This time last year I was worried, and for a good reason – rabbit numbers were alarmingly low. Last summer was long, hot and dry. I remember in Airgun Shooter Issue 116 discussing how I’d stopped shooting the very few…
Hunter
Rekindle the spark
If you have a rifle that’s sitting all alone at the back of your gun cabinet, then Mike Morton reckons it’s high time you learned to love again Getting a new airgun can be a bit like starting a new…
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Posted in Features
Posted in Features
SPONSORED: DD Optics Ultralight Binoculars
Perfect for summer hunts, the DD binoculars are a great edition for the airgun hunter’s essential kit Whether you’re stationary or on the move, the DD binoculars will fit in perfectly because of its small and lightweight body. These binoculars…
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
Airgun insider
Is patience really a virtue? This time we’re asking: When out with a new hunter, what’s the hardest thing to teach them? I have introduced a number of friends and clubmates to the great pastime of hunting rabbits. Most are…
Mike Morton heads into the kitchen to cook up a batch of ballistic gel
Mike Morton heads to the kitchen and cooks up a batch of ballistic gel to find out how much pellet shape and calibre matter when it comes to a clean kill. An ethical hunter has one thing in mind when…
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Posted in Features, How to
Posted in Features, How to
SPONSORED: H&N’s Baracuda FT pellets are out now
After extensive testing with shooters around the world, the Baracuda FT Field Target pellets are now available.
How to gain hunting permission
Struggling to secure some ground to shoot over? Mat Manning offers hopeful hunters some helpful hints to overcome the age-old obstacle of securing your first permission
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Posted in Features, How to, Hunting
The Airgun Show – Hunting feral pigeons, collard doves and crows on the farm, plus the Daystate Renegade on test
The crops are in and flying pests are making a nuisance of themselves on the farm. Mat Manning heads out with feral pigeons, collared doves and crows in his sights. On the test bench this week, it’s the Daystate Renegade.…
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Posted in News, The Airgun Show
