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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 would rather own one good thing than two....

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 to rather more than the price suggests. ...

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 which trap to walk to first.

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 and cycles as smoothly as anything he h...

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 costs you anything that matters. ...

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Over and Under Shotgun Reviews

Beretta 687 500 Years Limited Edition review: an anniversary Silver Pigeon

Beretta has given the Silver Pigeon an anniversary makeover for its 500th year. Lloyd Pattison tests the limited-edition 687 Sporter on clays to see whether £3,625 buys more than a collector’s piece.

Tikka T3x Ace Game review: a £1,560 chassis rifle for stalking

Bruce Potts puts the Tikka T3x Ace Game through lead-free accuracy testing at 100 yards and a wet week on the Argyll stags, to see whether a £1,560 chassis rifl...

Anschütz 9015 HP ONE review: what £4,740 buys the target shooter

Dave Barham gets his hands on the most expensive and most adjustable air rifle he has ever tested, the £4,740 Anschütz 9015 HP ONE Field Target, and finds it wi...

Reximex Mito Race review: a £459 PCP target pistol tested

Mark Camoccio tests the Reximex Mito Race, a regulated PCP target pistol with a skeletonised shroud, a walnut grip and a £459 guide price. A ragged hole at 10 y...

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...

Kit & Gear

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RIX Tourer T50 4K review: a £699 day/night riflescope new to the UK

RIX Optics is a Texas brand American hunters already know. Rob Hardy tests one of its first UK arrivals, the £699 Tourer T50 4K day/night riflescope, on foxes and muntjac over the harvest stubbles.

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 ...

Big Country Cub Cadet

Imported and retailed by E.P. Barrus Ltd, Big Country’s Cub Cadet is aimed predominantly at the agricultural market.

Kubota

Making headway into the UK market, the Kubota RTV900 has proven itself a highly competent, multi-purpose ATV.

John Deere

Available in both 2×4 and 4×4 configurations and powered by petrol, electric and diesel motors, there’s a John Deere Gator Utility to suit every need ...

Video

AirMaks Arms Krait MKII video review

Thermal Imaging

Lighter, sleeker, better? HikMicro Alpex Pro full review

Bergara Premier CIMA Pro: Is this the ultimate lightweight hunting rifle?

BRK Brocock Ranger XR2 Tactical review: the ultimate all-rounder?

News

Shooting Advice

William Powell seeks gunroom manager in Banbury

William Powell is recruiting a gunroom manager to lead the gunroom at its Banbury, Oxfordshire business. The role covers developing the range, handling the inve...

Shooting Advice

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 ...

Shooting Advice

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...

Shooting Advice

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...

Advice

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 ...

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...

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...

Shooting Advice

Evolution Launches Falcon RX Prescription Shooting Glasses

Evolution Eyewear has launched the Falcon RX, a new prescription shooting frame with interchangeable lenses aimed primarily at shooting enthusiasts. What Featur...

Militaria

Re-enactment – Finland at War

John Norris discovers a new group and remembers an almost forgotten chapter of history

The backbone

John Norris looks at a mainstay of the British Army in WWI; the 18-Pounder field gun

Death Plaques

John Norris delves into WWI Memorial Plaques, honouring fallen soldiers and their collectable legacy

ROLLIN WHITE PATENT EVASIONS

Derek Landers explores how 19th-century American gunmakers produced cartridge revolvers while avoiding Smith & Wesson’s Rollin White patent