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10 Top tips for caring and maintaining your gun

Posted on 29/11/2020 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Simon Everett shares his expert advice on how to care and maintain your air rifle for optimum results…

Tagged with: air rifle, airgun accessories, airgun maintenance, airgun shooting, cleaning your gun, kit, maintain your gun, pellets
Posted in Features, Gear, How to, Hunting, Target Shooting

Rangemaster Sovereign pellet test

Posted on 06/11/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Whenever I’m asked by a fellow shooter what pellets they should try in their new gun, I have a few recommendations that make good starting points, and Rangemaster Sovereign is always on that list. These pellets are billed as being…

Tagged with: .177, .22, BSA, calibre, daystate, Diabolo, domehead, field target, gun, hunting, JSB, outdoors, pellet, pellets, rangemaster sovereign, rifle, scope, shooter, shooting, target, test
Posted in News

Picking The Perfect Pellet

Posted on 04/11/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Sponsored by… For more information, just visit: https://www.solware.co.uk/ Even a high-end rifle won’t shoot accurately if it’s being fed the wrong ammo, so Mike Morton offers some advice to find the perfect projectile. Red Wolf in action: Some rifles are incredibly…

Tagged with: .177, advice, air rifle, airgun, airgun ammo, ammo, ammunition, ball bearing, daystate, domehead, downrange, gun, JSB, mike morton, napier, pellet, Pellet X, pellets, polymer, rangefinder sovereign, rifle, shoot, shooters, solware, trigger
Posted in News

Lamping for rats with Mat Manning

Posted on 30/10/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mat Manning spends an unexpected night lamping scaly-tails after clocking grain-raiding rodents in a friend’s chicken run. One of the most fascinating things about airgun hunting is the surprises it frequently throws up, and part of that is down to…

Tagged with: airgun, ammo, bsa ultra, BSA Ultra SE, lamping, mat manning, NV, pellets, Range, Rangemaster, scope, shoot, target, The Shooting Party, ultra se
Posted in Hunting

How to embrace the pressure of competition shooting

Posted on 21/09/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Andy McLachlan often shoots purely for relaxation, but explains how the added pressure of shooting in a competition can be an enjoyable experience. Young shots are always encouraged to take part in outdoor shooting competitions like HFT and rise to…

Tagged with: airguns, Andy McLachlan, competition, ft, hft, indoor, outdoors, pellets, plinking, practice course, Range, scope, shoot, shooting, Sport, target shooting
Posted in Target Shooting

The garden range – tips for backyard shooting

Posted on 10/09/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Sponsored by… Mike Morton has 10 tips to help you get the best out of your garden range so you can fine-tune your shooting skills and have a ton of fun The garden is a great place to enjoy your…

Tagged with: airguns, backyard shooting, basc, garden, garden range, garden shooting, gas-ram, grey squirrel, ground, gun, indoors, mike morton, pcp, pellets, Permission, Range, shooting, shots, springer, targets
Posted in Features, September Shooting Special

Improving the set up of a springer airgun

Posted on 22/08/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Morton takes a look at a friend’s poorly set up rifle, and makes a few simple tweaks to turn this underlever into an overlord. I don’t know about you, but I love a challenge, and really enjoy working on…

Tagged with: accuracy, airgun, Airmax, chrono, compressor, hawke, hw57, mike morton, mounts, muzzle, pellets, rifle, scope, shoot, shooting, sight, Sportsmatch, spring, trigger, underlever, weihrauch
Posted in Features

Testing airgun pellet impact w/ Mike Morton

Posted on 16/08/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Morton takes up clay shooting – with no shotgun in sight – as he examines the damage done by different types of airgun pellet One thing all airgun hunters agree on is the need to kill a quarry animal…

Tagged with: .177, .22, airgun, bipod, brocock bantam sniper, bsa r-10, calibres, clay, clay shooting, domehead, hunters, hunting, mike morton, pellet, pellets, Range, rifle, rifles, shoot, shot, shotgun, target, target-shooting, test
Posted in Tests

Hunting with a springer – going back to basics

Posted on 30/07/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mat Manning swaps his hi-tech hunting kit for a no-frills springer as he gears up for a wander in the woods. Scaling down his kit and travelling light enabled Mat to move unburdened through the trees Modern technology can make…

Tagged with: airgun hunting, airgun shooting, airguns, coronavirus, fieldcraft, gamekeeper, gear, hunting, kit, mat manning, pcp, pellets, pest control, Range, rangefinders, rural, scope, shooters, springer, squirrel, weihrauch, woods
Posted in Features, Hunting

The Walther LG400 with Andy McLachlan

Posted on 27/07/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Andy McLachlan can’t resist the lure of a lovely rifle and gives in to temptation yet again, this time for a Walther LG400. Andy’s latest purchase is this beautiful Walther LG400 – this is the Field Target model, which has…