Mark Ripley explores the benefits of shooting sticks and proves his point with an impressive foxing haul using the new five-legged Viperflex “With a new set of sticks to test it would have been rude not to take them out…
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Benefits of shooting sticks w/ Mark Ripley
Tagged with: benefits, bipod, carbon fibre, fox, foxing, mark ripley, quarry, range, shoot, shooting, shooting sticks, tripod, viperflex
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
Red hind stalking w/ Chris Dalton
Unfortunate circumstances means there has to be a quick change of plan for Chris Dalton as he stalks red hinds at Kinnaird You can plan all you like… It’s funny how the best laid plans in stalking often don’t materialise…
Don’t miss Scott Country’s Black Friday offers!
Scott Country International’s Black Friday Event is coming soon… The Scott Country International Black Friday Event starts on Friday 27th Nov at 9am until Monday 30th Nov at 5pm. With a huge range of the latest thermal riflescopes, hand held…
Tagged with: black friday, night vision, pulsar, Scott Country, scott country international, Sightmark, thermal spotter, tripod
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Posted in News
Foxing w/ Mark Ripley
With the same pesky fox causing chaos on Mark Ripley’s shooting ground, he is determined to overcome his arch foxing nemesis. Credit: James Warwick / Image Bank / Getty Images A voicemail from a farmer first thing in the morning…
Will O’Meara’s rifle training progress
Will O’Meara continues to lock down on his training, and is looking at ways to maximise his progress. Rifle training tips from Will O’Meara Last month, we covered some of the fine-tuning and set-up aspects of training. This month, we…
Tagged with: barrel, bino, carbon, dry fire focus, dst precision, gear, hunting, practice, progress, range, rifle, Riflecraft, scope, shooting, shooting skills, shot, target, technique, training, tripod, Will O’Meara
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Posted in Features
Long range foxing with Mark Ripley
Mark Ripley explains the art of long range foxing and recalls his ten longest foxing kills to date. The subject of shooting any living creature is always one that will attract controversy but add to that the aspect of doing…
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Posted in Features, Hunting
Tactical T Series Spotting Scope – our latest scope review
Chris Parkin shares his views on the Legend Tactical T Series Spotting Scope from Bushnell. Legend Tactical T-Series Spotting Scope on test Bushnell’s Legend Tactical T series scope is a compact unit with compressed BAK4 Prism construction minimising its overall…
Tagged with: prone, rangefinders, scope, tactical t, tactical t series spotting scope, tripod
Posted in Optics, Reviews
Posted in Optics, Reviews
Foxing during a driven game day
Mark Ripley finds that, even when invited on a driven game day, he can’t escape his foxing responsibilities… Credit: Ger Bosma / Getty Images At the end of the shooting season I’m usually lucky enough to be invited on the…
The ultimate Christmas gift list
The Sporting Rifle team have put together a list of everything they want for Christmas – and we reckon you’ll want it all too… Eley Hawk Diary The Eley Hawk 2020 shooter’s diary is available to order directly from Eley…
The early bird gets the fox
Mark Ripley rises early to maximise his fox-shooting opportunities on some new ground after a snow fall. Credit: DEA / ALBERT CEOLAN / Contributor / Getty Images I woke up thinking I’d slept through my 4am alarm but in actual…
