Kev Hawker reaches for his caller to keep the pigeons coming during an early morning mooch in the woods Many of my woodland forays are start-stop affairs – a mixture of roving and sit-and-wait tactics. That’s certainly the case at…
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Using callers for pigeon hunting
Tagged with: air arms, fieldcraft, hunting, Kev Hawker, pigeon, pigeons, shooting, target, woodpigeons, woods
Posted in Hunting
Posted in Hunting
Advice on airgun shooting from the prone position
Mike Morton offers some down to earth advice about shooting from the most stable platform of all: the prone position. Unless we’re in the field and the quarry presents itself a certain way, or we’re in a competition and the…
Tagged with: atlas bipod, bipod, clamp, field, field work, flat ground, forend, ground, gun, harris bipod, leg position, mike morton, muzzle, notched legs, pcp, pellet, picatinny rail, pods, prone position, quarry, rabbit, rifle, scope, shooting, shooting mats, shot placement, sight, sling swivel stud, stable, target, technique, weight
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
How to make a target box
BB shooter Jonathan Young keeps on the right side of his neighbours by building a target box to catch his ammo and keep everything peaceful and quiet. The heart of Jonathan’s target box is an old wooden wine crate that…
Tagged with: .25 pellet, accuracy, ammo, bb guns, bb shooter, Jonathan Young, paper target cards, pellet-catcher, plinking, safe, shooting, shots, spent, target box, target cards
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
How to embrace the pressure of competition shooting
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
Posted in Target Shooting
The Airgun Show – fruit farm rabbit and pigeon hunt, PLUS the Lee Enfield Sentry…
In the latest episode of The Airgun Show, we’re in the field with Richard Saunders this week, carrying out vital pest control on a fruit farm. Richard adopts a roving approach with his Daystate and MTC combo and manages to…
Tagged with: daystate, fruit farm, lee enfield, MTC, pcp, pigeon hunt, rabbit, Richard Saunders, shooting, the airgun show
Posted in News, The Airgun Show
Posted in News, The Airgun Show
Can you shoot fast while maintaining accuracy?
Can you shoot a PCP quickly while maintaining accuracy, and is a magazine really faster than a single-shot loader? Mike Morton seeks some answers. Speed-shooting with an air rifle isn’t something that’s seen all that often outside of dedicated time-restricted…
Tagged with: .177, accuracy, actions, air rifle, bench, bipod, bolt-action, competition, competitions, course, crosshairs, daystate, fire, firearm, hft, magazine, mike morton, pcp, pellet, plinking, Pulsar, quarry, Range, rifle, scope, shoot, shooting, shot, shots, single-shot, slug, speed shooting, target, targets, technique, test, training
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Evening rabbit hunting – The Countryman
With skittish rabbits proving difficult to outwit with a roving approach, Mat Manning switches tactics and sets up a stakeout. This ground has produced some good shooting through late spring and early summer. Short stalking sessions regularly yielded bags of…
Tagged with: binoculars, bipod, bolt, evening rabbit hunting, field, hunting, mat manning, optic, pellet, pest, quarry, rabbit, rabbit hunting, Range, rangefinder, season, shoot, shooting, stalking, target, the countryman
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
The garden range – tips for backyard shooting
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
Posted in Features, September Shooting Special
A guide to gun safety
Sponsored by… Shooting is one of the safest sports in the world, and Mike Morton offers 10 important tips to ensure new shooters get safe and stay safe The trigger finger should only ever make contact with the blade when…
Tagged with: airgun, airgun safe shot, ammunition, barrel, basc, gun, gun safety, hunters, indoor, magazine, mike morton, muzzle, outdoors, pcp, pellet, Permission, Range, rifle, shooting, shots, sights, sports, targets, trigger
Posted in Features, September Shooting Special
Posted in Features, September Shooting Special
How to get yourself a shooting permission
Sponsored by… Bagging a shooting permission is one of the biggest challenges faced by airgun shooters – Mat Manning offers 10 top tips to get you on the right track 1. Use your connections Think of people you already know…
Tagged with: airgun shooters, basc, corvids, countryside, farmhouse, farming, grey squirrels, ground, gun, mat manning, Permission, permissions, pest control, pigeons, rabbits, rats, shooting
Posted in Features, September Shooting Special
Posted in Features, September Shooting Special
