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Scope from Element Optics – Andy McLachlan reviews his latest purchase

Posted on 18/06/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Andy McLachlan’s not one to keep his wallet in his pocket for too long, and this time it’s been pulled out to land a scope from Element Optics The combination of Andy’s new Element Optics Titan and his FX Impact…

Tagged with: airgunners, Andy McLachlan, element optics, fx impact, gun, gun shop, helix, mike morton, purchase, review, scope, scopes, shooters, shooting, sight, Sportsmatch, telescopic
Posted in Target Shooting

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,…

Tagged with: airgun, airgun shooters, centrefire, hunting, mike morton, optic, Range, rifle, scope, scopes, shooters, shooting, sights, telescopic, zeiss, zeiss conquest v4
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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,…

Tagged with: air rifles, dot, dot sight, field, gas rams, hawke, laser, mike morton, parallax, pcp, scope, sight, sights, sporting, springers, telescopic, telescopic sight
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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…

Tagged with: air rifles, airgun, Airgun Shooter magazine, dot, gas ram, mat manning, mike morton, pcp, Range, reflex, sale, scope, sighting, sights, springers, telescopic, trigger, winchester, woodpigeons
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Choosing an optic

Posted on 13/01/2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Andy McLachlan explains what he looks for when he’s choosing a telescopic sight that makes that optic truly useful for his style of shooting This Bushnell Elite Tactical 3-12×44 has been mounted on board Andy’s wonderful Venom 80 tuned break-barrel…

Tagged with: acquire, airgun, airgunning, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, bushnell, competition, field target, hft, hunting, optic, Permission, rapid air weapons, scope, shooting, shot, sight, springer, target, telescopic, UKAHFT
Posted in Target Shooting

The Airgun Show– winter squirrel control, PLUS budget-busting Richter Optik telescopic sight on test

Posted on 11/12/2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

The control of grey squirrels is a year-round job and we’re joining Richard Saunders in this episode of The Airgun Show as he heads out after bushy-tails on a cold winter’s day. The greedy rodents have homed in on Richard’s…

Tagged with: budget, richter optik, scope, sight, telescopic, test, the airgun show, winter
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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…

Tagged with: airgun, airgun shooter, binoculars, combo, hft, mat manning, mike morton, optics, Richard Saunders, scope, scopes, shooter, shot, sight, sights, target, telescopic
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Mike Morton reviews the Athlon Talos

Posted on 08/07/2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

The Athlon Talos BTR 4-14X44 FFP IR-MIL is a bit of a mouthful, so Mike Morton bites into this scope to see how it tastes Athlon Optics is a US company that’s not that well known here in the UK,…

Tagged with: airgun, athlon optics, athlon talos, btr 4-14xx4 ffp ir-mil, centrefire, crosshair, ffp scope, mike morton, parallax, rifle scope, shooting, telescopic
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The Airgun Show – Hunting feral pigeons, collard doves and crows on the farm, plus the Daystate Renegade on test

Posted on 20/10/2016 by catherine — No Comments ↓

The crops are in and flying pests are making a nuisance of themselves on the farm. Mat Manning heads out with feral pigeons, collared doves and crows in his sights. On the test bench this week, it’s the Daystate Renegade.…