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My son has been driving me up the wall over the past couple of months as he insists on going vermin hunting with the Bullpup rifles. The Daystate Pulsar is his weapon of choice, followed closely by the BSA Defiant - sadly he’s a .22 man.

Gunstar ran a survey from January 2019 to April 2019, asking shooters to answer a few questions about themselves, their shooting habits and their buying preferences. One of the first questions asked of a participant was ‘which gender are you?’. From a sample of 1,000 participants, just 18 were female.

Working cocker spaniels have always held an interest for me. Having grown up in a family surrounded by Springer’s, it was inevitable that something slightly different from the norm would pique my interest. I’m a gamekeeper and lecturer at an agricultural college, and therefore working dogs are a major part of my life.

This is the countryside rally 2019 - for many of you like me the countryside is a part of who you are. With over 40,000 people on the official page but no official register of attendance, we had no idea of what to expect.

I was up early on Saturday morning, well at least half an hour earlier than usual. I had to pull out my Air Arms FTP900 target rifle, as I was going to take a break from hunting and airgun/pellet testing, to instead have some rest and recuperation time because I’d been invited to a local club by a couple of good friends - an offer I couldn’t talk myself out of.

Vincent Van Gogh is arguably one of the most renowned artists and painters in entire world history. The Dutch creative lived a very depressive and unsuccessful life, to the point where he killed himself at the age of just 37 in the Summer of 1890. He carried out his suicide using a 19th-century Lefaucheux revolver. The revolver that Van Gogh supposedly used to take his own life has sold at an auction for well over one hundred thousand pounds.   The small service pocket revolve...

BACKYARD PLINKING WITH THE SIG SAUER MCX & MPX   The weather has been appalling for the past few weeks, and my trigger finger has been twitching for some exercise. I also needed a distraction to get the kids away from their phones and games consoles. Fortunately, I’ve been able to get my hands on a set of Sig Sauer CO2 powered air rifles and during the short dry spells I’ve charged the CO2 powered airguns and ventured out into the rear garden for some tin can plinkin...

Earlier this week Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party released a proposal document titled ‘Land For The Many’ - an extensive guide to how the party would change the way our land is distributed, looked after and used, should they come to power at the next general election. But the plans and proposals that would be put in place could massively limit the power that a landowner actually has over their own property, as well as trying to restrict the freedom of things like pest control...

More so than the world of sporting clays, getting into game shooting can be a little bit intimidating. So today, we're going to look at how one gets into it - some of the stuff you need and a little bit about it - Let's go!

BSA redefined hunting air rifles with the launch of the BSA Scorpion SE in 2011, by improving on an already popular Scorpion air rifle. I purchased my BSA Scorpion in 2012, unfortunately for me and the rifle it only ever got used once for some back-yard plinking. The Scorpion SE was just too nice of an airgun to take out of the gun safe, or even out of the house.

Today we're going to be looking at the top five gunmakers you didn't know existed, and we’re going to start in England with A.A Brown. Brown makes a gun called The Supreme Deluxe sidelock.

Airgun hunting and pest control have always been a contentious issue and the airgun community remains divided on the effective use of airguns for hunting. Certainly, bushcrafters and survivalists would argue that the airgun has a worthy place in the survival or bug out bag.     The anti-gun lobbyist would argue the airgun or any firearm for that matter has no place in modern society, whilst continuing to point out the guns original purpose; for warfare, violence and li...

After being slapped with a set of potentially life-changing licence revokes/shooting bans last week, landowners, farmers and the rest of the shooting population will finally get the chance to push their own side of the ongoing battle between rural habitants and Natural England.

After a week of frustration, anger and contrasting opinions in the shooting world which saw the revoking of three separate bird shooting licences by Natural England, BBC TV Presenter and wildlife activist Chris Packham woke up yesterday morning (Thursday 25th April) to find a brand new display at the entrance of his house - made from dead birds.

- BASC South East Ladies Day - Oxford Shooting School, 2nd May   - The Northern Shooting Show - Great Yorkshire Showground, 11th - 12th May   - The Countryside Clay Shoot - West Wycombe Estate, 25th May   - Northern Ireland Country Sports Fair, Scarvagh House, 25th - 26th May   - BASC Young Shot Day - Windsor Great Park, 29th May   BASC South East Ladies Day - Oxfordshire Shooting School, 2nd May     I...

Pest bird shooting has been a staple and necessary act of rural lifestyle in England for as long as we can remember. It’s been carried out by millions of farmers, landowners and conservation enthusiasts for a very, very long time and without any real issues or threats to these species. Despite this, government agencies in England have decided to ban the vast majority of shooting for crow, pigeon, goose and many more - largely down to a campaign projected by TV presenter Chris Packham. ...

Countryman Fairs Events 2019   Kelmarsh Country Show 21st & 22nd April 2019 The first countryside event in the Countryman Fairs portfolio, the Kelmarsh Country Show lands inside the glorious Kelmarsh grounds this Easter Bank Holiday, and for 2019 we’re bringing you a brand new line-up that has something going on for everyone. Sponsored by Realtree, this year’s Main Arena promises a jam-packed timetable with some awe-inspiring performances lined up. Headlini...

A Pulsar is a neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation; the radiation can be observed when that beam points directly to the Earth. Neutron stars, however, are very dense and have short regular rotational periods, they also produce very precise beam intervals between pulses that can range from milliseconds to seconds for each individual star. Certain types of Pulsars rival atomic clocks when it comes to accuracy of keeping time. I’ve long been fascinated with the wond...

Hello and welcome to The Gun Shop, I'm John and I'm here today to talk about the difference between a clay gun and a game gun or a field and a sporter. A field gun and a game gun are the same things. I suppose it depends very much on where you're from, who the gun’s marketed towards, whether they’re going to call it a field or a game gun, but just for now let’s call it a game gun because that’s what it is in my head anyway.   A sporter and a clay gun, again w...