Can shooters of one particular discipline learn from another? Mike Morton is here with some top shooting tips. TOP TIP: A crude circle can make a great aim point for practising unsupported stances or shooting with sticks – as you…
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Pellet test: Weihrauch Magnum
Airgun Shooter editor Mike Morton shoots the Weihrauch Magnum to test what this pellet can deliver downrange. It’s a strange quirk of ballistic fate that some guns prefer light pellets, some heavy and some don’t really care. Thankfully airgun shooters…
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Posted in Tests
Posted in Tests
Pellet test: Bisley Super Field
Mike Morton shoots the Bisley Super Field – a pellet that looks like it was born to hunt, but reckons it can cut it for competition use as well. It’s always good to find a pellet that manages to rock…
Tagged with: airgun shooters, ammo, Bisley, competition, daystate, Diabolo, downrange, hollowpoint, hunt, John Rothery Wholesale, mike morton, outdoor, pellets, Range, rifling, shooting, super field, target
Posted in Tests
Posted in Tests
Stringing It Out
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…
New issue of Airgun Shooter is on sale NOW!
Airgun Shooter 131 is on sale from today – so don’t forget to pick your copy up or subscribe at http://bit.ly/2krYg6Y A lot of shooters make the mistake of dismissing CO2-powered airguns as being little more than a compromise between…
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Posted in News
Posted in News
Airgun answers
Our experts have your questions in their sights! Struggling with a scope? Having hassles with your hunting? Well, don’t despair because you’ve arrived at the right place to discover remedies for your airgun anxieties! Whether you’re looking for a quick fix…
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
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
SPONSORED POST: RUAG RWS Super Field
Mike Morton tests the RWS Super Field to find out whether this domehead diabolo really does deserve to be called ‘super’. Be sure to check out the Airgun Shooter verdict at the bottom of the page! What are the two…
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Posted in News, Reviews
Posted in News, Reviews
Taking up HFT with existing kit
An image from several years ago shows Michelle Pullen using a targetised version of the Air Arms S400 Andy McLachlan persuades airgun shooters to take up HFT using their existing kit – without the need to take out a second…
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Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Target shooter: insight and expertise to help you raise your game
Whether you’re looking for just a few tins, or maybe pallets full of pellets for years of use, Andy McLachlan provides some pointers on purchasing projectiles. Maybe it’s just me, but I often wonder if the trouble that some shooters…
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Posted in Features, How to
Posted in Features, How to
