older rifles can still hold their own today. Andy lines up a long shot with the GC2 during a visit to Rivington Riflemen’s…
Tagged with: .22, air arms, airgun, Andy McLachlan, competition, gun, john walters, JSB, outdoor, pcp, rifle, shooter, sportsmatch gc2, steyr sport lg 110, target, target rifle, the airgun book, weihrauch hw80
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Posted in News
The barn door
Jim Old is forced to come clean about his airgun-shooting past as he gets back into the sport after a lengthy absence. Veteran airgunners prepare to be appalled, but I confess I can’t remember the make or model of my…
How to clean your airgun
Mike Morton examines the controversial use of cleaning rods, brushes and bore paste to bring a wayward rifle back into the fold. Many shooters will tell you that they never clean the barrels of their airguns – and that goes…
