You can own a shotgun in the UK, and you can own several. What you cannot do is buy or hold one without a shotgun certificate issued by your local police force. That certificate is the whole game. Getting it, keeping it valid, and staying inside its ...

For UK sub-12 ft/lb shooting, the rifle itself is rarely the thing that lets you down. Any decent modern air rifle from a known brand will put a pellet where you aim it and kill a rat or squirrel cleanly at sensible range. The choices that actually s...

Most arguments about .177 versus .22 are really arguments about power, and in the UK that argument is already over before you start.   Any air rifle you can buy without a firearms certificate is capped at 12 foot-pounds of muzzle energy. T...