PCP airgun outfit for under £500 – is it any good?
Thinking of upgrading to a pre-charged pneumatic airgun? Good choice – but won’t that cost you something north of £1,000? Not necessarily, says Matt Clay
Thinking of upgrading to a pre-charged pneumatic airgun? Good choice – but won’t that cost you something north of £1,000? Not necessarily, says Matt Clay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ8Vc2tXZ48 We preview the Great British Shooting Show at the NEC, Birmingham, on 17-19 February 2023. Click here for British Shooting Show tickets Crackshot offer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOHlDKBG7F4 What a way to end the pheasant-shooting season. Dan Thor is out with friends from the beaters’ line shooting driven birds at the Brent
Cai Ap Bryn takes part in a boar cull in Gloucestershire that has him waiting out in freezing temperatures but with high reward. It’s all
Browning has unveiled the latest version of its hugely successful Browning Automatic Rifle, the BAR 4X, which promises improved accuracy and a modular sighting system
youtu.be/fliO-uk1xFc Mark Ripley, known as 260Rips on YouTube, is testing the latest thermal spotter from Scott Country: the HikMicro Falcon FQ50 Pro. He uses it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_A3P_9HJ4It’s a classic driven pheasant and duck shoot for Roy Lupton, except it’s in Sweden and all the shooters are using Aimpoint red dot sights.
Night vision and thermal imaging specialist Pulsar has launched new top-of-the-range thermal imaging binoculars, the Merger LRF XL50, at the 2023 Shot Show in Las
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-O5YcLvkOMHow does a small shoot run? Charlie Jacoby joins a shoot in North Cornwall, where almost anything can happen – and usually does. Thanks to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqHE2LgWkaY Fieldsports Nation member Joe Wood is a black powder enthusiast. He owns a reproduction 18th-century Brown Bess muzzleloading flintlock musket, and he wants to
Gone are the days of fitting a huge, heavy moderator on the end of your barrel, making the rifle unbalanced and unwieldy. That’s the view
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-qEJeIeRwQ Roy Lupton is one of the best shots with a rifle on driven big game that red dot sight manufacturer Aimpoint has come across.
You don’t have to buy a PCP airgun off the shelf. James Head of Crackshot UK explains how you can assemble your ideal gun, picking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=faYiak4HyKQ Matt Lower is not just out to stalk a fallow doe. Today he wants to showcase his latest invention: a wind gauge made from
Mark Ripley, or 260Rips on YouTube, is best known for shooting foxes at long range on the Sussex Downs. Today, though, he’s after rabbits, testing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfUi6EpF6QA The Precision Rifle Shooting guys and girls head for the home of British shooting, Bisley. Find out how they get on. For more about
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPctlKvXeE8 Cai Ap Bryn shows how to create a mouth-watering venison burger, with a little help from Weschenfelder kit Until 31 December 2022, Fieldsports Channel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHy6rD8UrQk JP Gaudin takes on driven pheasants in Derbyshire. It’s a crystal clear day, and he deals with a number of shooting problems – not
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlNuAsL0Nm8 Andy Hayes has two missions: the Fieldsports Nation member wants a great night out in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, catching rabbits with his lurchers –
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxx_1iPK940 HIKMicro donates one of its thermal units to an anti-poaching patrol in Mozambique. Paul Chdilerley is there to make the handover, plus he learns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjBJ-_9xmlI When Wayne Martin has a catapult in his hands, no small pest or game is safe. He joins Paul Childerley for a mooch around
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeW-p04YNlQ Hunting YouTuber Mark Ripley is out after rabbits – and tonight he fits a HIKMicro Alpex to his trusty CZ rimfire. See how he
Looking for the perfect shooting stocking filler for the fieldsports enthusiast in your life? Ian Hodge of shooting shop Ian Hodge Fieldsports dons the Father
Explosive action as British big game hunter Paul Childerley hunts buffalo in the Mozambique bush. He finds out about poaching, poisoning and just how dangerous
