Philip Siddell explains how to use simulation training to improve the chances of the airgun hunter’s success in the field. The improvised shooting positions you practise during training are sure to come in useful in the field The last time…
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The benefits of a tailored airgun stock
Target shooter Thomas Bristow explains how a tailored stock and hamster will let a competitor get the best performance out of their rifle. These four rifles may all be very different, but still have one thing in common – the…
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Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
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
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
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Airgun shooting advice w/ Andy McLachlan
Andy McLachlan is here with some airgun shooting advice and focuses his mind on one of the most important things a shooter needs to be a success – concentration. Plenty of shooters have a wealth of experience to pass on…
Tagged with: airgun shooter, airgun shooting, airgun shooting advice, Andy McLachlan, shooter
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Feinwerkbau 800x FT test w/ Thomas Bristow
Thomas Bristow manages to get through lockdown by borrowing a friend’s Feinwerkbau 800x FT – and very much likes what he sees. Adjustability is key for the Feinwerkbau 800x FT, with the trigger and hamster just two of the features…
Tagged with: air arms, Feinwerkbau 800x FT, field tagret, hunter field target, lockdown, pcp, rifles, shooter, shot, target rifles, test
Posted in Gear
Posted in Gear
Airgun shooting – Tony Belas talks to Mat Manning about the industry’s future
Mat Manning talks industry, electronics and future innovations with airgun aficionado Tony Belas of Daystate, Brocock and MTC Optics. “A number of ideas that I would not have followed have turned into a resounding success” This interview originally appeared in…
Tagged with: airgun, airgun shooter, airgun shooters, Brocock, daystate, Gun Trade News, gunmaker, industry, law, mat manning, MTC Optics, optics, pellets, safari xr, shooter, shooting, Tony Belas
Posted in Interviews
Posted in Interviews
Winchester 4.5 Special review with Mike Morton
Mike Morton picks up the Winchester 4.5 Special – a pellet-firing revolver with a rifled barrel – to find out if it really is all that special. Mike Morton tests out the Winchester 4.5 Special Like many of you, I…
Tagged with: bolt action, bullet, cylinder, grips, handgun, magazine, mike morton, pellet revolver, pellets, review, rifle, rifles, shooter, shot, trigger, winchester
Posted in Tests
Posted in Tests
Long-range target shooting with Andy McLachlan
Andy McLachlan recounts how one indoor club accepted the challenge of Covid to arise even better than it was before. This is the view from one of the shooting booths at the newly laid out Leigh range – the far…
Tagged with: air rifle, airgunners, Andy McLachlan, covid, gun club, indoor, indoor range, lockdown, outdoor range, Range, Rifleman, shooter, shooters, shooting, shots, targets
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
High-end airgun hardware with Andy McLachlan
Andy McLachlan can’t resist the allure of FX Airguns, so out comes his wallet and in comes another high-end tackdriver Here’s Andy’s new Impact complete with ambidextrous cheekpiece, Saber Tactical adjustable butt plate and bottle clamp There cannot be that…
Tagged with: airgun, airgunners, airguns, Andy McLachlan, Bullpup, firearm certificate, FX, gun, JSB, pellets, rifle, shooter, shooters
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Posted in Target Shooting
