January 16, 2023
Decisions, decisions. So you’ve decided to buy an airgun and you’ve worked out a budget. Now you need to think about the power source. Back in the mists of time you wouldn’t have had a choice, it would have been a spring-powered airgun and that was it. However in the last 20 years precharged pneumatic…
September 19, 2019
Q: I’d like to buy an air rifle for controlling rabbits and grey squirrels in our garden but I don’t really want a pre-charged model because I can’t be bothered with the hassle and expense of using charging gear. I’ve been told that spring-powered airguns are less accurate – are they suitable for humane pest…
January 08, 2023
Airgunners, when they reach a certain age, will know what I mean. You get to a point in your life when all of a sudden you have a nostalgic urge. It keeps you awake. It occupies your every thought. You simply have to have one. Having been consuming a modern diet of PCPs, we suddenly…
November 01, 2022
Springer airguns have been around for over 100 years and probably account for more units sold each year than any other air rifle category, especially at the affordable end of the market. Not only that, it’s also especially prevalent in those, whatever age they might be, who might be buying their first air rifle, who…
October 13, 2022
Airgun manufacturers in Turkey have really ramped up their game. Following their alliance with Webley, Hatsan has gone on to become a huge force in the UK marketplace. The Hatsan 60S break-barrel springer is laden with features and offers up power in abundance. (Read our guide to the best air rifle pellets.) A silencer…
August 05, 2022
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 Roadster 10x Gen2. The affordable spring-powered setup proves more than up to the task, and Mat manages to bring several of the destructive rodents to…
July 18, 2022
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 disappointed with the level of accuracy I was managing from the gun. This turned out to be nothing to do with the HW 97, but…
June 30, 2022
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 it doesn’t need looking after, and knowing how to lubricate your airgun springer is a must-have skill. So whether you’re using it on the airgun…
June 23, 2022
Personally, I find winter hunting more successful. A flick through my diary shows that to be the case too, whether it’s rats on a farm, squirrels from a hide or rabbits at night. However, nothing epitomises the joy of air rifle hunting more than stalking the hedgerows in spring and summer. Perhaps that’s why people…
May 25, 2022
I don’t know about you, but I love a challenge, and really enjoy working on a troublesome airgun combo and making it shoot well again to show you how to improve your springer airgun setup. So I jumped at the chance to work on a friend’s recent acquisition – a little Weihrauch HW57 underlever which…
Sponsored by Skinner’s, this week’s dog of the week is Betty. At three months old, Betty is described as a “wonderful, crazy, happy girl, full of fun”, and she will be joining rough shoots next season. She loves to chase everything but hasn’t quite grasped the “leave” command yet… For your dog to be included, email [email protected] a picture and tell us all about them. Featured dogs receive a 15kg bag of food, via Skinner’s.