Daz Taylor checks the zero of his combo before taking on some cold-weather coursework It may be spring now, but Andy McLachlan urges outdoor shooters to plan well ahead and practise when the mercury starts to plummet once again I…
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Andy McLachlan on the benefits of indoor shooting
Outdoorsman Andy McLachlan heads indoors to find a type of shooting that’s very different to what he’s been used to, but is just as rewarding Many regular readers will be aware that I have been spending a lot of time…
First club shoot winners revealed
A competition supported by BSA Guns, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and Airgun Shooter is under way, with lots of fun and prizes won! The multi-club contest has kicked off with an HFT shoot with a difference…
Tagged with: airgun shooter, basc, british assosiation for shooting and conservation, BSA Guns, hft, prizes, westleton airgun club
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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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SPONSORED: All the latest news from the Northern Shooting Show
Whilst the show has grown to be the largest indoor and outdoor show in the UK in just three years, airgunners have even been at the centre of the show from day one and this year there’s even more for…
Tagged with: bell target league, Brocock, carmelian, daystate, g and t hunting, guns, hft, hft masters northern shooting show championship, iwa, masterclass, Northern Shooting Show, optics, Scott Country, uk
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Talking Shop
Based in Ruthin, North Wales, the staff at Valley Arms live and breath shooting. We speak to director Richard Davies. How did you get started and why? Valley Arms started in 1984, and in 2008 an opportunity arose for…
Tagged with: .20 calibre, air rifles, hft, HW 100, hw 30f, north wales, richard davies, ruthin, shooting, shotguns, valley arms, weihrauch
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Smooth Operator with Andy McLachlan
Andy McLachlan recalls his youth when all he craved was power. He’s a little older and wiser now, and his springer shooting is all the better for it. Hopefully, most readers will have access to or own a decent quality…
Tagged with: air arms tx200 hunter carbine, airgun shooting, airgunning, airguntech, airmasters, Andy McLachlan, break-barrel, cd trigger, daz taylor, Feinwerkbau, firing cycle, gun, hft, hunting rifles, mainsprings, pcp, pellet, recoil, rifle, shoot, shooters, spring-powered rifle, springer shooting, stock, target, tx underlever, underlever, venom arms, venom hw80, venom lazahunter, warren edwards, weihrauch hw80
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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…
Tagged with: 40 yards, 8mm, AA Field, aim, Air Aims, Air Aims Field, ammunition, Andy McLachlan, barrel, downrange, ft, guns, hft, JSB, JSB Exact, lower ballistic coefficient, match-weighed, millimetre, parallax, parallax error, pellets, pre-charged pneumatic, shooters, target shooter, techniques, tin, velocity, weighed
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Having a break from HFT
Andy McLachlan discovers that a rest is as good as a change, as he returns to competition shooting after an extended break
Tagged with: air arms, air rifle, airgun, competition shooting, hft, target shooter, target shooting
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