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…
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The Vulcan 2: A target rifle stock, but not as we know it
Tagged with: accuracy, Airgun Technology, ammunition, Andy McLachlan, barrel, benchrest, Bullpup, competition, daystate red wolf, downrange, gun, gun shop, guns, hft, hunting, parallax, pellet, rifle, scope, semi-bullpup, shooter, shot, steyr sport lg, steyr sport lg 110, stock, target rifle, target-shooting
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Posted in Features
Mike Morton’s top tips (29-20)
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…
Mike Morton reviews the Athlon Talos
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,…
Tagged with: airgun, athlon optics, athlon talos, btr 4-14xx4 ffp ir-mil, centrefire, crosshair, ffp scope, mike morton, parallax, rifle scope, shooting, telescopic
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Posted in Reviews
April’s Airmail
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…
Tagged with: .177, .22, .25, aa ultimate sporter, aimpoint micro, air rifles, airgun shooter, airmail, bsa scorpion, chairgun pro, daystate mk3 (FAC), field, hawke, HW 100, hw 95, letter of the month, mat manning, opinions, parallax, picatinny, red wolf, sight, spuhr, views
Posted in Q&A
Posted in Q&A
Target shooter: insight and expertise to help you raise your game
Whether you’re looking for just a few tins, or maybe pallets full of pellets for years of use, Andy McLachlan provides some pointers on purchasing projectiles. Maybe it’s just me, but I often wonder if the trouble that some shooters…
Tagged with: 40 yards, 8mm, AA Field, aim, Air Aims, Air Aims Field, ammunition, Andy McLachlan, barrel, downrange, ft, guns, hft, JSB, JSB Exact, lower ballistic coefficient, match-weighed, millimetre, parallax, parallax error, pellets, pre-charged pneumatic, shooters, target shooter, techniques, tin, velocity, weighed
Posted in Features, How to
Posted in Features, How to
What’s parallax error?
Mike Morton runs you through what “parallax” error refers to and how to check it and correct it…
Tagged with: airgun, airgun shooting, mike morton, parallax, rifle, scope, shotgun, target shooting
Posted in Q&A, Target Shooting
Posted in Q&A, Target Shooting
New airgun gear at IWA Sporting Classics 2016
The IWA Outdoor Classics show in Nuremberg is one of the shooting industry’s premier events, showcasing countless new releases on the airgun scene. Here’s some of the kit we clocked during the showcase. PALLAS PCPs Pallas have unveiled their…
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Posted in Features, Gear
Twin Test: Walther Century GT and Crosman Phantom MkII
Synthetically stocked break-barrel rifle/scope combos are very much in vogue, so Nigel Allen takes two of the newest arrivals into the fields – Walther’s Century GT and Crosman’s Phantom MkII… At £265, the new Walther Century GT/6×42 scope combo is an…
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Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Springer, Tests
Shooting Gem – Thom Jarrino
They say you only get what you pay for – but how will Thom Jarrino rate PAO’s upgraded Topaz 3-9×50 IR scope that comes with a stack of goodies for an all-up price of just £60?
Tagged with: 1/4 MOA, 3-9x50, aircraft-grade aluminium, covers, dioptre, dust covers, elevation, eyepiece, flip-up, focus, IR, lens, lifetime warranty, mounts, multi-coated, objective, PAO, parallax, picture, Professional Airgun Optics, reticle, rheostat, ring, scope, sight, Thom Jarrino, Topaz, turrets, windage, zero, zoom
Posted in Optics, Tests
Posted in Optics, Tests
‘Tis the Season to be Giving…
Want a big pressie to unwrap this Christmas? Here’s a selection of guns, gear and other goodies we reckon any airgunner would love Santa to leave under their tree… Purr-fect Hellcat If you’re after something short’n’sweet for your gun cabinet…
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