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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Scopes for benchrest target shooting
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…
Tagged with: airgun, airgunners, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, ft scope, hawke, hunter field target, hunting, market, Optics Warehouse, parallax, Range, retailers, rifles, scope, scopes, shoot, shooting, target
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
MTC King Cobra review
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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Posted in Reviews
The Vulcan 2: A target rifle stock, but not as we know it
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…
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
Posted in Features
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
