Many of us brought up with air rifles never look back once we get a chance to move on to a rimfire or shotgun. But what a mistake that can be. (Read more on the best airgun pellets.) Why? Because the right air rifle can be a fantastic tool for controlling small vermin. It’s also…

There’s a definite trend these days in favour of military repliguns with CO2 blowbacks. Most of the guns of this type that landed on my desk over the past couple of years have been airgun variants of powder-burning firearms, and that has continued with the Crosman SBR. This rifle has a recommended retail price of…

Any serious airgunner of the late 1970s or early 1980s looking for the purchase of a high-performing, well-built sporting rifle would have had the Feinwerkbau Sport on their wishlist. The safety catch pops out the rear of the action when cocked – not the most efficient of solutions, but it works! Unlike its main competition at…

Lasting success is not easy to achieve – especially in a world that has grown to expect change for the sake of change – but the iconic Weihrauch HW80K has managed to be a very desirable airgun for almost 40 years. Back in the 1980s, I wanted an HW80K because it was the gun used…

The distinctively styled multi- shot Lee Enfield Sentry boasts some impressive features and retails for just £399 making it a very appealing passport to recoil-free airgunning for shooters on a tight budget. (Read more on affordable air rifles here.)  First impressions of the Lee Enfield Sentry  The Sentry certainly has its own look. Measuring 103cm…

US gun-maker Stoeger headed across the Atlantic and landed in Europe when it created the RX20. This gas-ram has been developed and styled by Italian engineers, and that will be immediately obvious when you take your first look at this gun. The Stoeger RX20 S3 Suppressor Combo, seen here in .22, comes equipped with fibre-optic…

The gun certainly gave a superb account of itself downrange during testing Walther LGU Master I am sure we have all tried guns that we just prefer to use, for whatever reason. These guns tend to be the ones that we reach for first in the cabinet, even though we might possess more expensive guns that…

The launch of the Daystate Delta Wolf was without doubt one of the biggest events in the 2020 airgun calendar. I was lucky enough to get my hands on the first fully functioning model, which was an awesome FAC-rated gun kicking out around 60 ft-lb. Impressive as it was, the majority of UK airgun shooters…

Like many of you, I love shooting BB-firing blowbacks, but there’s a place in my heart for CO2-powered revolvers, and that place only gets bigger when I find out that they shoot .177 (4.5mm) pellets from a rifled barrel, rather than ball bearings from a smoothbore. Enter the Winchester 4.5 Special, a meaty handgun inspired…

The BSA Ultra has made a name for itself as a super-compact airgun, so most people won’t be surprised to hear that it has now been made even smaller – with the BSA Ultra JSR – especially given airgun manufacturers’ fondness for tweaking their products at every possible opportunity. (Read our list of the best…

The Daystate Red Wolf needs no introduction; it has established itself as one of the finest and most desirable air rifles on the planet since its launch. This awesome airgun not only boasts ingenious electronic internals that regulate power output and deliver remarkable performance and consistency, but is pretty kind on the eye. This time,…