Don’t miss the latest episode of The Airgun Show! A mild winter and heavy rainfall have caused plagues of rats on the farms where Mat shoots, and he’s back in action on the scaly-tails in this week’s show. Get ready…
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The Airgun Show – Night vision rat hunt, PLUS the Brocock Sniper XR on test…
Tagged with: airgun, Brocock, mat manning, Range, rat hunt, scope, scope-cam, sidelever, sniper, the airgun show, XR
Posted in Hunting, The Airgun Show
Posted in Hunting, The Airgun Show
Brocock announces new XR series
The British airgun manufacturer introduces an all-new range of sidelever-operated compact PCPs. This Sniper XR in a grey laminate stock features Brocock’s new sidelever action with a chunky ventilated biathlon handle Brocock is launching the XR – a range of…
Tagged with: air rifles, airgun, bantam, Compact, concept lite, hr, Range, rifle, shot, sidelever, sidelever-action, XR
Posted in News
Posted in News
Airgun Shooter presents: Gear of the Year (pt1 of 7)
So here we are again! Happy holidays everyone! Except this festive season is a little bit different, because not only are we rounding out the year but we’re also closing the chapter on another decade. So, to celebrate this rare…
Rabbiting by Lamplight: The Countryman
Mat Manning sets up with a scope-mounted flashlight and heads out into the night for some traditional rabbit lamping The ground I’m shooting over tonight is a mixed farm comprising several hundred acres of cattle grazing, cereal crops and pony…
Tagged with: countryman, countryside, field, flashlight, fx impact, gun, hunting, lamping, mat manning, optics, rabbit, rabbit shooting, rabbits, reload, rifle, scope, shooting, sidelever, stalking
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Gun test: Walther Reign
Mat Manning heads out with Walther’s distinctive new bullpup to see if this eye-catching little PCP can cut it in the performance stakes There is simply no stopping the current rampage of bullpup airguns. I’m not sure whether it’s down…
Bang or Bling?
Mike Morton runs through the pros and cons of the parts he’s changed and modifications he’s made to some of the airguns in his own collection. Many shooters are more than happy to buy an airgun, shoot it and enjoy…
Tagged with: air rifles, airguns, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, biathlon lever, bipod stud, centrefire, custom stock, daystate, floating barrel band, ginb, gun, hunting, HW 100, hw 97 black line stainless, maintenance, mike morton, mk13, moderator, muzzle, muzzle thread, nick stanning, pcp, pellets, resettable safety catch, rifles, shooters, sidelever, single-shot adapter, thread protector, trigger, trigger guard, underlever, v-glide, v-mach custom rifles, weihrauch
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Gun Test: No-Bull Bullpup
Nobody could have predicted the storm generated by BSA’s first-ever bullpup. Mat Manning puts the Defiant through its paces to see if it lives up to the hype Key Specs: Maker: BSA Guns, Birmingham Supplied By: BSA Guns (www.bsaguns.co.uk) Price: £1,049 (Black Soft Touch, Walnut), £1,099 (Black Pepper laminate) Model: Defiant Type: Multi-shot bullpup…
Tagged with: .22, air, air arms diabolo field pellets, airgun, ambidextrous, birmingham, black, black pepper laminate, BSA Guns, Bullpup, cold hammer-forged, cylinder, defiant, dial, field, forend, magazine, mat manning, pcp, pellets, performance, price, reserve, review, scope mounting rail, scope rail, shooting, sidelever, silencer, soft touch, stock, test, trigger, vc silencer
Posted in Tests
Posted in Tests
Side Course: Air Arms HFT500
It’s been designed and even named after the precision sport of Hunter Field Target. The editor delivers his verdict on Air Arms’ new HFT500 PCP model… Although Air Arms’ range spans the entire gamut of airgun shooting sports, the…
Tagged with: .177, 10-shot, adjustable, air arms, alignment, BAR, blade, butt, button, charge, cheekpiece, cocking, field target, forend, grip, HFT500, hunter field target, loading, manometer, nigel allen, O-ring, pad, pcp, pneumatic, power curve, precharged, scope, sidelever, target, trigger
Posted in Air Rifles, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Tests
The Air Arms S400 and its variants
Introduced in the year 2000, the Air Arms s400 is one of the most popular air rifles for beginners and experienced shooters alike. It is a simple, unregulated rifle that uses the tried and tested knock-open valve system. It is available in…
Tagged with: adjustable, air arms, Airgun Centre, barrel, beginner, carbine, cheekpiece, Classic, experienced, field target, hft, Hunter, match, MPR, multi-shot, pcp, plinker, S400, S410, S510, shooter, sidelever, Superlight, target, trigger
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Posted in News
Tactical moves from AirForce One
Two exciting new guns from AirForceOne have been announced by UK importer, The Shooting Party. The Staffordshire-based business describes the AFO-15 and AFO-16 as ‘tactically-styled garden plinkers based on the AR-15/M-16 platform’. At £119, both guns feature rugged steel construction,…
