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The British Shooting & Countryman Show is a brand new opportunity at the Event City in Manchester, for keen shooters and country enthusiasts to learn and experience even more.

It’s time to delve into the exciting world of Pneumatica Antiqua. It sounds like some rare disease and yes, once you catch it you can't stop thinking about antique airguns.

If you like old air pistols then you may well know the name Webley. Their shared pistol design is a spring chamber with a barrel riding piggyback. On release, the piston pushes the air towards the breech block then up and out into the barrel. Very odd - the air does a U turn. Webley decided to have a go at air rifles but strangely kept to this layout.

The best of the cards I’ve shot is pictured below, as are some other competitors cards, who agreed to let my father publish them. I’ve also asked my father if I could produce a table of the current leaderboard standings, and he’s happily provided me with this data and some photographs above of the competitors at one of the local airgun ranges.

Collecting and using airguns from 100 years ago can be inevitable. One old name that is held in awe by many is Britannia. The name refers to the Britannia Air Rifle which appeared in Edwardian Britain then passed into airgun folklore.

Two key points to note were it's fully recessed under lever and that longer stock with the tip detail. Somebody came up with the idea of shortening the barrel and the iconic Airsporter Stutzen was born 4 years later.