Some shooters prefer a bipod , but these ones are super heavy-duty Andy McLachlan gets serious about taking a rest, as his drive to become a master of the bench shifts up a gear Having finally started my ‘serious’ benchrest…
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Serious benchrest choices
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Andy McLachlan on benchrests
Andy McLachlan’s been taking a fairly simple approach when it comes to supporting his rifles for benchrest – but all this looks set to change Andy takes a more minimalistic approach, using a bean bag at the front end only…
Tagged with: airgun, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, daystate, daystate red wolf, gun, indoor range, pcp, pellet, rifle, shooting, springer, Venom, weihrauch
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Top 40 airgun tips (40-30)
Welcome to the first of our weekly list of airgun top tips running throughout July! Mike Morton is sharing 40-30 of our key tips month, with tricks and techniques to help raise your game and be top of the ‘hit’…
Andy McLachlan on tackling the wind
Andy McLachlan tackles the airgun shooter’s nemesis , the wind – and offers a few pointers to help ensure those pellets fly true Daz Taylor checks to see how the wind is affecting the area surrounding the target, prior to…
Tagged with: airflow, airgun pellets, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, crosshairs, deflection, firearms, ft, gravity, gun, hft, pellets, projectile, rimfire, scope, shot placement, wind
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Lessons learned with Andy McLachlan
Andy McLachlan looks ahead to his next few months of shooting – by reflecting on his performance and equipment over the past year Enjoying a round of HFT with friends and family is an experience not to be missed for…
Tagged with: airgunners, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, FX Crown, gun, hft, hft aeron, jsb .177, shooting, smoothtwist x, steyr challenge, Sure Shot Airguns, target rifle
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Bang or Bling?
Mike Morton runs through the pros and cons of the parts he’s changed and modifications he’s made to some of the airguns in his own collection. Many shooters are more than happy to buy an airgun, shoot it and enjoy…
Tagged with: air rifles, airguns, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, biathlon lever, bipod stud, centrefire, custom stock, daystate, floating barrel band, ginb, gun, hunting, HW 100, hw 97 black line stainless, maintenance, mike morton, mk13, moderator, muzzle, muzzle thread, nick stanning, pcp, pellets, resettable safety catch, rifles, shooters, sidelever, single-shot adapter, thread protector, trigger, trigger guard, underlever, v-glide, v-mach custom rifles, weihrauch
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Target Shooter with Andy McLachlan
Committed outdoor competitor Andy McLachlan finds himself heading indoors to look at the super-precise sport of benchrest shooting. I’ve written many times about visiting Bolton Gun Club’s Leigh 50-yard-plus indoor airgun range. This is an establishment that caters for the…
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Club of the Month: Okehampton Smallbore Club
Okehampton Smallbore Club is more than 100 years old, and as club secretary Di Johnson explains, it’s still as busy as ever. Started by the Territorial Force (the forerunner of the Territorial Army) during the First World War, Okehampton Smallbore…
