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Airguns
Five best-selling PCP air rifles, picked by the shop that sells them
Peter Zamit of The Airgun Centre in Rayleigh names the five PCPs that sold best through his shop over the past 30 days, from a £579 complete package to a £1,795 flagship.
Over and Under Shotgun Reviews
Krieghoff K-80 Custom review: a gun built around you in Ulm
Lloyd Pattison follows his own Krieghoff K-80 Custom from a walnut blank on the bench in Ulm to a full day on the layouts at Bywell, and explains what £14,730 p...
Rifles
Savage 110 FBT Hunter review: what £2,210 buys you
Savage’s carbon-stocked lightweight lands at £2,210, some £800 under the 110 Klym it shares a stock with. Ed Jackson finds out whether the cheaper barrel ...
Air Rifles
BSA XT-SL review: Birmingham’s first tactical air rifle
Mark Camoccio gets a first look at BSA’s brand new tactical model, the £999 regulated XT-SL, and finds a rifle that beats its own claimed shot count by 32...
Air Pistols
Ekol ES1911 and ESP92B review: two CO2 replica pistols tested
Dave Barham takes Ekol’s ES1911 and ESP92B out to 7m in the back garden to see which of the two CO2 blowback replicas is the better buy, and there is a cl...
Kit & Gear
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Shooting Accessory Reviews
Five new airgun accessories worth a look, from £129.99 to £360
A carbon buddy bottle, a Bluetooth ballistic rangefinder, an Arca gun saddle, a pocket radar chronograph and a modular moderator. Five new pieces of airgun kit in UK distribution now, from £129.99 to £360.
Shooting Equipment Reviews
Five of the best crossover products for clay and game
Five pieces of kit that work on the clay ground and on the peg, from a £240 Schoffel jacket to a £395 pair of titanium shooting glasses, chosen for buyers who w...
Shooting Clothing
New Forest Hawthorn jacket review: £114.95 buys a lot of coat
A heavyweight ripstop shell built for pushing through thorn and briar, at £114.95. It undercuts most of the shoot-day field by a wide margin, and it stands up t...
Vehicles
JCB – 01538 758000
Available as either a 4×4 or 6×4 both with three cylinder diesel engines and constantly variable transmission, the Groundhog offers users a variety of...
Vehicles
Big Country Cub Cadet
Imported and retailed by E.P. Barrus Ltd, Big Country’s Cub Cadet is aimed predominantly at the agricultural market.
News
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News
Firearms licensing performance falls for a fourth quarter in a row
New NPCC data shows service standards slipping again as temporary permits surge 83% over five quarters, and the BSSC warns that licensing departments are under ...
News
Scotland rules out a ban on selling snares
Ministers have declined to act on the welfare commission’s call to outlaw sales, nearly four years after it was made and two years after the use of snares...
News
High Court rules Natural England acted unlawfully on gamebird release licensing
A judge has found that Natural England stretched the meaning of the law, handing shoots on or near Special Protection Areas the clarity they have been waiting f...
News
Sound moderator deregulation: your questions answered
Sound moderators have finally been freed from firearms licensing controls across Great Britain, and the change has left a lot of shooters with questions. Here a...
Advice
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Shooting Advice
Air rifle insurance: what it covers and what to check before you buy
No law requires you to insure yourself to shoot an air rifle. Every farmer you ask for permission will want to know, though, and the club you want to join will require it. Here is what a policy actually covers, and the six questions to ask ...
Airgun
The 10 organisations every airgunner should know
From the insurers and the lobbyists to the rule makers and the licence issuers, 10 organisations shape every shot an airgunner takes. Who they are, what they do...
Pest Control
Summer vermin control: 11 pieces of kit, from PCPs to 4G trap tags
Eleven pieces of summer pest control kit, from four compact regulated PCPs and a £349 night-vision scope to approved squirrel traps and a 4G tag that tells you ...
Shooting Advice
Five high-end game guns compared: £5,915 to £19,500
Five top-of-the-range over-and-under game guns lined up in price order, from £5,915 to £19,500, with what each step up the ladder actually buys you and who impo...
Shooting Advice
AirMaks Arms Krait MKII bullpup PCP review
The AirMaks Arms Krait MKII is the newest bullpup PCP from the Czech maker, tuned in the UK by Hawke Optics before it reaches the shops. Tested in .177, it prov...
Militaria
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Re-enactment
Re-enactment – Finland at War
John Norris discovers a new group and remembers an almost forgotten chapter of history
Re-enactment
The backbone
John Norris looks at a mainstay of the British Army in WWI; the 18-Pounder field gun
Collectables
Death Plaques
John Norris delves into WWI Memorial Plaques, honouring fallen soldiers and their collectable legacy
Collectables
ROLLIN WHITE PATENT EVASIONS
Derek Landers explores how 19th-century American gunmakers produced cartridge revolvers while avoiding Smith & Wesson’s Rollin White patent