After a long-term test, Stuart Wilson delivers his long-term verdict on the Haenel Jaeger 10 Sporter and Meopta Meostar R2 combo After a long period using the Haenel Jaeger 10 Sporter Varmint, with adjustable cheekpiece topped off with the Meopta…
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Bountiful barrels
The 6mm BR Norma is versatile enough to work with a wide range of barrels and chambers. Here’s a run down of the choices. Let’s look at barrel and chamber features this month. US SAAMI chamber / barrel specifications remain…
Shooters must ‘Step Up’ to environmental challenges
A proposed new Environment Bill for England will make significant commitments towards meeting the government’s 25-year environmental plan. BASC have called on the shooting community to step up to the challenges the bill presents. Ian Danby, BASC’s head of biodiversity,…
Tagged with: basc, biodiversity, conservation, environmental, government, ian danby, new environment bill, shooters, uk
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Sporting Rifle 174 is out NOW
November brings possibly the biggest change of seasons in the whole year, as roebucks go out of season and females of the roe, red, fallow and sika species all come in, as well as Chinese water deer of both sexes.…
Tagged with: buck, chris dalton, Chris Parkin, cwd, doe, foxers, Hawke, mark ripley, nv, paul childerley, Pete Carr, robert bucknell, shooters, sporting rifle, stalking
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Sporting Rifle news round-up
These are the stories from the field sports world that you might have missed… Findhorn Bay boost The petition to ban wildfowling on Findhorn Bay has been rejected. After three years of deliberations, Moray Council said it could no longer…
Tagged with: basc, field sports, findhorn, gun oil, pheasant, shooters, sportram, wildfowling
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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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Latest news round-up
We’re giving you a quick dose of some of the stories you might have missed over the last few weeks. Wales plans ‘catastrophic’ GL change Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the body that issues the general licences in Wales, has announced…
Tagged with: ammunition, basc, BASC Scotland, basc wales, British Shooting Show, european chemicals agency, european comission, European Union, exhibition centre, general licences, grouse, land managers, liverpool 2020, Natural Resources Wales, NEC, northern shooting show, pest birds, rifle, shooters, shotgun, Yorkshire Event Centre
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All quiet on the foxing front
With a lack of foxes on his ground, Robert Bucknell finds time to try out a new thermal imager. An interesting package arrived at my door the other day, containing the latest hand-held thermal spotter, the Pulsar Axion Key XM30.…
Tagged with: darryl pace, foxing, pace brothers, pulsar axion key, robert bucknell, shooters, thermal imager
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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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General licences: what’s the latest?
Six weeks on from the original withdrawal of three general licences for the control of pest bird species, confusion still reigns. For shooters everywhere, questions are still being asked. What can we shoot now? What do we need to apply…
