Advice

What is the best way to look after your scope and other shooting optics? Jonathan Young peers through the lens on the subject of cleaning.

In the UK a number of gunshops and businesses specialise in selling such items. These are: - Silco - Protek - Airgunspares (referred to still as J. Knibbs') - Bagnall & Kirkwood - Best Fitt...

How do we find airguns to fill that itchy need for something nicer, more unusual or rare?

Until recently .25” or 6.35 calibre was commonly the largest calibre available in the UK and generally elsewhere in most other countries. FAC and big bore airguns changed that, whether for the b...

Shooting Airguns more safely is the name of the game. No accidents must be better, and cleaning up your shooting is also vital.

Pellet choice appears to have increased exponentially in recent times. Looking harder, many pellets are simply re-branded or even just repacked. As prices rise, the tins and their quantities are also...

There are many different types of airgun barrels that achieve different levels of accuracy with different types of pellets. Jonathan talks you through the different adjustments you can make to improve...

In any hobby, the personal kit bag can be filled to overflowing with unnecessary accumulated gear and gadgets that promise better success but which really have little effect on personal performance. W...

Ever-increasing power must surely be the best way to go - well that's the usual assumption. But the 'low powered air weapon' category has, since its introduction, actually saved our hobby.

When airgun scopes entered the market these were always regarded as being at the budget end in terms of shooting optics. However, where the maximum target distance can be less than 50m on most occasio...

Today some airguns can cost a small fortune. Some people think they should spend out on the best to get the best results. Worse, some people have a weird aversion to using secondhand and only buy new ...

Back in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, the latest must-have new gadget was the silencer and today many consider not using one on any airgun to be a bit daft. A silencer is a very separate p...

Have you ever picked up a really nice airgun only to see the screws have been chewed? What a mess! You think to yourself, ‘how did this happen, especially on an otherwise nice piece?’.

There are many debates about the answer to this question and there are often multiple people who claimed to have invented the rifle. That may be because there are many different components that make a...

Our ‘Top 10’ list here is a compilation of the most popular over/under shotguns on our listings from the past year. Searching aimlessly for the perfect shotgun often doesn’t produce ...

This list of the top 10 Bolt Action Rifles is put together by analysing all interactions from our users over the past 12 months. We’ve also included some average price data so you can see if eac...

Ammunition is expensive, sometimes complicated to get hold of, and you usually end up paying well over the odds for shipping and handling costs. One way to solve this problem is to learn how to reload...

There aren’t many bigger issues to be faced with when trying to shoot precisely over longer distances, than having to judge, assess and counteract the wind. Keep reading to learn more about how ...

Let's take a closer look at some guns to help identify the many versions, by the differences that are not so obvious to the casual onlooker.

YouTube is full of videos of people blessed with such equipment shooting pigeons at crazy distances - 150 metres or more. And therein lies the problem. Some people, limited to 12ft/lbs but fed on a di...