With pigeons proving tricky to target over open fields, Kev Hawker takes to the woods and is rewarded with a memorable evening’s airgun hunting. Late winter visits to the woods are all about targeting woodpigeons for me. The pheasant shooting…
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First Impressions: Ridgeline’s Evolution Smock
Whether you’re out on a roving or a static hunt, the Evolution Smock from Ridgeline has you covered – quite literally. The smock is available at selected stockists only, including UK Covers, BDU Imports, Swillington Shooting Supplies, Ardmoor and New…
First impressions: wide angle winner
Mike Morton looks at the Hawke Airmax 30 Touch 3-12×32 AMX IR – a short scope that offers an even shorter eye relief, but a wide field of view No doubt about it, there’s a definite trend for smaller, lighter…
Cold weather squirrel control
Mat Manning heads out for a morning in the freezing woods to target greedy bushy-tails as they home in on the pheasant feeders. Cold weather and short days can make the prospect of spending a day in winter woodland seem…
Tagged with: countryside, feeders, gamebirds, Hunter, hunting, hunting jacket, mat manning, pheasant, shoot, target, trigger, winter, woodland
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
Farmyard pest control: The Countryman
With wet weather threatening to stop play, Mat Manning heads onto the farm in search of shelter and finds plenty of pests doing the same. Most shooters are pretty hardy when it comes to inclement weather – we enjoy being…
Tagged with: air rifle, air rifles, airgun, countryman, countryside, farm, farmyard, gun, Hunter, hunting, mat manning, muzzle, outdoors, pest, quarry, shooters, stalking, trigger, trip, woodpigeons
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Posted in Features
Reaping the rewards of failure
Philip Siddell takes an analytical approach to his shooting and explains how applying a simple feedback cycle can turn a miss into a hit. I hate to miss a shot. It bothers me far more than it should. There is…
Tagged with: benchrest, Hunter, Permission, philip siddel, Range, shooting, shoots, sports, springer
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Posted in Features
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
Posted in News, Target Shooting
Posted in News, Target Shooting
The barn door
Jim Old is forced to come clean about his airgun-shooting past as he gets back into the sport after a lengthy absence. Veteran airgunners prepare to be appalled, but I confess I can’t remember the make or model of my…
Quick Shots: Streamlight WayPoint Spotlight
The Streamlight WayPoint Spotlight is pointing the way as a great tool for the nocturnal airgun hunter, as it can be used to scan wide areas. It’s useful at your car when prepping gear, or after the hunt when packing…
Airgun Insider: What a difference a year makes
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…
