John Hooper compares old attitudes with new in regard to children and airguns, but finds one thing’s still the same: kids really enjoy shooting! How many of your shooting or outdoorsman acquaintances do you know that did not start out…
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SPONSORED: Beretta M9A3 Full Metal Co2 BB pistol
New for 2020, the Beretta M9A3 Full Metal Co2 BB pistol by Umarex. The sharp-eyed amongst you will recognise this pistol and indeed, the Umarex Beretta M9A3 has been available for little over a year now. However, this new model…
Mike Morton on the production version of the Lee-Enfield SMLE
Mike Morton goes over the top all over again and racks the bolt on the production version of the BB-firing SMLE from Lee-Enfield (Guns) Ltd. KEY SPECS Gun supplied by: The Shooting Party (www.shootingparty.uk)Manufacturer: Lee-Enfield (Guns) LtdModel: Lee-Enfield SMLEPrice: £429Powerplant:…
First impressions: SIG Sauer’s P365
For SIG Sauer, small is beautiful – their new P365 may be a micro-compact pistol, but it still manages to offer a high-capacity mag with 12 rounds of BB-blasting fun. The P365 may be small in stature, but it has…
Mike Morton on the Lee-Enfield SMLE
Mike Morton goes over the top with the Lee-Enfield SMLE to see if this particular ‘Smelly’ has a whiff of the trenches, or the roses of Picardy. British and Commonwealth forces were armed with one of the best bolt-action battle…
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Accuracy is key in this month’s Airgun Shooter magazine!
The latest addition of Airgun Shooter magazine is on sale NOW and you won’t want to miss it! Mat Manning relishes the challenge of shooting carrion crows and jackdaws as these wily corvids are seldom easy to outwit, but their…
Tagged with: .22 calibre, airgun answers section, airgun shooter, airgun shooter new issue, BB, co2 pistols, crosman, grey squirrels, Jonathan Young, magnum, mat manning, mike morton, pcp, piston seals, Richard Saunders, ridgeline camlite, rifles, schimel, shotguns, smith & wesson, stoeger, umarex rp5 pump-action pistol
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Red Squirrel Rescue!
In order for reds to come, greys have to go – with a little bit of help from the red squirrel rangers, as Richard Saunders finds out
Tagged with: air arms, airgun, airgun shooter, basc, BB, bb gun, conservation, hunting, pest control, red squirrel, rifle
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
First Impressions: Dust Devil BBs go up in smoke!
Fancy a BB that won’t bounce or ricochet off your target? Look no further than the Dust Devil from Air Venturi
Tagged with: air arms, air rifle, Air Venturi, airgun, airgun pellets, airgun shooter, BB, bb gun, BB pellets, Dust Devil, First impressions, new gear, news, pellets, target shooting
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Show Report: Best new Airguns and gear at IWA
This year’s IWA trade show in Nuremberg attracted huge numbers of visitors and exhibitors – and Mat Manning was there to see what all the excitement was about
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Posted in Gear, News
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…
