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Operation Squirrel

January 15, 2020

They destroy trees, they eat eggs and chicks in the nest, and they carry a virus…

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Roy’s Thermal Foxshoot

April 3, 2019

Roy Lupton is hunting down the foxes that are feasting on lambs. He is armed with…

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Thermal squirrel hunt

January 30, 2019

Roy is after a variety of pests with FX airgun mounted with Pulsar Trail LRF thermal…

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Industrial rat shoot

January 30, 2019

Roy’s out at the dump controlling rats. He is putting new FX airguns and Pulsar optics…

Foxes Lamping and night vision On Test Pulsar Rifles Roy Lupton Thomas Jacks

On Test: devastatingly effective Pulsar thermal XP50 and XQ50

November 11, 2018

Roy Lupton tries out two thermal imagers designer for fox shooters. They are pricy – the…

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How to introduce pheasant poults to a shoot – Modern Gamekeeper #3

August 1, 2018

It’s started. Gamekeeper Paul Childerley has taken delivery of his pheasants on the shoot in Bedfordshire.…

Foxes Lamping and night vision Mauser Pulsar Rifles Roy Lupton Thomas Jacks

Roy’s partridge protection racket

July 11, 2018

Roy Lupton is out with rifle and night vision to protect the as-yet undelivered partridge poults…

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Deerhunting Guide Skills

July 4, 2018

Top deerstalking guide Paul Childerley has a new assistant. He teaches young Sam the dark arts…

Blaser Foxes Lamping and night vision Pulsar Rifles Thomas Jacks

Dorset Foxshooter

November 22, 2017

There’s a big, fat fox taking ducks on a shoot, and other foxes congregating in the…

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Lighting up the bunnies

November 1, 2017

Roger Last has his hands on more thermal spotting kit and scopes from Pulsar. Tonight he…

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How to set up Pulsar XP50 Trail thermal night vision

October 4, 2017

The pheasant shooting season is underway and gamekeepers are under pressure to keep fox numbers down.…

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Fieldsports Channel lights up Pulsar

September 8, 2017

Fieldsports Channel features products from across the shooting industry – and top brands keep coming back…

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AR Foxshooting in Essex

September 6, 2017

The rabbits have taken over a nice garden in Essex, and the foxes aren’t far behind.…

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Goose Shoot

September 6, 2017

Around 400 canada and greylag geese are landing on a stubble field in Bedfordshire. The farmer…

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Shooting Foxes with Thermal

July 19, 2017

Roy’s out for an evening on the foxes. It’s his first evening out for a while,…

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: