Airgun Shooter

Airgun Shooter is your complete guide to getting the very best out of yourself and your guns - while enjoying every minute of it. Whether your passion is hunting, target shooting or plinking, we've got you covered. We also bring you the toughest tests around, plus the very best gear reviews, tips and techniques.

AIRGUN SHOOTER ISSUE 171 MEET THE TEAM

BRING SOME CLARITY TO YOUR SHOOTING

THE AIRGUN SHOOTER PROMISE

Airgun Shooter

THE HOLY GRAIL? • Phill Price previews the Hawke Frontier LRF, a device that he reckons could be the next big affordable thing for airgun hunters

NEWS IN BRIEF QUICK SHOTS…

BARREL-MAKER PASSES AWAY • The airgun and powder- burning world loses one of its industry icons with the passing of barrel-maker Klaus Walther

GUNS GALORE AT THE NORTHERN • AirMaks, BASC, Hull Cartridge, NVUK, Pulsar, Scott Country and The Shooting Party are just some of the exhibitors at this year’s NSS

RUTH MWANDUMBA • Olympic hopeful Ruth Mwandumba is Britain’s only black elite-level shooter. She tells us about the struggle to balance work and training, and her efforts to make shooting sports more inclusive

THE BARN DOOR • Jim Old is combining gun cleaning with housework - quite literally - but it seems not everyone is thrilled about it

AIRMAIL • WHERE YOU GET TO AIR YOUR VIEWS AND OPINIONS

SMITH & WESSON M&P45 M2.0

SCOPES MADE SIMPLE • Optics terminology can be a bit daunting, so Mike Morton explains the basic features of a telescopic sight to help simplify scope selection

TWO TYPES OF PLANE

MOUNTING UP

POA & POI

THE OCULAR FOCUS RING

KNOBS OR TURRETS?

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW • How much should we spend on a scope? Jim Old looks for that vital sweet spot of price and performance for those just starting out

PRICE AND PERFORMANCE • Mike Morton gets his hands on a ZEISS Conquest V4 as he tries to answer the age-old question of how much we should be spending on our scopes

GUIDE ME IN • Phill Price gets his hands on the Guide TD210 and asks whether thermal imaging technology is the future of hunting

JOINING THE DOTS • Can you imagine a sighting system where you don’t have to worry about parallax or eye relief? Mike Morton can, and it’s called a dot sight

JUST A MINUTE

ON THE LEVEL • There’s more than one way to mount a telescopic sight - Mike Morton looks at four methods to get you scoped up and ready for action

MOUNTING UP SO MANY TYPES

JARGON BUSTER

JARGON BUSTER

HOW TO: LEVEL THE SCOPE

BINOCULARS & BOOTS • Phill Price tells us why a pair of binos could change your life and turn you into a more effective airgun hunter

SCOPING UP A PISTOL • Phil Hooper examines the history of pistol scopes, and offers some advice to get the best results from a handgun optic

THE LAME HUNTER • With a sore knee holding him back, Phill Price finds a way to keep working on his winter squirrel cull

A SUPERIOR SENTINEL • One of Andy McLachlan’s friends commits a scope- purchasing cardinal sin and buys before he tries. But will it all end in tears?

EXPRESS DELIVERY • Andy McLachlan thinks he’s found the perfect pellet - and it was one that had been sitting right under his nose for years

A QUICK GUIDE TO AIRGUN DESTRUCTION • There’s no better way to seriously damage your spring-powered airgun other than dry-firing it, as Jonathan Young explains

SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING • JDJ Braithwaite reports on the challenges faced from shooting in a small wood when trying to target grey squirrels

THE CLASSIC LIVES ON • Phil Hooper examines the Diana Model 240 Classic, an entry-level rifle in the German manufacturer’s range, and...