SWATCOM Active8 waterproof ear defenders are designed primarily for shooters in Police, Military and Professional scenarios with the greatest need for protection, whilst retaining full situational ...

Protecting your hearing sounds simple. Buy something with a high rating, put it on, and you’re set. In reality, most shooters don’t get anything close to the protection printed on the box. Glasses ...

Bill designed a series of cartridges to shoot these projectiles that look no larger than a stout mouse dropping in cartridges ranging from reformed .22rimfire cases, necked down .25 pistol brass right ...

Chris Parkin gets to grips with an entry-level PRS rifle from Mossberg; the Patriot Tactical Technical Specification: Name: Mossberg Patriot Tactical Calibre: 6.5 ...

As the Marocchi appeared out of the packaging, I felt right at home, because I had owned a 512 AKA Finn Classic Tikka, made by Marocchi for many a year. That was a double rifle and shotgun and was the ...

Almost any airgunner will have heard of Ripley Rifles. It’s a name that is synonymous with luxury class, hand-built, precision air rifles from talented, PCP expert, Steve Wilkins. So the first thing I ...

As a rifle manufacturer, Franchi has never really emerged from the shadows. I often wondered whether it was considered unsuitable for the UK market or regarded as the unloved member of the Beretta ...

The shape of flasks made from horn or bone is determined by the configuration of the material itself, whereas all of the others usually conform to a similar basic outline. This is a narrow neck ...

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 ...

This test focuses on a gun made in Turkey – a country rapidly establishing itself as a major manufacturer of firearms. The Turks today appear to be in much the same position as the Spaniards and ...

Since full-bore moderators have become a household item for centrefire rifle shooters, we have seen several different designs and multiple companies producing them come and go. Long, muzzle-mounted ...

During a recent visit to Ben Taylor’s premises, I was lucky to be able to meet Andrew Huggett, who’d dropped by to show Ben the air rifle moderator he’d been working on. To say I was impressed is a ...