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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…

Tagged with: airgun, ammo, bb guns, co2 pistol, gun, handgun, mike morton, pellet, recoil, shooters, sights, umarex
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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Posted in News

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…

Tagged with: air arms, airgun, field target, gun, pcp, Permission, prone, scopes, shoot, shooters, shooting, shot, sights
Posted in News

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…

Tagged with: airgun optics, airgun scope, airgun shooter, airguns, Brocock, Bullpup, optic, picatinny, prismatic, rangefinding, scope, semi-bullpup, shooting, sights, SWAT, test
Posted in Tests

Enter our competition today!

Posted on 15/01/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Take advantage of our free to enter competition now to win a BSA Silver Star Target Rifle, worth £699! All you need to do to win this PCP is to answer the following question correctly: What type of sighting systems…

Tagged with: BSA, competition, pcp, prize, rifle, shoot, shooters, shoots, sighting, sights, silver star, target rifle
Posted in News

Airgun answers

Posted on 18/12/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Our experts have your questions in their sights! Struggling with a scope? Having hassles with your hunting? Well, don’t despair because you’ve arrived at the right place to discover remedies for your airgun anxieties! Whether you’re looking for a quick fix…

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Posted in News, Q&A

Gun test: BSA Silver Star

Posted on 30/11/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Morton takes a look at the BSA Silver Star – a target rifle with a split personality that offers two very different ways to shoot. It’s no secret that competition shooters will perform at their best when their gun…

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Posted in Features, Reviews

The fast and the furryous!

Posted on 27/11/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Richard Saunders is left scratching his head about how to deal with some troublesome rats around the stable Setting up on a bench at a distance of 20 metres meant Richard had a perfect, stable platform from which to shoot…