Mike Morton puts the Gamo Boxer through its paces to discover whether this budget bullpup can deliver a knockout in the hunting field. Bullpups have been around for a good many years, and while some airgun shooters initially branded them…
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Gamo Boxer: Gun test
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Posted in Reviews
Gamo GX-40: Gun test
Mike Morton tests the Gamo GX-40, a multi-shot PCP that retails for less than £380, to find out if accuracy and handling really do come at a cost. Mike Morton tests out the affordable Gamo GX-40 Most airgun shooters are…
Benchrest target shooting insights w/ Andy McLachlan
Benchrest target shooting demands superb levels of accuracy, but for some people the range just isn’t far enough, as Andy McLachlan reveals. Dave Pilkington shoots his Red Wolf at an impressive 53 yards As many indoor shooters will be aware,…
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Posted in Target Shooting
Mat Manning tests the MTC SWAT Prismatic scope
Mat Manning tries out the MTC SWAT Prismatic airgun scope and has to reconsider his views on super-compact sights. Scopes with extremely short eye relief are very much the Marmite of the airgun optics world – people seem to either…
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Airgun Shooter 132 is out NOW!
To subscribe for your copy today, just follow this link: https://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/field-sports/airgun-shooter-magazine-subscription/ Most gunmakers have at least one bullpup in their line-up, but Russian firm Ataman has taken the concept one step further in creating the BP17 Micro Bullpup, which has…
Tagged with: air rifle, airgun, Andy McLachlan, bsa r-10, Bullpup, hunters, Kev Hawker, lee-enfield SMLE, magazine, mat manning, mike morton, pcp, pellet, plinkers, rifle, shooter, shooting, target shooters
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Airgun test: BP17 Micro Bullpup
Mike Morton’s shot bullpups and semi-bullpups, but this time it’s a different breed in the shape of the tiny BP17 Micro Bullpup from Ataman. It seems only a few years ago that bullpups arrived on the airgun scene, being quickly…
Richard Saunders’ Confession time
Richard Saunders finds out whether the new Priest 2 from RTI Arms is hellbent or heaven-sent. For a long time, a small group of established manufacturers have dominated our sport: companies whose reputations date back decades to when springers where…
Gun test: Weihrauch’s HW100 BP
Weihrauch’s HW100 BP might be a late arrival to the bullpup party, but it still looks set to be the belle of the ball. Mat Manning puts the German maestro’s diminutive PCP to the test and concludes that it was…
Tagged with: air rifle, airgun, airguns, Bullpup, forend, gbsa, Great British Shooting Awards, gunmaker, guns, gunsmith, Hull Cartridge, mat manning, pcp, picatinny, scope, trigger, weihrauch hw100 bp
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The Vulcan 2: A target rifle stock, but not as we know it
Andy McLachlan reaches for the stars and treks over to his gun shop to see if the hunting-focused Vulcan 2 can cut it as a target rifle I remember reading Mat Manning’s review of the Airgun Technology Vulcan 2 semi-bullpup…
Tagged with: accuracy, Airgun Technology, ammunition, Andy McLachlan, barrel, benchrest, Bullpup, competition, daystate red wolf, downrange, gun, gun shop, guns, hft, hunting, parallax, pellet, rifle, scope, semi-bullpup, shooter, shot, steyr sport lg, steyr sport lg 110, stock, target rifle, target-shooting
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On the Bench with Mat Manning #4: Walther Reign
It’s Tuesday, and that can only mean one thing: we’re back at the bench with Mat Manning! And this week, he’s looking at a compact airgun ideal for field use – the Walther Reign. So what is Mat’s assessment of…
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Posted in News, The Airgun Show
