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‹ First < 9 10 11 12 13 > Last ›PROJECT RIFLE: FACTORY SAVAGE F/TR PLAN B
Waiting for parts can put a spanner in the works. Luckily VINCE BOTTOMLEY has a Factory Savage F/TR rifle to keep him busy Last month I left you hanging as my stock had not arrived from America. This meant that despite the metalwork part of the project being ... Read Full Article
TARGET RIFLE BASICS: SAFETY FIRST
CHRIS WHITE reminds us of the importance of safety, with a few cautionary tales, for the start of the season For those TR shooters who spend the winter months hibernating, it's now time to make plans for the new shooting season, which is almost here. So let's ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: A GREAT IDEA AT THE TIME: THE .41 ACTION EXPRESS
YOU WOULD think that those who procure arms for military and police users would learn from experience, but they often repeat previous mistakes. Take the .38 Special. American police officers found it ineffective against prohibition-era gangsters, and earlier ... Read Full Article
GALLERY RIFLE: MARLIN LEVER ACTION PART TWO
A basic tune-up by GWYN ROBERTS LAST MONTH we stripped out Marlin's action parts; cleaned and inspected them for marks showing high spots plus any burrs; and adjusted the ejector to make the action lighter and smoother in operation. Now we continue work on the ... Read Full Article
.22 RIMFIRE BENCHREST: MAMMA MIA!
CARL BOSWELL previews the inaugural Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest World Championship WITH NEWS of the dates for the first Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest World Championship confirmed as 27 July to 3 August 2008 I thought this a suitable topic to air as we begin ... Read Full Article
SNIPING REMARKS: SNIPERS' EYES
NIGEL GREENAWAY continues his investigation of Great War British sniper rifles and accessories. This month he's looking at the Aldis scope THE PERISCOPIC Prism Co sniper scope, described last month, was the most prolific WW1 British sniper scope and the first ... Read Full Article
LBR REVIEW: MAKE MINE A SMALL ONE!
Richard Atkins checks out a match style .22LR Long Barrel Revolver from Alfa-Proj MANY LONG-STANDING readers will harbour fond memories of times past when a Sunday morning at the local gun club will have included practising their single-handed target pistol shooting ... Read Full Article
PRODUCT REVIEW: BEST OF THE REST
Last year Carl Boswell gave us an overview of front rests currently in use on the rimfire benchrest scene. Now VINCE BOTTOMLEY takes the story one step further to include centrefire benchrest and F Class MOST OF us who shoot ‘supported' rifle probably started ... Read Full Article
AIR RIFLE REVIEW: AIR QUALITY
Mark Camoccio appreciates Weihrauch's superbly engineered PCP, the HW100KT WEIHRAUCH'S FORAY into pneumatic airguns came fairly late in the day. The firm's reputation for superbly engineered, dependable spring/piston models is world renowned, yet for so long ... Read Full Article
BLACK POWDER: ORIGINAL SINGLE-SHOT
Derek Landers gets his hands on a piece of history, in the shape of a Springfield Trapdoor rifle AFICIONADOS WHO like to shoot mid to late-19th century American firearms from the era of the American West are spoilt for choice: today's European manufacturers offer ... Read Full Article
RIFLE REVIEW: BACK TO BLACK
Laurie Holland has fun with the SSR-10, a manual version of the classic AR-10 military semi-auto WHEN SOUTHERN Gun Company owner Bob Clark asked if I'd like to borrow a one-off SSR-10 rifle and do some load development with the .223WSSM cartridge in it, I was ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING: WEIGHTY MATTERS PART TWO
LAURIE HOLLAND continues his look at heavy bullets in 223 Remington BEFORE LEAVING the issue of matching 0.224" bullets to rifling twist, there are a couple of queries worth addressing. First, how come the Berger 64gn Match and one or two similar weight Sierra ... Read Full Article
FACTORY VISIT: BUY BRITISH
Pete Wadeson says that when it comes to gun cabinets it's worth paying a little extra for quality British design and build - and finds both at Brattonsound's Surrey factory YOU'D BE forgiven for thinking that one gun cabinet is much like another - but is this ... Read Full Article
SHOTGUN REVIEW: SPORTING SANGRIA
Richard Atkins finds Zabala's new over/under as refreshing as its country of origin's famous tipple SPAIN IS a country associated with good times, providing relaxing holidays with sun, sea, sand and sangria at minimal cost. Something else the country has a fine ... Read Full Article
SPECIAL FEATURE: HAVING A FIELD DAY
MARK CAMOCCIO looks at essential gear for FT and HFT shooters OUTDOOR AIRGUN competitions have enjoyed something of an explosion in popularity, with the rise of Hunter Field Target (HFT) as a separate discipline now providing even more choice for the budding ... Read Full Article
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