Foxing expert Mike Powell reviews Remington 700 SPS Varmint sporting a Form Carro Stock. Mike Powell puts the Remington 700 SPS Varmint to the test My personal involvement with this rifle has been very limited so I was really looking…
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Howa 1500 – latest rifle reviewed
Stuart Wilson gets to grips with the Howa 1500; especially the top-of-the-range chassis system from Oryx. Our latest review rifle comes from Howa; a model 1500 in calibre 300 AAC BLK (300 Blackout) a new creation which is effectively a…
A glimpse of history
Ray Garner looks to the past – and looks through a Schmidt & Bender 425 Leichtmetall M riflescope. Marketing folk tell us that in order to sell something, you must first of all give it a name. And Leichtmetall M…
Tagged with: guns, history, leichtmetal, optics, rangefinding, ray garner, rifles, riflescope, rimfire, schmidt and bender, scope, shoot, shooter, sights, target
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Posted in News, Reviews
Gun review: Tactical triumph
Chris Parkin finds himself warming to American scopes as he reviews the Bushnell Elite Tactical DMR II in 3.5-21×50. This is my third encounter with Bushnell’s Elite Tactical range, and I was pleased to report this latest unit has exceeded…
Tagged with: American, bushnell elite, Chris Parkin, hunting, long range, picatinny, rifle, scope, scopes, shooter, varminter
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Posted in News, Reviews
Love at first Sightline!
The next generation of affordable NV is here: it’s the Yukon Sightline and Chris Parkin finds himself truly enamoured The Yukon Photon has been a superb first step into the night vision world for more than five years, and as…
Tagged with: adjustment, centrefire, Chris Parkin, digital, gear, lens, n470, night vision, nv, optics, picatinny, pulsar, range, rifles, scopes, Scott Country, target, thermal, thermion, wicked light, yukon sightline, zeroing
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Savage speed-test
Mike Powell tests a Savage semi-auto the best way he knows how: By expending large amounts of .22LR ammo The bolt in the closed position. Note the Accutrigger and Picatinny rail Semi-automatic .22LR rifles have always had a big following;…
Tagged with: .22 lr ammo, ammunition, Edgar Brothers, mike powell, quarry, rifle, savage, semi-auto, semi-automatic
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The calibre hunter
Byron Pace assesses the performance of a lesser-known alternative to the .375 H&H For the last few months I have been in Africa, spending much of that time walking with some of the biggest and most dangerous animals on the…
A winner from Winchester
Assessing the sub-£500 Winchester XPR in .30-06, Stuart Wilson finds a camouflage rifle that certainly stands out. I unboxed the Winchester XPR to find a camouflage-stocked variant in .30-06 Spr, topped off with a Kite Optics scope, already mounted. The…
Tagged with: camouflage, cartridges, firearm, hunters, optics, pistol grip, rifle, scope, shooters, shooting, Stuart Wilson, target, Winchester, winchester 70, winchester xpr, xpr
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What’s the best foxing calibre?
From .17 to .243, Mike Powell lines up the options to find out which best suits different foxing situations L-R: .22 airgun, .17 HMR, .17 Hornet, .223 Rem, .243 Win Two questions I see crop up time and time again…
Tagged with: .17, 243, air arms diabolo, air rifles, calibre, centrefire, countryside, daystate huntsman, FAC, foxes, foxing, foxing calibre, mark ripley, mike powell, pard, pellet, rifle, shoot, shooting
Posted in Ammunition, Features, Hunting
Posted in Ammunition, Features, Hunting
First impressions: VT-3 Compact
Mike Morton takes a look at the VT-3 Compact, a first focal plane optic that manages to throw in Discovery’s trademark splash of colour. First focal plane scopes, just like bullpups, are very much in vogue at the moment, and…
Tagged with: airguns, bullpups, discovery, ffp, mike morton, optic, rifle, vt-3 compact
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