Thomas Bristow manages to get through lockdown by borrowing a friend’s Feinwerkbau 800x FT – and very much likes what he sees. Adjustability is key for the Feinwerkbau 800x FT, with the trigger and hamster just two of the features…
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Feinwerkbau 800x FT test w/ Thomas Bristow
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Posted in Gear
Posted in Gear
Outdoor airgun shooting w/ Andy McLachlan
Andy McLachlan recalls a time when the world was a little closer to normal and he paid a visit to a shooting ground for a spot of HFT. Andy takes on a long-range target on one of the HFT courses…
Tagged with: air arms, air rifle, airgun shooting, airgunners, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, competition, field target, hft, hunter field target, outdoor, pcp, plinking, shoot, shooting, shooting ground, target rifles
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Getting new permissions with Shawn Minchin
Shawn Minchin recalls how he managed to snare a new permission that turned out to be quite a bit different to what he’d been expecting. The feeder was 23 yards from Shawn’s shooting position – with him sitting on a…
Tagged with: airgun show, backstop, basc, feeder, grey squirrels, hunter field target, hunting, mat manning, permissions, rabbots, rangefinder, rifle, scope, shawn minchin, shooting, vermin, weihrauch hw100
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
Scopes for benchrest target shooting
Andy McLachlan’s in favour of scopes offering only modest levels of magnification for most of his shooting – but not benchrest! Andy picked up this fixed 45x Leupold from his son James, after James bought a high-end March scope for…
Tagged with: airgun, airgunners, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, ft scope, hawke, hunter field target, hunting, market, Optics Warehouse, parallax, Range, retailers, rifles, scope, scopes, shoot, shooting, target
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
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…
Tagged with: air arms, airgun shooting, airgunning, Andy McLachlan, cash, chronoscope, competition, cost, cylinder, downrange, equipment, gun, gun stocks, hft, Hunter, hunter field target, market, pcp rifle, plinking, pneumatic rifle, production, rifle, shooter, single-shot, stock, target rifle, weihrauch
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Interview: The surprise shooter!
Hunter Field Target shooting continues to attract shooters from all walks of life. Rhian Jones shares her experiences
Tagged with: air arms, air pistol, air rifle, airgun, airgun shooter, hft, hunter field target, real life shooters
Posted in Features, Interviews, Target Shooting
Posted in Features, Interviews, Target Shooting
Side Course: Air Arms HFT500
It’s been designed and even named after the precision sport of Hunter Field Target. The editor delivers his verdict on Air Arms’ new HFT500 PCP model… Although Air Arms’ range spans the entire gamut of airgun shooting sports, the…
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Posted in Air Rifles, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Tests
Win an Air Arms HFT500 at Round 5 of the UKAHFT 2015 Series
Britain’s award-winning airgunmaker, Air Arms, is enjoying a very successful 2015 season of Hunter Field Target – and now confirm their sponsorship of Round 5 of the 2015 UKAHFT National Series
Tagged with: air arms, Buxted HFT, HFT 50, HFT500, hunter field target, Team Air Arms, UKAHFT National Series Round 5
Posted in News
Posted in News
Records Already Broken at World HFT Champs!
The 2015 World HFT Championships take place at the Kelmarsh Country Show over the Bank Holiday Easter weekend – and a sell-out entry list makes it the biggest world airgunning event ever, say the organisers!
Tagged with: 2014 World HFT Champion, Countryman Fairs, hunter field target, Kelmarsh Country Show, Kelmarsh Hall, Rudy Goldslade
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Posted in News
Daystate Continues Sponsorship of Midland Hunter HFT Series
Following their recent Airgun of the Year victory (with the Wolverine), UK-based PCP gunmaker, Daystate, has announced continued sponsorship of the popular Midlands Hunter Winter League – a series of HFT shoots held across the UK’s Midlands region…
Tagged with: daystate, Greg Hensman, hft, hunter field target, Kibworth Shooting Ground, Mick McTighe, Midlands Hunter Winter League, MK4 PCP, Tony Belas
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Posted in News
