Located in a redundant quarry, the latest Airgun Club of the Month roots go back further than the eight decades it’s been running. Minehead & District Rifle & Pistol Club has antecedents going back to the 1880s, and there is…
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Club of the Month: Minehead & District Rifle & Pistol Club
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New record set at Intershoot 2020
Medals were won and new British records set at Intershoot, the annual three-day competition for air rifle and pistol held in The Netherlands. British athletes put on some fantastic performances at this year’s Intershoot contest, especially from the junior shooters,…
Tagged with: commonwealth, competition, intershoot, junior shooters, Olympic, pistol, rifle shooter, shooters
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Mike Morton’s top shooting tips
Can shooters of one particular discipline learn from another? Mike Morton is here with some top shooting tips. TOP TIP: A crude circle can make a great aim point for practising unsupported stances or shooting with sticks – as you…
Air rifles from Eastern Europe: How do they compare to other regions?
Richard Saunders tests four Eastern European rifles to see how they compare with airgun offerings from the old guard For a long time our sport has been dominated by a relatively few brands hailing, in the main, from Western and…
A blast from the past
Roe Norman from Tower Guns in Somerset explains how he recently acquired a special collection of airguns that appear frozen in time. Diana Model 1s don’t get much better than this – check out the near-perfect bluing on this octogenarian…
Tagged with: airguns, BSA, bsa cadet rifles, diana model 1, junior, pellets, pistol, pistols, registered firearms dealers, rifle, Roe Norman, shot, stock, targets, Tower Guns, walther, webley
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SPONSORED: Fun, Fast and Accurate!
The Beretta CX4 Storm is a pistol-calibre semi-automatic carbine rifle and was designed for use with the 9mm magazine used in the equally famous Beretta M92 FS pistol. The CX4 includes a Picatinny rail and bottom and side rails for…
In the crosshairs: Katie Knowles
Katie shoots 10 Metre pistol and won both Silver and Gold at the Junior International 2018 How did you get involved in shooting? When I was 12 years old I decided to take up Modern Pentathlon. There were only a…
Tagged with: commonwealth, junior international 2018, katie knowles, pistol, Range, shooting
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First impressions: SIG Sauer’s P365
For SIG Sauer, small is beautiful – their new P365 may be a micro-compact pistol, but it still manages to offer a high-capacity mag with 12 rounds of BB-blasting fun. The P365 may be small in stature, but it has…
Competition time!
Enter now for the chance to win a Webley Mark VI Service Revolver, worth £248.99! One of the finest handguns ever carried by British and Commonwealth forces was the Webley Service Revolver, which was in use from 1887 to 1963.…
Tagged with: .177, barrel, bb-firing, british, co2 gun, commonwealth, competition, handguns, mark vi, pellet-firing, pistol, service revolver, sight, webley mark vi
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Gun test: BSA Silver Star
Mike Morton takes a look at the BSA Silver Star – a target rifle with a split personality that offers two very different ways to shoot. It’s no secret that competition shooters will perform at their best when their gun…
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