Andy McLachlan explains how a scientific approach to a gun’s performance can locate the reason for the odd wayward shot. Jimmy O’Neil takes aim at a standard 25-yard benchrest card – the bull is a minuscule 2mm I am sure…
competition
Enter our competition today!
Take advantage of our free to enter competition now to win a BSA Silver Star Target Rifle, worth £699! All you need to do to win this PCP is to answer the following question correctly: What type of sighting systems…
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Colour coding cuts confusion
Even the finest air rifles in the world, regardless of who makes them, are only as good as the pellets they’re fed – and it’s vitally important to understand exactly what you’re buying, so Daystate has colour-coded its extensive line…
Tagged with: air rifles, airgun, ammo, ammunition, calibre, competition, daystate, field target, hunting, muzzle, pellet, pellets, Rangemaster
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World performance
Andy McLachlan explains how this year’s World Hunter Field Target Association World Championships ended with an intense shoot-off. A proud 2019 world champion Thom Van Dokkum shows off his trophies – which followed a nail-biting shoot-off Well, what can be…
Tagged with: air arms, airgun, competition, Countryman Fairs, event, field sports, hft, Midland Game Fair, outdoor, retail, shoot-off, shooters, shooting, whfta, world hunter field target association
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Pro-target? Pro quality!
Andy McLachlan sings the praises of an iconic Air Arms rifle that’s still being shot in competition three decades after it was introduced. Tommy Frith owns no fewer than four Pro-Targets – lined up here are three of them The…
Tagged with: air, air arms, airgunners, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, competition, field target, hft, HFT500, Hunter, rifle, shooters, target
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Competition time!
Enter now for the chance to win a Webley Mark VI Service Revolver, worth £248.99! One of the finest handguns ever carried by British and Commonwealth forces was the Webley Service Revolver, which was in use from 1887 to 1963.…
Tagged with: .177, barrel, bb-firing, british, co2 gun, commonwealth, competition, handguns, mark vi, pellet-firing, pistol, service revolver, sight, webley mark vi
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Gun test: BSA Silver Star
Mike Morton takes a look at the BSA Silver Star – a target rifle with a split personality that offers two very different ways to shoot. It’s no secret that competition shooters will perform at their best when their gun…
Tagged with: air cylinder, air rifle, BSA, competition, grip, Gun Test, mike morton, pistol, rifle, shoots, sight, sights, silver star, stock, target, telescope, trigger
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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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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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It’s competition time once again!
This is your chance to enter our competition to win a Discovery VT-3 Compact 4-16X44 SF FFP! To be in with a chance of winning, just answer the following question correctly: What type of unit is the reticle marked in?…
