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ZEISS Conquest V4 – first impressions with Mike Morton

Posted on 06/05/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Morton examines the ZEISS Conquest V4 – a range of hunting scopes that will prove useful not just to centrefire shooters, but airgun shooters too. We’re here to talk about a new range of airgun-friendly telescopic sights from ZEISS,…

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Shooting advice: using a dot sight

Posted on 16/03/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Can you imagine a sighting system where you don’t have to worry about parallax or eye relief? Mike Morton can, and it’s called a dot sight Telescopic sights are the norm for most air rifles these days, whether they’re PCPs,…

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Posted in Target Shooting

Mat Manning tests out the FX Impact MKII

Posted on 04/02/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

FX has revamped the highly successful Impact with a MkII model – but could it improve on this pioneering bullpup? Mat Manning takes it to the range to find out FX Airguns has a reputation for making some of the…

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Airgun Shooter 144 is on sale NOW

Posted on 21/01/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

The latest edition of Airgun Shooter Magazine is on sale NOW! To get your copy, just follow this link: https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-magazines/6936339/airgun-shooter-magazine-subscription.thtml Telescopic sights are the norm for most air rifles these days, whether they’re PCPs, springers or gas-rams, but there’s another…

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Autumn hunting – The Countryman

Posted on 19/12/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

The ripening of autumn seeds and berries creates a time of plenty for woodland pests and, as Mat Manning shows, an opportunity for hunters to cash in on the feast Autumn is a wonderful season for the air rifle hunter.…

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Posted in Features, Hunting

A guide to gun safety

Posted on 09/09/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

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…

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Posted in Features, September Shooting Special

Shooting A CO2 Pistol

Posted on 04/09/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Sponsored by… Mike Morton shares 10 top tips to help you get the best accuracy and enjoyment from your CO2-powered handgun. The best way to get to know your gun is to go out and shoot it, so make sure…

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Posted in Features, September Shooting Special

Airgun Shooter Magazine 133 is out NOW

Posted on 19/03/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

We’ve got an optics special for you in the latest Airgun Shooter, focusing not just on scopes, but binoculars too. Telescopic sights offer a bewildering array of features, so Mike Morton goes back to basics to make sense of what’s…

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Airgun addict: Derek Rouse

Posted on 16/03/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Derek has a lifelong love of all things airgun, but isn’t one to follow trends and is as likely to shoot .22 as well as .177 nowadays. Darek Rouse has been an airgun addict for 50 years How long have…

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Mat Manning tests the MTC SWAT Prismatic scope

Posted on 28/02/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mat Manning tries out the MTC SWAT Prismatic airgun scope and has to reconsider his views on super-compact sights. Scopes with extremely short eye relief are very much the Marmite of the airgun optics world – people seem to either…