It seems incredible now when I consider it, but for several seasons I just didn’t get the advantage of a raised deeper forend (or hamster, as the silly name has…
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Are air rifle aesthetics important?
I don’t know about you, but I have always been taken by the appearance of a nice gun. This incorporates all the toys I used to play with as a…
BSA R10 Super Carbine on test
I’ve got attached to the latest BSA R10 Super Carbine test rifle. It’s a VC, but with a barrel reduced in length by 109mm, it’s dubbed the Super Carbine; it…
Feinwerkbau 800x FT test: “Unbelievably accurate” says our reviewer
Background to the Feinwerkbau 800x FT In the early 2000s, when Field Target and Hunter Field Target became increasingly popular in Europe, manufacturers of precision 10m match air rifles started…
Walther Rotex RM8 – one of the most affordable PCP air rifles around
The Walther Rotex RM8 runs an eight-shot, rotary magazine made of CNC-machined aluminium. It’s driven by a side-bolt that automatically cocks and loads a pellet directly into the choked, 500mm…
How to use a tuning kit for an airgun
Anyone who knows the pain of shooting a rifle that just won’t perform as well as it used to will know what I’ve been going through with my Cometa Fenix…
The Airgun Show – pest control with a spring gun, PLUS the Daystate Huntsman Safari…
You don’t have to have an expensive PCP airgun to target pests, and to prove it Mat Manning heads out on his squirrel shooting rounds with the break-barrel Gamo Swarm…
Weihrauch HW100 – in praise of a great all-round air rifle
I have recently been considering some of the pre-charged pneumatic rifles that have been devised by the manufacturers as “all-rounders”. These particular guns do not usually possess features such as…
How to maintain an air rifle pistol grip
Not that long ago there was little in the way of finishing oils on the shelf for anyone wanting to finish a stock or pistol grips. For longer than most…
Air rifle pellet test: JSB Exact Heavy Diabolo .177
Airgun Shooter awarded the JSB Exact Heavy Diabolo .177 pellets the Gold Award… Chris Wheeler explains why. JSB Exact Heavy Diabolo .177 Since its establishment in 1991, JSB has forged…
Why trapping is an effective tool in wildlife management for airgun shooters
In the sphere of wildlife management it’s always beneficial to go about it with a diversity of methods. Whatever approach you initially set out with there is a good chance…
How to tune your springer airgun
Having fitted a set of Delrin spring guides and a V-Mach piston seal to my Weihrauch HW 97K springer, you might remember from the last issue that I was still…
A complete guide to hard hitting .25 calibre air rifles
Answering an Airgun Answers query about . 25 calibre air rifles brought up some old musings for me about this calibre in traditional sub-12ft-lb guise. Most of the rhetoric is…
Lead pellet ban: BASC to fight lead airgun pellet ban proposals
In May, a six-month public consultation launched on proposals to restrict or ban the use of lead ammunition for outdoor recreational shooting in England, Wales and Scotland. This impacts on…
The importance of fieldcraft in airgun hunting
My use of the all-encompassing moniker the “shooting sports” has been troubling me lately. It’s a convenient catch-all term. However, I’ve been wondering if it’s fit for purpose. While part…
How to lubricate your springer airgun
When people first set out to buy an airgun, they may well decide to pick a springer airgun over a PCP because it’s easier to maintain, but that doesn’t mean…
Charging a PCP airgun – what do to and what to avoid
The evolution of the airgun is a fascinating subject, and one aspect that always amazes me is the plethora of designs that exist, all in a concerted attempt to generate…
Is expensive airgun equipment really worth it?
I am aware that some readers of our magazine will sometimes look at the hardware described by myself and others and think to themselves that if they could afford such…
Summertime rabbit and crow shooting, PLUS the Gamo HPA MI Tactical on test…
Richard Saunders is out on a double-barrelled pest control session in this week’s episode. We join him as he kicks off targeting rabbits that are causing problems around pony paddocks…
Lead-free pellets – how will the lead ban impact airgunning?
There has been talk for some time about the phasing out of lead in ammunition and going lead-free, but this is part of a drive to reduce lead pollution in…