Richard Saunders turns back the years and hunts some squirrels with a Weihrauch HW 80 the old-fashioned way Every time I open my gun cabinet to go hunting, I gaze nostalgically at my 1983 Weihrauch HW 80 Mk1 and then…
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Andy McLachlan on benchrests
Andy takes a more minimalistic approach, using a bean bag at the front end only – at least for now Andy McLachlan’s been taking a fairly simple approach when it comes to supporting his rifles for benchrest – but all…
Tagged with: airgun, Andy McLachlan, benchrest, daystate, daystate red wolf, gun, indoor range, pcp, pellet, rifle, shooting, springer, Venom, weihrauch
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Taking up HFT with existing kit
An image from several years ago shows Michelle Pullen using a targetised version of the Air Arms S400 Andy McLachlan persuades airgun shooters to take up HFT using their existing kit – without the need to take out a second…
Tagged with: air arms, airgun shooting, airgunning, Andy McLachlan, cash, chronoscope, competition, cost, cylinder, downrange, equipment, gun, gun stocks, hft, Hunter, hunter field target, market, pcp rifle, plinking, pneumatic rifle, production, rifle, shooter, single-shot, stock, target rifle, weihrauch
Posted in Target Shooting
Posted in Target Shooting
Mat Manning’s bullpup bonanza
Stubby bullpup airguns are enjoying a surge in popularity, so in this article originally produced in our sister publication Gun Trade News, Mat Manning considers the advantages offered by these compact guns. It wasn’t very long ago that bullpup airguns…
Tagged with: air arms galahad, airguns, ASI, Bullpup, Daystate Pulsar, fore-end, FX Airguns, FX Wildcat, gamo boxer, gun, hw100, impact mk2, John Rothery, kalibr cricket, mat manning, mini-gun, plinking, rifle, semi-bullpup, shooters, trigger, weihrauch
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Posted in Features
Restorations with Jonathan Young
Jonathan Young takes on a tricky restoration project to bring an airgun back from the edge – the edge of reason! Getting out and about looking for a new permission is all part of airgunning. Back garden shooting is great,…
Tagged with: .22, air rifle, airgun, airgunning, clean, Jonathan Young, Permission, shoot, weihrauch
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Posted in Features
Put a spring(er) in your step!
Richard Saunders takes a look at four top break-barrel and underlever spring rifles, and gives them the piston seal of approval Although pneumatics have been around for much longer than many people realise, airgun shooting as we know it today…
Tagged with: .22, break-barrel, Hull Cartridge, hw 95k luxus, hw 97kt, John Rothery, pcp, Piston, rekord trigger, Richard Saunders, rifle, rifles, spring rifles, springers, trigger, underlever, walther lgu varmint, walther lgv master pro, weihrauch, wholesale
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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
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Posted in Features
Talking Shop
Based in Ruthin, North Wales, the staff at Valley Arms live and breath shooting. We speak to director Richard Davies. How did you get started and why? Valley Arms started in 1984, and in 2008 an opportunity arose for…
Tagged with: .20 calibre, air rifles, hft, HW 100, hw 30f, north wales, richard davies, ruthin, shooting, shotguns, valley arms, weihrauch
Posted in News
Posted in News
Classic Gun: Weihrauch HW 55T
Simon Everett explains why the Weihrauch HW 55T, a match rifle with a Tyrolean stock, was so accurate it faced a bell target ban
Tagged with: air arms, airgun, Bell Target, classic gun, match rifle, retro rifle, rifle, tyrolean stock, vintage airgun, vintage gun, weihrauch
Posted in Vintage
Posted in Vintage
Gun Test: Weihrauch HW 110 STK
Mike Morton gets his hands on Weihrauch’s new compact carbine, the HW 110 STK, to find out whether small really is beautiful
Tagged with: air arms, airgun, airgun shooter, BSA, classic gun, gun, gun spotlight, pcp, weihrauch
Posted in Air Rifles, Features, Gear, PCP, Reviews, Tests
Posted in Air Rifles, Features, Gear, PCP, Reviews, Tests
