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Air Pistols
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 yards tells you a lot about it.
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,...
Rifles
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...
Air Rifles
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...
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...
Kit & Gear
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Rifle Scopes
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 ...
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
Polaris
Polaris now offer nine utility quads and seven ATV’s within their constantly expanding range of petrol and electric driven working off-roaders.
News
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News
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...
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...
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