Welcome to the rifle shooting section of ShootingUK, where we discuss rifles, rifle shooting and the art of putting holes in things from a respectable distance. Whether you’re agonising over rifle calibre choices or trying to master rifle shooting techniques that don’t involve blaming the wind, you’re in the right place.
Our rifle content spans everything from deer stalking rifles to target shooting rifles, plus those crucial decisions like rifle scope selection that can make or break your day in the field. We cover rifle reviews (the honest kind), rifle maintenance tips that actually work, and rifle accuracy advice that goes beyond “just shoot better.”
From your first rifle purchase – that mix of excitement and mild terror – to understanding why your mate’s rifle bullet choice is definitely wrong and yours is definitely right, we’ve got you covered. Bolt action rifles, straight pull rifles, rifle optics, zeroing techniques, and all the gear that seemed essential at the time. Our rifle features come from shooters who’ve made the mistakes so you don’t have to.
Irish stalker and invasion ecology professor Jaimie Dick stalks his first Chinese water deer
The period of the rut is thought to be arriving later and later each year
Deer stalking: People often spend hours pondering over which rifle, grade of wood and scope they want to buy, but pay little attention to the bullets that they will shoot through it.
<strong>Stalking roebuck in the rutting season</strong>
When I was serving in the army I used the sling fitted to my rifle for support by wrapping it around the supporting arm. Could I use this method when deer stalking?
I read about deer stalking in another shooting magazine recently and a stalker went in pursuit of a large Muntjac. I was perturbed to read that his chosen calibre was .308. Surely this smacks of overk...
Deer stalking: Yesterday I stalked a fairly large wood and spotted several roe deer, but didn’t get a shot. After a while the deer started to bark at one another.
<strong>Head north for some memorable stalking</strong>
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