Mike Morton services his gun club’s springer collection, starting with an HW97 called rifle A5 – will he be able to make Number Five come alive? Airgun shooters wanting to join a club have a pretty wide choice these days,…
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Brocock Ranger XR review w/ Mat Manning
Big isn’t always best, as Mat Manning discovers when he gets to grips with the Brocock Ranger XR – a tiny airgun with some massive tricks up its sleeve. There are times when all of us have thought we could…
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Posted in Reviews
Posted in Reviews
Unsupported standing airgun shooting w/ Andy McLachlan
Standing shots are a standing joke for some shooters, but Andy McLachlan has some tips to make this tricky stance more manageable. Age can take its toll on our physical ability to adopt the necessary stances, but practice can still…
Tagged with: air rifle, airgun, airgun shooting, Andy McLachlan, hft, rifle, shooting, standing shots
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Corvid control – Mat Manning tries new tactics
With silage-stealing crows and jackdaws growing suspicious of his usual approach, Mat Manning tries a shift in tactics. Controlling corvids with an air rifle is often challenging. Birds like crows, rooks, jackdaws and magpies are sharp-eyed and very suspicious of…
RAW TM1000 review – high-end target rifle tested by Thomas Bristow
Thomas Bristow’s managed to borrow some high-end target rifles, but this time he’s talking about one of his own – the RAW TM1000. This rifle used to belong to GB HFT captain Roger Lait, and now it’s up to Thomas…
Tagged with: air rifle, airgun, airgun shooter, raw tm1000, rifle, shooting, target rifle
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Posted in Target Shooting
Stoeger XM1 Multi-Shot PCP review w/ Mike Morton
Are you looking for function or form when you buy a rifle? With the Stoeger XM1 multi-shot PCP, Mike Morton believes you can have both. Just a few years ago it seemed that anyone wanting to get into recoilless shooting…
Tagged with: air rifle, airgun, bipod, gun, mike morton, multi shot, pcp, review, rifle, stoeger xm1
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How to make a solid support for benchrest airgun shooting
Andy McLachlan runs through his options when it comes to shake-free shooting, and ends up using a high-end bipod for extra support. Here’s an example of a cheaper imitation Atlas bipod that’s been modified by Jim Edge to make it…
Tagged with: airgun shooting, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, bipod, competition, field, gun, gun mounting, guns, Leupold, long-range, Optics Warehouse, pellet, rifle, scope, shooter, shooting, shot, target
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Buying your first airgun – Andy McLachlan on the first steps
Andy McLachlan coaches the newcomer through the first steps of airgun ownership, with the promise that good techniques will be rewarded. Air rifles can be works of art, like this HW95 Special Edition belonging to Andy’s friend Ian Jones, but…
Tagged with: airgun, airgun shooter, Andy McLachlan, gun, pcp, rifle, scope, shoot, shooting range, springer, target
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Short or zero eye relief scopes w/ Mike Morton
Short or zero eye relief scopes deliver a different experience to a conventional optic, so Mike Morton finds out what they have to offer. It was a daytime shoot around the farm, and while the intended quarry had been feral…
Tagged with: air rifle, bullpups, centrefire, eye relief, gun, handguns, mike morton, optic, pcp, picatinny, rifle, rimfires, scope, scope mounts, scopes, shoot, shooter, shooting, springer, target, telescopic sight
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Anschutz 9015 review – Thomas Bristow tests two new rifles
Thomas Bristow gets to test two rather special rifles – both Anschutz 9015s fettled by master regulating and tuning firm The RAT Works. This 9015 HP has had a lot of time and effort invested in it, such as tuning…
Tagged with: air rifle, airguns, Anschutz 9015, indoor, Olympic, rifle, shooting, testing, thomas bristow
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
