Voting closes on 13 January for the Great British Shooting Awards 2026, with winners decided by the shooting community ...

BSA Guns has launched the Meteor CLX, a new version of its Meteor air rifle which first appeared in 1959. According to BSA Guns, the original Meteor was the company’s first air rifle designed for use ...

While I doubt that there has ever been a survey carried out to determine Western shooters’ preferences – although it would be an interesting exercise – I would guess that there are more .44 revolver ...

Ear defenders have been used for many a moon by shotgun and rifle shooters. The obvious reason is that if shooting is done frequently, then the noise from the firearm will soon damage the shooter’s ...

Lead bullets are usually associated with handguns and older calibre rifles, but they can also be used in many common rifle calibres and are a good, economical choice for practice instead of using far ...

It’s a sad truth that we all get older and that our ageing bodies are less forgiving of the rigours of life, especially when hunting out in the field. These days I feel the need for maximum comfort ...

Good trigger control is vital to accuracy, particularly when using a spring-powered recoiling airgun. In relation to that statement, if there’s one area/part that ‘can’ be bettered to suit individual ...

Launched at IWA 2008, Franchi’s new ‘Fast’ was the talk of the show, billed as the quickest handling semi-auto 12-bore you’d ever hold. However, no matter how vehemently Franchi skirted around Benelli ...

ATA of Turkey’s SP over & under (O/U) shotgun distributed by The Sportsman Gun Centre, has really taken the UK by storm, offering a competitive gun with great woodwork, given the price. The model ...

The Walther CP88, on test here, is something of a landmark model for Umarex, since it was the first pellet-firing CO2 pistol made by them. I’m no fan of BBs, mainly because they are never particularly ...

Singling out a high goose or a fast flying duck cleanly from the sky can take some doing. Equally, given the fact that you can only use non-toxic loads and that they rather need to be of the Magnum ...