Robert Bucknell explains the importance of fieldcraft and looks at the skills new foxers will need to acquire You can go for weeks feeling pretty sure there are no foxes around, and then suddenly the hairs on the back of…
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The importance of fieldcraft: Robert Bucknell explains
Tagged with: countryside, farm, Fieldcraft, fox, foxers, foxes, foxing, gun, livestock, partridge, rabbits, rifle, rifle shooting, robert bucknell, thermal, wildlife
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Savage BA Stealth review
Mark Ripley takes delivery of a new foxing rifle, the Savage BA Stealth review, and after the customary range work, wastes no time in getting it blooded in the field. If there’s one thing that’s always exciting other than gaining…
Tagged with: bipod, bullets, deer, field, foxing, gun, hunt, mark ripley, night vision, range, rifle, scopes, scott country international, shooting, shotgun, shots, sightmark wraith, stalking
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Best scopes for 2020 – our top picks
Now that lockdown is easing and we can get back out in the countryside, we’ve put together a list of the best scopes for 2020 ATN Mars 4 640x480HD ATN Mars 4 640x480HD The ‘next-gen’ Mars 4 640×480 HD riflescope…
Tagged with: ATN, bushnell, countryside, Edgar Brothers, gun, Hawke, Highland Outdoors, Leica, leupold, lockdown, pulsar, range, riflescope, scopes, Sightmark, target, Thomas Jacks, viking arms, vikingshoot, yukon sightline
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Customising rifles – is it the future?
Budgets are bigger and tastes are changing; Ollie Harvey explores the growing trend for customised rifles. Why do so many purchases end up being a compromise in some way or another? This happens in most industries, including the rifle market,…
Tagged with: ammo, ballistics, brock and norris, budgets, deer, firearm, fox control, gun, gun dealer, gun shops, gun trade, hunter, hunting, hunting rifles, krieger, precision rifles, rifle, rifles, scope, scope mounts, shooters, shooting range, specifications, steve kershaw firearms, tikka, uk gunworks
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SPONSORED: Your local gun shop needs you!
We are all affected by the Covid-19 crisis to some extent. Half of the world’s population is in lockdown. Businesses and offices have had to close. Some of us are still able to work from home. Obviously, this is not…
Don’t miss the GTA Gunmaker’s Marquee at the Northern Shooting Show
Visitors to the Northern Shooting Show with an interest in the skills needed to build the finest guns will be in for a treat as the show in May will host the Gun Trade Association Gunmakers’ Marquee. The area will…
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First steps into foxing
Robert Bucknell relates his early days in the foxing world – and gives some invaluable advice on how you can get into the sport today I am extremely lucky in that, being brought up on a farm, the countryside was…
Introduce a friend to BASC and win prizes
When a BASC member refers a friend to the organisation, both of them will be entered into Member Get A Member draw to win exclusive prizes.
Shooting faces fight against extremism
Shooting has come under a fresh wave of attacks from activists who have been described as “extremists”, who wish to see an end to live quarry shooting in the UK, or to all private gun ownership. The most blatant example…
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Stalking essentials, as chosen by our contributors (part 4)
This is our fourth and final part in the stalking essentials series, as chosen by Sporting Rifle’s contributors. Last time, we heard from Byron Pace regarding essential mountain hunting gear, and in our final bumper part, we have picks from…
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