Airgun Shooter

MIKE has been shooting air rifles and pistols for four decades, and loves target shooting, hunting, plinking and tinkering. CONTRIBUTOR RICHARD is a journalist, author and airgun hunter who’s been creeping about the undergrowth with his rifle for mor

Having a torch to hand when you need it isn’t always easy, but Streamlight has set out to right this wrong by introducing the Wedge. This USB-C rechargeable everyday carry flashlight has a thin, compact shape and is designed to be carried deep in a t

FX Airguns has been blazing a hot trail at the forefront of airgun innovation over recent years. With an emphasis on clean, functional design combining match-level precision with seemingly infinite degrees of adjustability, the Swedish gunmaker has e

According to my son, now that I have two air rifles, I’m able to “dual-wield”. It took me a moment to work out what he meant. He was talking about holding a gun in each hand and shooting from the hip, Rambo-style. It’s common practice in online shoot

Over the course of the lockdown I have been out in the garden doing some plinking and target practice. As time went on I started to look for different types of targets and whilst online I came across a fantastic website called Shooting Skull Targets

When the BSA Ultra was introduced more than 15 years ago, thousands of shooters around the world instantly fell in love with it due to its ultra-compact proportions and huge accuracy potential. The original Ultra has been tweaked and updated over the

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Mental Health Awareness week and with a global pandemic, the timing couldn’t be any more apt. The year’s theme is Nature and the Environment. But how does this relate to why we shoot? The more traditional benef

There’s a saying that there’s no such thing as bad weather as long as you’ve got the right kit, and the Grizzly III Jacket from Ridgeline will let you venture outside with your airgun even when the mercury’s plummeting and the wind’s howling. The Gri

There is no getting away from the fact that farming operations attract pests and the impact can be at its greatest when uninvited guests home in on the yard. You can’t blame animals such as feral pigeons, corvids and rats from targeting farmyards, as

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Looking through a telescopic sight and being rewarded with an image that offers razor-sharp details and brilliant colours is something centrefire hunters have enjoyed for years using super high-quality scopes from Zeiss. Airgun shooters can now get i

Bench bags are great, but can suffer from two issues, these being weight and adjustability, however Edgar Brothers looks to have overcome both with the TacRest Inflatable Shooting Bag, a stable rest that has one unusual ace up its sleeve – it’s a pre

You must be mad!” was the response I got from one of my shooting buddies when I told him all about my latest idea. And it wasn’t just my latest idea, it was one of my greatest ideas! After all, what could be better than stripping the finish from an o

What a year it was. And this one didn’t get off to a great start either. The start of the year is a time of renewal. A time whereby we aspire to progress and better ourselves. We tend to focus on our fitness or address those few extra pounds that acc

As I write, we are ending another period of lockdown and hopefully by the time you read this we will be on our way back to normal, with the future looking brighter than it does at present. I felt the reintroduced restrictions even harder than the fir

Like most of us, I enjoy the occasion of buying a new gun. Following a lot of research, preferably trying an example of the prospective purchase for myself and reading the various reviews or watching many of the now excellent video reviews helps us a

Nowadays most of the successful competition shooters use air rifles that are highly configurable. During the lockdown period I was fortunate enough to test out some of these amazing rifles that were kindly loaned to me by a friend. Most manufacturers

My very first permission, gained many years ago, is a field in the next village. It’s only a few acres, but wandering about the hedgerows with my HW35, I could have been stalking the Highlands of Scotland or roaming the great plains of Africa. Before

WHETHER YOU’RE looking for a quick fix to a nagging problem or simply want advice on your next piece of gear, email us at airgunshooter@futurenet.com or write to us at the address below: one of our experts will soon get you on the right track! MIKE r

Let’s face it, of all the things you can hunt with legally in the UK, 12 ft-lb air rifles are pretty feeble. Only catapults are weaker, and I’m not totally sure about that. But that’s the point isn’t it? We’re not all blessed with thousands of acres

Measuring 95x70x33mm and weighing 175g, the PAO Solar 600 is not only small and light, but the cheapest product in our test, and thanks to a solar panel that recharges the C2 battery, it’s one of the most innovative too. PAO designed the product at t

The Sig Sauer KILO 1400 BDX may carry a premium price, even if it is towards the lower end of the American company’s range, but there’s no doubting the product’s quality and easy-to-use design. Made from high-quality polymers with rubberised textured

When it comes to airgunning optics, the Hawke brand is the choice of most shooters and its comprehensive range of telescopic sights adorn more air rifles than any other make. Its rangefinders are pretty popular too. The company offers two product lin

The Rapier Ballistic Rangefinder from MTC Optics has been around for some time. But, like many of the company’s other products, it was developed with airgun use in mind. Weighing 178g and measuring 105x72x38mm, it is as light and compact as any of th

It’s wrong to pick a rifle on looks alone, but I think most of us have been guilty of that at some time or another. And so it was with the Benjamin Cayden, a hunting rifle that at first glance looks like a traditional sporter, but on closer inspectio

Struggling with heavy springers in muddy fields was the norm for many keen young airgunners back in the 1970s, but the arrival of lightweight Japanese pneumatic pump-up air rifles changed the scene. The pneumatic pump-up was actually nothing new. The

Good shooting relies on consistency, whether that’s the shooter’s technique, the rifle’s power delivery or the ammunition. Some barrels are relatively unfussy when it comes to ammo selection, while others are incredibly finicky, and much of this will

In the world of optics, few brands demand respect like Bushnell. Its scopes have been a firm favourite with airgunners for decades. It also offers three different lines of monocular rangefinders – for our review we’ve got the Prime 1700 and the Nitro

British gunmaker Brocock has adapted and evolved its winning semi-bullpup design considerably since its inception a few years ago. Some of these developments have focused on boosting performance while others have enhanced these handsome guns’ aesthet

The airgunning community as a whole has many different facets to it, be it hunting, pest control, benchrest, HFT/FT, bell target or plinking. How many shooters of these disciplines could lend a helping hand to one another with a transfer of skill set