Credit: CreativeNature_nl / Getty Images Can rimfires beat their centrefire brethren for foxing? Mike Powell gives the lowdown on how best to use the humble .22 and .17 for controlling Charlie. One topic of discussion that constantly seems to crop…
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New rifle releases
If you’re after something new, there are plenty of new releases on the market to catch your eye – whatever quarry you’re after. Be sure to see our editor’s choice at the bottom of the page! Rimfire Steyr Mannlicher Zephyr…
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Hawke’s newest release
The newest release from Hawke is perfectly suited to use on a .22, finds Chris Parkin. Hawke’s Frontier Mil-Pro riflescope is due on sale this summer and has a huge amount to offer rifle shooters across a broad range of…
Tagged with: 22, Chris Parkin, Hawke, hunters, parallax, riflescopes, rimfire, schmidt and bender, shooters
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Ask the experts
Our team of experts solves five more of your burning questions, from calibres to cleaning. Got a question?Contact: colin.fallon@futurenet.com or post your question to: Sporting Rifle, Future Publishing Ltd, Units 1-3, Sugarbrook Court, Aston Road, Bromsgrove B60 3EX. Foxing Q:…
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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The Shooting Show – mixed bag of squirrel and fallow deer
Stuart Wilson’s got two quarry species in mind, at both ends of the size scale: grey squirrel and late-season fallow does and prickets. No, not with the same rifle – he’s selected a Ruger Precision rimfire for the tree-rats, and…
Tagged with: .308 Haenel, fallow deer, fallow does, pest control, rifle, rimfire, ruger precision, squirrel, Stuart Wilson, the shooting show
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The top 10 new rifle releases
If you’re after something new, there are plenty of new releases on the market to catch your eye – whatever quarry you’re after. Rimfire 1. Steyr Mannlicher Zephyr Steyr Mannlicher haven’t offered rimfires for years – but the Zephyr…
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Thinking small
Are .17 rimfire and centrefire calibres set to challenge the .223’s established dominance as a foxing round? Mike Powell draws on all his experience to find out the answer
Magnificent seven
Mark Ripley takes a charity auction winner for a foxing outing and the pair get more success than they could have imagined
Tagged with: calling, centrefire, charity auction, donation, foxes, night vision, rifle, rimfire, shooting, vulpine
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