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVY3MeOhqcM Helen Tinner continues her mission to shoot all six species of wild deer found in the UK. This time, she is out after a
youtu.be/1RDybiYIi9g Fresh from hunting with the new Sako 100 in .375H&H in Mozambique, professional deer manager Paul Childerley learns how to removed and swap the
youtu.be/AbKZu8PCNOM It’s the Sako 100’s first outing in Africa. Paul Childerley takes the new rifle in .375H&H calibre to Mozambique. In this first film, he
by Deborah Hadfield Emma Stander believes that big game hunting needs an influx of women. She says it would boost the hunting business – and
A thermal spotter has become an essential part of the hunter’s kit, says Warren Broad of ATN Europe. “Whether you’re deerstalking, foxshooting, or just ratting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6KJQIOxtHA Want to have fun with rifles? Precision Rifle Series is the new, practical sport for rifle shooters on ranges. It’s fun and fast-paced, with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHQkB-1ZMhI Cai Ap Bryn shows how to create a steak with a difference, by using rubs and glazes. Ingredients: Venison steak Rubs and glazes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMyi8iLSULk Tim Pilbeam is shooting wild boar with thermal – but not in Europe, North America or Australia. He is in Argentina, where boar are
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOR0YqBA9nY Autumn is the time of year when foxes fall in love. And like romantics everywhere, that makes the foxes more than usually visible. Tom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDF22FZ-lbc Simulated game? It’s competitive battue clayshooting, as Dan Thor and friends take to the field in Hertfordshire for a simulated game day. The clays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFaI8_a9Yk Cai Ap Bryn makes delicious pheasant sausages. Watch and learn the recipe here. Ingredients: Pheasant meat mince (including all offcuts) Fatty pork mince Spice/herb
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxms_rO9NA Take a Scottish wildlife expert to Scandinavia and his imagination runs away with him. Niall Rowantree is elk hunting in Swedish Lapland. While there,
James Head of Crackshot UK says there are plenty of good reasons to buy a secondhand pre-charged pneumatic airgun – and a few traps to
Paul Childerley is a professional deer manager at home in Bedfordshire, so when he went staking red stags in Scotland he knew what he needed
When you’re stalking red stags on the hill in Scotland, you want gear that performs impeccably in any conditions, and is light to carry. That’s
youtu.be/yHqho9Jp9W0 Many shooters have adopted thermal technology for spotting, but still have a night vision or day-night scope on the rifle. With practice, it can
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkf96KGyvzU Paul Childerley has the stag stalking outing of his life – a dream come true. He is going up the hill in the Highlands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngwrseOUJw Jason Ford is one of the best target shooters in the UK – and he is blind. He uses new technology to enjoy his
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hrSSow26g Roy Lupton has hold of two new pieces of foxshooting kit. He is out to try them out. He has the InfiRay TD50L Tube
youtu.be/PSwh4Gs1iB0 So you’ve got a problem with rats, or rabbits, and you want an airgun. Will a spring-powered air rifle do the job, and how
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtV7d-f8XU Geoff Garrod is back in the pigeon hide, shooting over freshly-drilled wheat. The birds have been absent from his part of Essex all summer.
by James Marchington There are a few digital day-night sights available nowadays, giving you the option of shooting from dawn to dusk and through to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MXo8BnRUDA Cluny Country is a Blaser main dealer. Robbie Shedden explains the various options for the Blaser R8 rifle. Click here for more on Cluny
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB4vdUreHoU Ballistics apps are amazing. They are, says Richard Utting of SharpShootingUK, perfect. When it comes to shooting a 600-yard crow, we know all the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfoL17-mlCw Cai Ap Bryn makes delicious venison jerky. Watch and learn the recipe here. Ingredients: Venison Soy sauce Worcester sauce Garlic Brown sugar Get
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IxpJ5EF_I Foxes are stealing cake from the mouths of sheep. Down on the farm in Dorset, foxshooter David Pomeroy has an unusual problem. The farm
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