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High-speed driven deer hunt with shotguns

December 25, 2019

How good is the Aimpoint Micro H-2? Let’s find out on a driven hunt, using shotguns…

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Aimpoint gun sights: how they build them

December 11, 2019

Roy Lupton and Andy Crow go behind the scenes at the Aimpoint factory in Sweden to…

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Majestic Swedish Moose Hunt

October 2, 2019

Tim Pilbeam is on the hunt of a lifetime. He is after Swedish elk, doing it…

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IWA 2019: shooting/hunting kit round-up

March 13, 2019

2019 was a quiet year for product launches at the European gun trade show IWA. Many…

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Wild Boar Island

March 6, 2019

Roy Lupton is on a major wild boar cull in marshes off a Swedish island where…

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Wild Muntjac Fever #1

December 5, 2018

Roy Lupton is out to test a theory. Can Continental driven big game hunting work in…

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Hare shoot – massive pest control day

November 14, 2018

On the Swedish island of Ven, hares reach pest proportions. They have no natural predators. There…

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Massive Swedish Goose Hunt

August 29, 2018

Roy is in Sweden in the capable hands of one of the country’s top goose guiding…

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Running Boar Hunt

October 11, 2017

Here’s hunting so-fast-so-furious: Tim Pilbeam is chasing down wild boar on horseback in Argentina, where they…

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Crow’s New Toys

September 20, 2017

Crow has been sent loads of new kit to try on pigeons and deer: – a…

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Hunting the boar that hunt sheep

August 23, 2017

Tim Pilbeam is in Argentina after lamb-killers. But these are not foxes or coyotes. These are…

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The Perfect Shot, with Dr Kevin Robertson – author interview

June 3, 2017

The Perfect Shot is one of the best known hunting books ever written. Kevin ‘Doctari’ Robertson…

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How to reload a big game hunting rifle

May 3, 2017

European and African hunting: what are the differences? Find out the most common mistakes European hunters…

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How to Shoot an Elephant

May 3, 2017

Park rangers, professional hunters, even sport hunters all need to learn how to shoot an elephant…

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On Test: Aimpoint Micro S1 sight for shotguns

April 12, 2017

The people who make the famous red dot sight for wild boar have a new product…

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Roy’s daylight fox

March 15, 2017

Foxes are after lambs and baby deer in England at this time of year – and…

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New hunting kit at IWA 2017

March 8, 2017

RWS 10.3×68 rifle cartridge Hunters in the mountainous Swiss canton of Graubünden have relied on the…

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Shooting Rhinos on the Run

December 21, 2016

Tricky shot, a running rhinoceros. The Southern African Wildlife College is darting them in order to…

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Medical packs for hunters

November 16, 2016

Are you equipped to deal with a bullet or knife would in the field? Many hunters…

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Driven Fox and Fabulous Fallow

November 2, 2016

For eight years, Roy has been stalking up to one of the finest fallow bucks he…

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How the Aimpoint Sight Works

October 12, 2016

Roy Lupton goes to Sweden to find out about the Aimpoint rifle site, how it is…

New launch: Merkel K5 break-barrel rifle

December 5, 2019 1:00 am

by Charlie Jacoby Generally, I like the sleek, new single-shot break-barrel rifle from Merkel. The company lent it to me for a week of red hind stalking in Argyllshire (my film is at the bottom of this review). It is designed as a ‘mountain’ rifle: lightweight and with the break-barrel rifle’s reputation for greater accuracy than the bolt-action. It is Merkel’s go at matching the Blaser K95. I prefer the K95 (disclosure: Blaser sponsors films on Fieldsports Channel, Merkel does not). The K5 grew out of the K120, the rifle Merkel produced for its 120th anniversary. Compared the the K3 and the K4, the stock shape makes it look prettier. Here is Sebastian von Stauffenberg from Merkel to talk through the rifle: It is a hogback stock with a Bavarian cheek piece. The stock has a double fold. This is both goodlooking (as Sebastian says in his film) and an important consideration. You are probably going to put a scope on it. Check this stock shape works for you and your chosen scope. The stock on this rifle is in wood and has ebony finishes, which gives it a sense of contrast. Merkel has now changed the ebony to palisander wood for the finishes on the fore-end, pistol grip and the release. The trigger system is adjustable longways and sideways. It is also wider than usual Merkel triggers, which I like. Merkel has developed a silent new handcocking system for this rifle. Decocking is simple and easy and is more secure than a simple safety-catch. The gun simply can’t fired with cocking it. It has a jaeger tilted block breech which locks steel on steel. One feature is that the block is removable. You simply take off the fore-end, take out the barrel, you push back the breech, click a …
Swarovski Z8i

November 23, 2019 6:00 pm

by Charlie Jacoby This is one of the big three: the Z8i is the scope to have if you don’t want the Zeiss V8 or the Leica Magnus. With an 8x magnification, this scope takes your target from 1.7x to 13.3x. It is aimed at both short range driven hunting scope and for long ranges around 400m. Lightweight, it has a ballistic turret with a personalised ring. You take the ballistics of your bullet – the calibre, muzzle velocity and ballistic coefficient (all of these available on your box of ammo plus you can check them yourself on a range) – feed this info into the Swarovski website, pay your money, and a week later a special ring turns up for your ballistic turret in yards or metres that you can click to match the range of your target. So your zero is spot on at 100m, you rangefind your deer at 300m, you click the turret round to 300m, and the scope will hold the zero. The luminous dot is pre-set in two positions for day and night. You can dim it or increased in brightness via pushbuttons on the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain the scope: Want to see the Swarovski Z8i in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: Thinking of buying a £2000+ riflescope? Have a look at our price and capability comparison here:
Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars

November 23, 2019 5:58 pm

by Charlie Jacoby Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars are designed to combine Swarovski quality with a range finding capability. They come in the standard deerstalking sizes of 8×42 and 10×42 and include an easy-to-use rangefinder. Simply point them at your target, click the button on top of the binos, release, after a couple of seconds, you get the range in metres. The ELO – the ‘O’ stands for ‘orange’ – are that colour so if you put them down on the hill you will easily be able to find them again. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon: Want to see these Swarovski binos in action? We take them on a hind cull in Scotland:
Swarovski modular ATX spotting scope

November 23, 2019 5:53 pm

by Charlie Jacoby For the big game hunter who likes to see their distant game up close, this is the Swarovski spotting scope to choose. Zoom is from 30x to 70x. This one has the 95mm objective lens. Modular means you can take the headpiece off and replace it. As you would expect from Swaro, the light transmission is outstanding. The resolution you get out of it is terrific, not only for spotting when I go hunting but also to take pictures. Swarovski sells a special adaptor for your phone that attaches it to the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon:
Merkel HLX suppressor

November 23, 2019 3:04 pm

Merkel has gone into partnership with military moderator manufacturer B&T to make a moderator for the hunting market. 200mm long, it has steel baffles, which allows up to 30 consecutive shots without waiting for it to cool. It fits on every barrel with a M15x1 muzzle thread. Merkel claims its moderators reduce sound by more than 30dB. For cleaning, just soak the moderator in soapy water, rinse it out and dry it with a compressor (if you have one) or leave for 24 hours on a warm radiator. Here’s what Merkel says. Want to see the Merkel HLX in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: