Mark your calendars now for The Stalking Show 2026 on 11th and 12th April at the Staffordshire County Showground, Weston Road ...

The Weihrauch HW100 was their first ever PCP and looked like being its only one too. It was launched way back in 2003 and quite frankly beside a few stock alterations and slight action modifications I ...

Prior to the landmark release of their first PCP (the HW100) Weihrauch were best known in the UK for their springer sporters; rugged, reliable and time tested top performing air rifles. In relation to ...

The shape of flasks made from horn or bone is determined by the configuration of the material itself, whereas all of the others usually conform to a similar basic outline. This is a narrow neck ...

Almost any airgunner will have heard of Ripley Rifles. It’s a name that is synonymous with luxury class, hand-built, precision air rifles from talented, PCP expert, Steve Wilkins. So the first thing I ...

Good trigger control is vital to accuracy, particularly when using a spring-powered recoiling airgun. In relation to that statement, if there’s one area/part that ‘can’ be bettered to suit individual ...

When I speak to friends who are aficionados of the bolt-action service rifle, it’s invariably the .303 Short Magazine Lee Enfield that comes top of the list, closely followed by the Karabiner 98; ...

Sam Colt was nothing if not persistent. Fascinated by guns from an early age, his dogged determination paid off when a number of friends and family agreed to invest in his manufacturing venture in ...

Stutzen air rifles are based on Continental fashioned hunting rifles with long fore-ends, and as such are a matter of personal taste for sure, but whatever your take on this most distinctive of ...

Ear defenders have been used for many a moon by shotgun and rifle shooters. The obvious reason is that if shooting is done frequently, then the noise from the firearm will soon damage the shooter’s ...

This test focuses on a gun made in Turkey – a country rapidly establishing itself as a major manufacturer of firearms. The Turks today appear to be in much the same position as the Spaniards and ...

GM Hardcast Bullets have been manufacturing bullets here in the UK for around 25-years, producing high quality cast projectiles in a range of calibres, types and weights. Their alloy ‘recipe’ is a ...