In this week’s From the Archives, we’re going back to February 2017, where marauding rats have homed in on a barn that houses a grain-packed trailer and Mat Manning has been called in to cull the nocturnal pests. A night-time…
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From the Archives: The Airgun Show – night vision rat hunt and gun test
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Posted in The Airgun Show
Posted in The Airgun Show
Which gun when?
Mat Manning delves into his gun room and explains how he chooses between his favourite airguns when he heads out hunting. Some time ago, a reader wrote in to ask about the various guns I use for my hunting and,…
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Posted in Hunting
First Impressions: GunPower HellCat
Mike Morton grabs hold of the GunPower HellCat, a rifle that’s light enough to be carried to hell and back – or at least around the hunting field. There are times when shooting from a hide or setting up an…
The Airgun Show – pigeon, jackdaw and rabbit hunt, PLUS the Pellpax Crowbuster spring gun combo
We’re hunting with Andy Watkins this week, and a mixed bag is on the cards. He starts on a farmyard shoot where pigeons are targeting cereal crops and jackdaws are raiding animal feed, and then moves on to a grassland…
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Posted in The Airgun Show
Mat Manning tests out the FX Impact MKII
FX has revamped the highly successful Impact with a MkII model – but could it improve on this pioneering bullpup? Mat Manning takes it to the range to find out Don’t forget to find out how this airgun scored in…
The Airgun Show – rabbit hunting with the Daystate Red Wolf, PLUS the FX Crown on test…
Rabbits are back in the crosshairs as Mat Manning targets a paddock where the burrowing pests are posing a danger to ponies and other livestock. He’s set up with a scope-cam for this ambush, so you can watch the shooting…
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Posted in News, The Airgun Show
Airgun Shooter 124 is out NOW
In this month’s Airgun Shooter Magazine, Mat Manning visits an estate where a hardwood plantation has been devastated by grey squirrels who’ve been stripping the bark from the trees. He sets up a feeding station to help bring squirrel numbers…
Tagged with: airgun, airgun answers, airgun shooter, airguns, bipods, co2, grey squirrels, gun, hft, hunting, mat manning, mike morton, Richard Saunders, rifle, rifles, roger lait, scope, ultra compact, walther rotex rm8 varmint, webley mk vi service revolver
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Posted in News
SPONSORED POST: RUAG RWS Super Field
Mike Morton tests the RWS Super Field to find out whether this domehead diabolo really does deserve to be called ‘super’. Be sure to check out the Airgun Shooter verdict at the bottom of the page! What are the two…
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Posted in News, Reviews
Top 40 airgun tips (40-30)
Welcome to the first of our weekly list of airgun top tips running throughout July! Mike Morton is sharing 40-30 of our key tips month, with tricks and techniques to help raise your game and be top of the ‘hit’…
