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With so many rifles, calibres, and rifle configurations on offer these days, for the novice buying a rifle, the options can be mind-boggling. Whether you’re buying a custom rifle, factory rifle or simply wanting to get the most from the rifle you already have, the first thing to consider is what you actually want to…

Legal restrictions have corralled the British stalker towards an ever smaller range of rifles and cartridges with which to head for the woodland or hill. They have robbed us of many of the all-time great deer rifle cartridges. Some of these cartridges proved themselves over decades as not only capable for deer hunting but even,…

I’m willing to bet that just about every airgun shooter, certainly among those of us who hunt, has wondered what their legal-limit rifle would be like in FAC format. It’s only natural isn’t it? To want more. More feet per second and foot pounds. More range and more hitting power. So I thought I’d compile…

Ask any airgun enthusiast born in the 1940s or 50s about Webley & Scott premium grade air rifles and the Webley Mk3 will be mentioned without hesitation, while the previous generation may instead recall the Webley Mk2 Service. Both were very fine air rifles, which will be examined in some detail within this two-part article,…

The Walther Rotex RM8 runs an eight-shot, rotary magazine made of CNC-machined aluminium. It’s driven by a side-bolt that automatically cocks and loads a pellet directly into the choked, 500mm Lothar Walther barrel. (Read this review of the Walther Rotex RM8 Varmint Ultra Compact.)  Buddy bottle air supply Indeed, the Walther Rotex RM8 also sports…

Hunting a rabbit with a .25 would be like throwing a pork pie at it Answering an Airgun Answers query about . 25 calibre air rifles brought up some old musings for me about this calibre in traditional sub-12ft-lb guise. Most of the rhetoric is levied by people who have only tried it for one session, using…

The original Ruger rifle The legendary 10/22 rimfire rifle When Ruger launched its new 10/22 rimfire semi-automatic rifle to the American market  back in 1964, its popularity surpassed the company’s wildest dreams. As a result of the brand’s success Ruger became a publicly listed company in 1969.   In 1978, 14 years after its launch, the…

For several years now HikMicro have been a leading manufacturer of CCTV cameras and equipment and over the past few years have become a recognised name in the thermal market with their range of thermal spotters and with a good reputation for prompt customer service and reasonably priced products. An impressive scope from HikMicro The…

The Home Office reported this year that there are almost 1.4 million legally held shotguns and 600,000 other legally held firearms, which are mostly Section 1 rifles, in the UK. Of those, 5,000 have been reported stolen since 2011 — that is 500 thefts a year on average. Firearms used in crime tend not to…

Zeiss has an enviable reputation for being able to deliver riflescopes that boast the performance and refinement you would expect from a German optics giant without the inconvenience of an eye-watering price tag. Knowing that the Conquest V4 range aims to follow in that vein, I couldn’t wait to mount one to my Weihrauch rimfire…