Mike Morton examines the controversial use of cleaning rods, brushes and bore paste to bring a wayward rifle back into the fold. Many shooters will tell you that they never clean the barrels of their airguns – and that goes…
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African Animal Art from Rigby
Rigby firearms engraver Geoffrey Lignon has turned to a different type of art to create some prints featuring four well-known African animals. Each collection of 100 prints features either a Cape buffalo called ‘The black death’, a leopard titled ‘The…
Mike Morton’s top tips (20-11)
Welcome to the third of our weekly list of airgun top tips running throughout July! This week, Mike Morton is sharing 20-11 of our key tips month, with tricks and techniques to help raise your game and be top of…
Going Prone with Mike Morton
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…
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Learning to Shoot, Digweed Style!
Move over Percy Stanbury, George Digweed is teaching the instructors at EJ Churchill to pass on his world-beating technique, and Clay Shooting’s James Marchington has the exclusive. Ask any shooter who they want to shoot like, and nine times out…
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How to overcome a bad run of shooting scores
Andy McLachlan contends with a run of disappointing scores by examining his technique and equipment
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Target shooting fundamentals: How to deal with bad results
Don’t get down if your scores drop, says Andy McLachlan. Instead, examine your technique and equipment
How to master trigger control
Get your finger on the trigger… Andy McLachlan looks at how you can master the fine arts of trigger control and follow-through
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How to get to grips with a hamster
Hamsters, or raised forends, are becoming ever more popular in outdoor HFT and FT competitions – is it time you tried one?
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