Mike Powell turns his eye – well, both eyes – to the Pulsar Accolade thermal binocular and its eye strain-reducing capabilities. Fox numbers in my area seem to have been high. There are various reasons for that, one of which…
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Mike Powell reviews the Pulsar Accolade
Tagged with: fox, mike powell, monocular, pulsar accolade, rabbits, rangefinding, RSPB, shooting, thermal binocular, Thomas Jacks
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Mike Powell’s tips on dealing with longer days
Credit: Dgwildlife / Getty Images As the year moves on and the days get longer, how do you adapt your foxing tactics to suit the season? Mike Powell has the answers… As time passes and spring moves inexorably into early…
Tagged with: countryside, fox, foxing tactics, mike powell, season, spring, summer, winter
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A lifetime of rifles
From humble beginnings with a BSA to today’s exploits with Sauer, Howa, Anschütz and CZ, Mike Powell discusses the rifles that have been important to his shooting life I really can’t explain why I have always been heavily involved with…
Tagged with: air arms, air rifle, bsa, daystate huntsman regal, firearm, fox, fox rifle, mark ripley, mike powell, nv, rabbit, rifles, rimfire, scotland, shooting, sporting rifle
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Sporting Rifle 168 is out now!
The latest edition of Sporting Rifle is now available. As spring turns to summer, Sporting Rifle magazine is there with all the tips, tricks and kit you need to make the most of the long days – no matter what…
Tagged with: ammo, chris dalton, David Barrington Barnes, hunting legends, kit, magazine, mark ripley, mike powell, mossberg chassis rifle, peter carr, quarry, robert bucknell, sporting rifle, summer, tips, tricks
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NV bargains with Mike Powell
Mike Powell’s been testing out two affordable additions to his night shooting setup, from Pard and Wicked Lights I recently made mention of two new items of night shooting equipment I had been sent to try out that had proved…
Tagged with: 45mm, 48mm, a51 ir, eyepiece, hawke airmax, IR, mike powell, night vision, nv bargains, pard, pard nv007, scope, Scott Country, shooting, sidewinder, starlight archer, trail xq50, wicked lights
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Close encounters of the vulpine kind
With a fox to take care of in a tricky close-up situation between houses and smallholdings, Mike Powell finds that the .22 Hornet is the calibre for the job. April arrived and with it, as always, came the increase in…
Foxing Rifles
Years ago, when I first started shooting foxes, it was really only the preserve of gamekeepers and a few like myself who sold fox pelts to the fur trade. More often than not we used shotguns, as the damage to skins was minimal.
Bigger Isn’t Always Better
In these days of the internet where information can be obtained instantly, it is interesting to look back at the days when it didn’t exist.
Winter Weather Warning
I live in a part of the country where snow is a rare occurrence. When it does arrive, it causes total chaos as no one is prepared for it.
Scent of a Vixen
The recent influx of magazines, books, and videos giving advice on how to be a successful shooter has got me thinking about my own knowledge.
