Mat Manning goes old school and heads out after the scaly-tails with a spring-powered gun and a scope-mounted lamp. Rat shooting is synonymous with winter evenings, and as the year gradually rolls around it is starting to take up more…
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The Countryman: ratting by lamplight
Tagged with: air cylinders, airguns, ammo, countryside, farmyards, gear, gun, hw95k, kit, lamp, lamplight, mat manning, night vision, NV, pellets, pest, pest control, rangemaster sovereign, ratting, shooting, spring, springer, the countryman
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Airgun Shooter 142 is on sale NOW
Check out our best buys of 2020 in this month’s edition of Airgun Shooter Magazine. Airgun shooters of all disciplines demand the same thing – guns and gear that perform really well, while representing great value for money, so as…
Tagged with: air pistol, air rifle, airgun shooter, Airgun Shooter magazine, airgun shooters, gear, gear of the year, gun, guns, kit, mat, mat manning, mike morton, Range, ratting, Richard Saunders, sale, scope, value
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QYS Training Grade review with Mike Morton
Mike Morton tests Training Grade pellets from QYS – but instead of using them to prepare for a 10M competition, he rates their worth as a ratting round. Qiang Yuan Sports made a name for itself with its range of…
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The Airgun Show – shooting rats with night vision, PLUS top tips for autumn and winter hunting
The temperature is falling and the nights are drawing in, which means that peak ratting season is fast approaching. We join Mat Manning on a farm where greedy rats are raiding feed under the cover of darkness, and watch the…
Tagged with: autumn, mat manning, night vision, pigeons rabbits, rats, ratting, rodents, shooting, sports, the airgun show, winter hunting
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The Airgun Show – Night Vision Rat Hunting with NiteSite, plus the Tracer LEDRay F900 Lamping Kit Review
Night shooting season getting into full swing, and this week we’re shooting nocturnal rats with the Nite Site Wolf in R-TEK guise. Heavy rain forces Mat Manning to base his foray inside the farm buildings, where he picks off unsuspecting…
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Ratting in the Rain
Mat Manning heads out in a downpour to put a new piece if night-time hunting kit to the test
Tagged with: adverse conditions, airarms, lamping, MCT genesis, ratting, shooting in the rain, tracer
Posted in Features, Hunting, Tests
Posted in Features, Hunting, Tests
The Airgun Show – release pen ratting with night vision, PLUS the Optisan EVX scope from MTC on test
We’re out after dark targeting release pen rats with the Air Arms Ultimate Sporter and NiteSite Viper after spotting signs of ratty activity during a daytime shoot. The rat-run proves to be a busy one, and Mat Manning gets some…
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The Airgun Show – rat hunting with bait and NV, PLUS the Optisan HX scope from MTC
The weather’s turned cold so we head out shooting on the fish farm to see if the rats have moved in. Scaly-tails are thin on the ground, and the ones that do venture out are reluctant to keep still –…
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The Airgun Show – night vision rat shoot with the Air Arms Ultimate Sporter, PLUS Crosman Phantom MkII on test
We’re heading back to the fish farm where the rats proved elusive during our last visit – but this time we’re using night vision. Watch as Mat Manning sets out a smelly trap for the scaly-tails, then sits back to…
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Daylight ratting
Cracking down on rats doesn’t always mean after-dark forays on the farm – as Mat Manning discovered after cottoning on to an unseasonal infestation in a newly gained permission…
Tagged with: bait, cattle feed, farm, hunting, mat manning, rats, ratting
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