Today it’s bullpups, but Jonathan Young reminds us that once upon a time the take-down rifle was in vogue – and one great example is the Brocock Enigma The Enigma was a very unusual gun, a superbly designed multi-shot with…
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The collecting bug bites
If you’ve got an itch to begin a new airgun collection or expand your existing one, what should you do next? Just scratch it, argues Jonathan Young Your wife says it’s gone too far. Your dog looks at you in…
Tagged with: airgun collection, airgun magazines, airguns, BSA, guns, Jonathan Young, rare airguns, registered firearms dealers, shooters, vintage
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Posted in Features
Restorations with Jonathan Young
Jonathan Young takes on a tricky restoration project to bring an airgun back from the edge – the edge of reason! Getting out and about looking for a new permission is all part of airgunning. Back garden shooting is great,…
Tagged with: .22, air rifle, airgun, airgunning, clean, Jonathan Young, Permission, shoot, weihrauch
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Posted in Features
Gun collecting with Jonathan Young
So you want to be a collector? You’re suddenly overcome by an urge to buy more airguns. There’s nothing wrong with that, argues Jonathan Young as he leads you down the rabbit hole of gun collecting. Waking up on any given…
Tagged with: air pistol, air rifle, airguns, BSA, Classic, falcon lighthunter, gun collecting, Jonathan Young, old, pcp, shooter, vintage, webley
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Ask the experts
Our experts have your questions in their sights! Struggling with a scope? Having hassles with your hunting? Well, don’t despair because you’ve arrived at the right place to discover remedies for your airgun anxieties! Whether you’re looking for a quick fix…
Tagged with: .177, airgun, airgun shooter, backstop, basc, basc airgun team, birchwood casey, bullet, centrefire, charging cylinder, council, gear, gun, h&n baracuda match, huntung, Jonathan Young, kit, law, mike morton, mounts, muzzle, pcp, pellet, piston seal, plinking, power, rifle, scope, shooting, shot, springer, telescopic sight, valves, wind doping
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Posted in Q&A
Gas Gun Goodness
Jonathan Young gasses on about the history of CO2 guns and offers a closer look at some of his personal favourites. While most airgun shooters know they can drop a 12g bulb into their pistol and get shooting, few realise…
Tagged with: .22, 12g, airgun, airgunners, airguns, bb pistol, bulb, carbon dioxide, co2, co2 guns, crosman, crosman 400 repeater, fullbore, gas, Girandoni, hammerli, humphry davy, industry brand qb78, Jonathan Young, michael faraday, model 70 pellgun, paul giffard, pistol, pneumatic, precharged, rifle, schimel, shooters, smith & wesson, soda bulb, tandem air cartridge, tank, target-shooting, thilorier, xs78
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Create expectations: how to make a target box
BB shooter Jonathan Young keeps on the right side of his neighbours by building a target box to catch his ammo and keep everything peaceful and quiet. For safe plinking – and when shooting for accuracy – commercial steel pellet-catchers…
Tagged with: .25 pellet, accuracy, ammo, bb guns, bb shooter, Jonathan Young, paper target cards, pellet-catcher, plinking, safe, shooting, shots, spent, target box, target cards
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Accuracy is key in this month’s Airgun Shooter magazine!
The latest addition of Airgun Shooter magazine is on sale NOW and you won’t want to miss it! Mat Manning relishes the challenge of shooting carrion crows and jackdaws as these wily corvids are seldom easy to outwit, but their…
Tagged with: .22 calibre, airgun answers section, airgun shooter, airgun shooter new issue, BB, co2 pistols, crosman, grey squirrels, Jonathan Young, magnum, mat manning, mike morton, pcp, piston seals, Richard Saunders, ridgeline camlite, rifles, schimel, shotguns, smith & wesson, stoeger, umarex rp5 pump-action pistol
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Posted in News
Classic Gun Spotlight: QB78
Tagged with: 90's air rifle, air arms, airgun, gas guns, Jonathan Young, QB78, reto guns, retro rifle, vintage airgun, vintage guns
Posted in Features, Vintage
Posted in Features, Vintage
Q&A: Restoring a wooden-stocked air rifle
Jonathan Young explains how to check over a wooden-stocked air rifle and decide if the stock needs replacing
Tagged with: air arms, air rifle, airgun, airgun shooter, gun restoration, gunsmithing, Jonathan Young, restoring a gun, stock, wooden-stocked air rifle
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Posted in How to, Q&A
