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…
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Cold weather shooting
Ethan Lowry urges airgun shooters to prepare for the cold so they can banish discomfort and disappointment when the temperature plummets. As shooters we can have the very latest training equipment and the best airgun. We can spend hours on…
Preparing for the worst
Andy McLachlan offers some practical advice so outdoor target shooters can still have a good day when the weather turns bad. The elements are already making themselves known when checking the gun’s zero prior to venturing out into the wind…
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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…
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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Pellet test: QYS Pointed
Mike Morton loads up with QYS Pointed, and has to eat humble pie after finding a pellet that manages to dispel a life-long belief about their accuracy. I admit it. I’ve never been a fan of pointed pellets. This type…
Tagged with: ammo, Brocock, Diabolo, hft, hunting, mike morton, pellet, quarry, qys pointed, rifle, shooting, target, The Shooting Party
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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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Hey, hey! Monkeys shoot for charity
Shooters came from far and wide to take part in Northern Monkey HFT’s annual memorial fundraiser Competitors had to contend with varying degrees of light and shadow, which can really trick the eye when it comes to range estimation Almost…
Tagged with: air arms, Airgun Shooter magazine, andrew luckley, club shoot, course, ft club, hft, JSB, memorial fundraiser, northern monkey hft, Optics Warehouse, shoot, solware, target, UKAHFT, Vortex
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The unsupported kneeler
Andy McLachlan offers some advice to target shooters struggling with one awkward position encountered in a contest Dave Ramshead adopts the unsupported kneeling position, resting his leading arm on the top of his thigh We recently looked at the trickiest…
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