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‹ First < 11 12 13 14 >PROJECT RIFLE: A SAVAGE SAVING
VINCE BOTTOMLEY's new project rifle aims to satisfy F/TR Class without denting your wallet THE F/TR Class is meant to offer competitors an opportunity to shoot in top-level long-range rifle competition at a realistic cost. Realistic? A custom-built ‘Open' ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: THE .338 LAPUA MAGNUM PART ONE
With mod range safety rules hot news, let's look at the cartridge that caused the Army to review muzzle energies - the .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6 x 70mm). The cartridge is used by British Army snipers and has excessive reach for most MoD smallarms ranges. 0.33" cartridges ... Read Full Article
.22 RIMFIRE BENCHREST: RULES AND EQUIPMENT
CARL BOSWELL explains the rules for air rifle classes OVER THE last two months I have shown you rules and equipment related to all the classes within rimfire benchrest. This month we have the last focus area, which is about the fast-growing air rifle benchrest ... Read Full Article
GALLERY RIFLE: WINTER TUNE-UP
Part 2: the trigger unit by GWYN ROBERTS TO ME, the standard Ruger trigger unit and some ‘drop-in performance' trigger kits feel rather rough, almost as though some sand has found its way into the works. Trigger pull can also be on the heavy side, often ... Read Full Article
TARGET RIFLE BASICS: REARSIGHT FUNCTION
CHRIS WHITE explains the basics of rearside function, including how to zero the rifle WITHOUT GETTING too much into ballistic theory, we need to appreciate that as soon as the bullet leaves the end of our rifle barrel gravity pulls it toward the earth. If our ... Read Full Article
SHOTGUN REVIEW: A STOKE OF GENIUS
RICHARD ATKINS is a smart operator; he's got his hands on the new Marocchi Zero 3 Genius IT'S LESS than a year since we had the pleasure of trying the new Marocchi Zero 3 but development continues apace. Consumers are becoming more sophisticated in what they ... Read Full Article
PRODUCT REVIEW: MOUNTING MAGIC
MARK CAMOCCIO tries out a new product that overcomes a number of old problems THE PROCESS of zeroing a riflescope can often reveal problems with equipment that aren't always easy to pinpoint. The classic scenario is when the scope runs out of adjustment on the ... Read Full Article
HEARTBEAT RIFLES: THE MARLIN 444
In the last of his series on 1950s and 1960s rifles, LAURIE HOLLAND investigates his kind of levergun - or so we heard through the grapevine MY FINAL subject, for the time being at any rate, in this series about ‘Heartbeat' period sporting rifles seems ... Read Full Article
SNIPER RIFLE: SNIPING REMARKS
Nigel Greenaway follows up his No. 4(T) series with a look at the WW1 British sniping rifle I AM PLEASED that my recent articles on the WW2 British No.4(T) sniper rifle went down well enough that I have been asked to write about the origins of modern British ... Read Full Article
REVOLVER REVIEW: THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION
RICHARD ATKINS dons velvet gloves to try the new JTL long barrel revolver MOST OF us will have heard the saying attributed to Emerson: "If a man builds a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to his door." It comes in various forms but the analogy is clear ... Read Full Article
PROJECT RIFLE: SMOOTH OPERATOR
In part 3, ROB HUNTER finds the Surgeon is just what the doctor ordered when he takes it sniping in Prague SEVERAL MONTHS ago, when Vince Bottomley dropped a small cartridge in my hands and, with a big grin on his face, said: "it spanks your .308 in wind and ... Read Full Article
AIR RIFLE REVIEW: A DIFFERENT ANIMAL
MARK CAMOCCIO reviews a Phoenix that's more reinvention than reincarnation THERE ARE so many pre-charged pneumatics on the market today that any newcomer to airgunning could be forgiven for being bewildered by choice. With a fairly standard design format accounting ... Read Full Article
PROJECT RIFLE: SAVAGE REVAMP
VINCE BOTTOMLEY soups up the Savage BVSS Factory Rifle for F/TR Class F-CLASS continues to grow in popularity as more and more shooters discover the fun of ultra long-range rifle shooting. However, the prospect of paying around £4,000 for a custom-built ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING: MUZZLE ENERGY
LAURIE HOLLAND explains what the new muzzle energy restrictions on Ministry of Defence ranges could mean for target shooters AT THE moment there is a very topical subject around - possible restrictions on the use of many cartridges on Ministry of Defence ranges. ... Read Full Article
BLACK POWDER: A COLT CLASSIC
DEREK LANDERS looks at the latest recreation from Uberti IN THE February 2006 issue of Target Sports, we looked at the Uberti recreation of the Colt Paterson revolver without an attached loading lever or rammer. While the pistol was a revelation in the 1830s ... Read Full Article
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