Robert Bucknell continues his foxing patrol, and offers advice for shooters missing out on this year’s game fairs. Regular readers will know that we’ve pretty much cleared our ground of foxes, and our neighbouring farms keep on top of theirs…
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Best scopes for rimfire rifles 2020
Mike Powell presents his best scopes for rimfire rifles this year. 1 – Hawke Airmax 3-12×50 30SF Hawke Airmax 3-12×50 30SF Without a doubt the maker of scopes that have always been very much to the fore when it comes…
Tagged with: airmax, anschutz, bsa ultra, bushnell, calibre, FAC, gpo, Hawke, Hawke Frontier, hawke sidewinder, leupold, Meopta, mike powell, minox, mtc, night vision, optics, rabbits, rat shooting, remington, rifle shooting, rifles, rimfire, scopes, top scopes
Posted in Features, Rimfire
Posted in Features, Rimfire
Mike Powell reviews the Pulsar Accolade
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…
Tagged with: fox, mike powell, monocular, pulsar accolade, rabbits, rangefinding, RSPB, shooting, thermal binocular, Thomas Jacks
Posted in Reviews
Posted in Reviews
Ask the experts
Our team of experts solves five more of your burning questions, from calibres to cleaning Technique Q: I’m looking to buy a new sling. Are there any special types I should look at? I’ve seen one with a kind of…
Tagged with: .17 Hornet, .260 rem, 223, ask the experts, calibre, centrefire, firearms certificate, foxes, foxing, legal, mark ripley, nightforce, nv, pard 007 nv, rabbits, rifle, Sightmark, sling, smallholding, sporting rifles, technique
Posted in Viewpoint
Posted in Viewpoint
The Shooting Show – lamping rabbits with the Ruger Precision
This week’s edition of The Shooting Show is all about the Ruger Precision! The Shooting Show – lamping rabbits with the Ruger Precision
The Shooting Show – blustery bunnies with the Ruger Precision .22
Stuart’s out testing his new Ruger Precision .22 rimfire, first on the range then on an evening’s excursion after rabbits. But the weather’s not playing ball: high winds curtail the range test, then conditions worsen as rain sets in for…
Tagged with: .22 rimfire, rabbits, ruger precision, shooting show, weather
Posted in The Shooting Show
Posted in The Shooting Show
WATCH: Roebuck stalking with night vision
Stuart Wilson is joined in the high seat by newcomer Linford, who’s shot his first rabbits and foxes with Stuart and is now ready to try for a buck.
Tagged with: ATN X Sight, buck, high seat, night-time quarry, rabbits, scope, smart scope
Posted in News
Posted in News
Hopper Stoppers: shooting the Easter bunny
Rabbits are in New Zealand a huge problem for farmers, and every Easter, Lions Club in Alexandra on the south island runs a 24-hour shooting competition. Thomas Nissen joins in… Andrew stops the battered-beyond-recognition 4WD Mitsubishi Wan at the edge…
Tagged with: Alexandra, coneys, easter, good friday, Lions Club, New Zealand, rabbits
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
NEW: The Shooting Show – Pace v Pace rabbit shooting PLUS a look forward to the CLA Game Fair
Our rabbiting mania continues as Byron and Darryl Pace grab their Anschutz rimfires and RWS subsonic ammo once more. But this is no ordinary coney control gig: it’s a brotherly rivalry. Each of the pair has one hour to shoot…
The Shooting Show – rabbit shooting special with RWS, Anschutz and Pulsar
The new episode of the Shooting Show is here! First, we’ve doubled the Pace as brothers Byron and Darryl shoulder their Anschütz rimfires stoked up with RWS subsonics, heading out to control the rabbit population on a nearby farm. Some…
