airgun shooting

Jeanette & Daniel Leivers: the story so far

Posted on 02/03/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Jeanette Leivers spent her evenings watching her son Daniel on the range – and then thought she’d give it a go as well. Our introduction to airgun shooting was in 2010, me sitting in a freezing outdoor range watching my…

Daystate celebrate 40th anniversary with limited edition rifle

Posted on 08/02/2019 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Daystate celebrates its 40th anniversary by showing off four decades’ worth of airguns – and launching a new Limited Edition rifle

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Posted in News

How to hunt birds with a decoy

Posted on 07/02/2019 by alicep — No Comments ↓

You need to act quickly if you want to bag a few birds when flying pests descend on seasonal feeding grounds. Kev Hawker reflects on an enjoyable afternoon’s decoying over a cereal crop

Tagged with: air arms, airgun hunting, airgun shooting, basc, birds, cereal crop, decoy, pest control, pigeon shooting
Posted in Hunting

How to shoot American-style metallic silhouettes

Posted on 24/01/2019 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Ray Garner explains the sport of metallic silhouette shooting and its rules…

Tagged with: air arms, airgun, airgun shooting, centrefire rifle, gun, gun sports, imsuu, metallic silhouette, shooting, shotgun, USA shooting
Posted in Features, Q&A

Gun Test: Brocock Bantum Sniper HR

Posted on 09/01/2019 by alicep — No Comments ↓

The super-successful Bantam from British gunmaker Brocock has been revamped and fitted with a regulator from Dutch masters Huma – Mat Manning puts the Sniper HR to the test

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Posted in Air Rifles, Tests

Hunting on a golf course

Posted on 31/12/2018 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Richard Saunders ventures onto a newly acquired golf course permission – with mixed results

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Posted in Features, Hunting

Are you fit to fire?

Posted on 26/12/2018 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Andy McLachlan reminds us that in order to help keep ourselves shooting straight, we need to stay fit in both mind and body

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Posted in Features, Target Shooting

Gun Test: BSA’s no-bull bullpup

Posted on 10/12/2018 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Nobody could have predicted the storm generated by BSA’s first-ever bullpup. Mat Manning puts the Defiant through its paces to see if it lives up to the hype