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Shooting advice: using a dot sight

Posted on 16/03/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Can you imagine a sighting system where you don’t have to worry about parallax or eye relief? Mike Morton can, and it’s called a dot sight Telescopic sights are the norm for most air rifles these days, whether they’re PCPs,…

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Posted in Target Shooting

Hawke Sidewinder FFP 4-16×50 review w/ Mike Morton

Posted on 23/01/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Morton prepares to get knocked sideways by the FFP 4-16×50 – one of several innovative scopes in Hawke’s new Sidewinder range. Hawke recently refreshed its line-up of Sidewinder scopes, offering a series of brand new models. Any of these…

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Posted in Reviews

Choosing the right airgun optics

Posted on 04/01/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Shooters have never had so much choice when it comes to optics, and Andy McLachlan explains how to pick what will work best for you. This Leupold has a small objective lens and is perfect for shooting HFT where optical…

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Springer vs PCP – which is better to start out with?

Posted on 24/08/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

It’s the age-old question – should a beginner start out with a spring-powered rifle or a pre-charged pneumatic? Mike Morton goes lookingfor an argument. I’ve never actually seen anyone come to blows over it, but I’ve certainly witnessed some very…

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Posted in Features

Scopes for benchrest target shooting

Posted on 01/06/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Andy McLachlan’s in favour of scopes offering only modest levels of magnification for most of his shooting – but not benchrest! Andy picked up this fixed 45x Leupold from his son James, after James bought a high-end March scope for…

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Posted in Target Shooting

MTC King Cobra review

Posted on 29/05/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Despite the current trend for diminutive optics, Mat Manning reckons that big can still be beautiful after putting the MTC King Cobra through its paces. Although super-compact scopes are very much in fashion at present, there are times when bigger…

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The Vulcan 2: A target rifle stock, but not as we know it

Posted on 26/11/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Andy McLachlan reaches for the stars and treks over to his gun shop to see if the hunting-focused Vulcan 2 can cut it as a target rifle I remember reading Mat Manning’s review of the Airgun Technology Vulcan 2 semi-bullpup…

Mike Morton’s top tips (29-20)

Posted on 14/07/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Welcome to the second of our weekly list of airgun top tips running throughout July! This week, Mike Morton is sharing 29-20 of our key tips month, with tricks and techniques to help raise your game and be top of…

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Mike Morton reviews the Athlon Talos

Posted on 08/07/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

The Athlon Talos BTR 4-14X44 FFP IR-MIL is a bit of a mouthful, so Mike Morton bites into this scope to see how it tastes Athlon Optics is a US company that’s not that well known here in the UK,…

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April’s Airmail

Posted on 25/04/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

This is the chance for you to air your views and opinions Each rifle Mat owns has earned its place in his airgun armoury by fulfilling a specific role Letter of the month While reading Airgun Shooter for what must…