Dave Mills, CEO of the Airgun Training and Education Organisation, is teaming up with champion junior target shooter, Kim Tzabach to showcase the Tesro range of air rifles and pistols at a special open weekend at South Yorkshire Target Sports…
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South Yorkshire Target Sports Club Open Weekend
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What’s on at the Northern Shooting Show
The next, eagerly awaited shooting-only event opens its gates on the weekend of 7 and 8 May… It’s the Northen Shooting Show, at the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate. Here’s a round-up of some of the exhibitors who will be…
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The Airgun Show – rabbit shooting at dusk, plus the MTC Genesis UL telescopic sight on test
Rabbits are back in the crosshairs as Mat Manning heads out to target some coneys that evaded his summer pest control efforts. Autumn rabbiting is never easy, and Mat’s quarry initially plays hard to get, but a combination of fieldcraft…
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The Airgun Show – night vision rabbit shooting, plus the Brocock Contour S6 XL Elite on test
It’s into the darkness as Mat Manning heads out on a night-time rabbit hunt. The bunnies are being elusive, but Mat puts the brand new Pitch Black Field Master digital night vision unit to good use, bringing several of the…
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The Airgun Show – night vision rat shoot, and the Air Arms TX200 on test
It’s time to ramp up rat control on the farm, so Mat Manning switches to night vision to extend his hunting time. With a Pitch Black Hunter digital NV unit and Weihrauch HW100 pre-charged airgun, Mat picks off scaly-tails in…
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The Airgun Show – nutty squirrel hunting and the Crosman 2250 XL on test
Greedy grey squirrels are in the crosshairs as Mat Manning cracks down on an infestation of bushy-tails that have developed a taste for peanuts. The ravenous rodents are causing havoc in the woods, where they’ve been targeting bird feeders, so…
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Idle hands
More than 50 people attended South Yorkshire Shooting Club’s recent Introduction to Pistols evening at Idleback HQ in Rotherham – many of them having their first ever go with an air pistol. Chief range officer Nick Hulme kindly provided a…
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‘Best ever’ IdleBack Deal
Apart from improving accuracy for hunting, plinking and zeroing up, an IdleBack makes shooting accessible to people who may otherwise struggle to use an airgun unsupported – and the hot news is that the famous IdleBack Shooting Chair is…
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