The HW35 was my first air rifle and will probably be my last! Like me, it’s a bit long in the tooth, showing its age but when push comes to shove, is still capable of providing a good hunting ...

Good trigger control is vital to accuracy, particularly when using a spring-powered recoiling airgun. In relation to that statement, if there’s one area/part that ‘can’ be bettered to suit individual ...

In the January 2016 issue I tested the Schultz & Larsen Victory, bolt-action rifle and a fine piece of engineering it was too. Scope mounting is by dedicated; quick detachable (Slide & Lock) machined ...

I have always been a bit of a Remington 700 fan and from the first moment I saw a Bergara B14 some years ago, I immediately recognised what Remington should have done to evolve their 50-year-old ...

Winters seem to be getting colder and wetter, so having the right clothing has never been more important. Pentagon makes a huge range of clothing, backpacks, and other outdoor gear, covering most ...

It’s no secret that BSA shares the same owners as Spanish-based Gamo and has done so for a while now. At some stage, a commercial decision was taken to produce all spring-powered and gas-ram models in ...

I’ve reviewed nearly every rifle in the CZ 457 family, and the platform has become a true keystone in the rimfire market. The core action remains consistent, while barrel options, stock configurations ...

Many weapons acquire nicknames given by the soldiers who use them. Mostly these are humorous familiarities, but in some cases, the term can be derogatory, such as the German army’s 3.7cm Pak 36 ...

Prior to the landmark release of their first PCP (the HW100) Weihrauch were best known in the UK for their springer sporters; rugged, reliable and time tested top performing air rifles. In relation to ...

The advent of smokeless propellants, at the turn of the previous century, saw a flood of new or ‘redeveloped’ calibres from the commercial cartridge manufacturers of the day, and none more so than ...

Weihrauch are certainly one of those manufacturers that has a firm foothold in pretty well every division of airgunning. Be it beginners lightweight starter set-ups through all types of spring gun up ...

The .32 Winchester SL (self-loading) was launched in 1906, together with a chambering in the Winchester Model 1905 Self Loading Rifle; it was a semirimmed, straight walled design running on smokeless ...