Buying and setting up a deer rifle
10 December 2025
John Myhill has a dream – a dream to go deerstalking with a stylish ‘kipplauf’ rifle. Here’s how he bought one, prepared it and took
Ryan Charlton of distributors Highland Outdoors runs through the features of the astoundingly lightweight – at just 4.7 lbs – Howa Superlite rifle.
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John Myhill has a dream – a dream to go deerstalking with a stylish ‘kipplauf’ rifle. Here’s how he bought one, prepared it and took
New or secondhand? Ian Hodge from Cornish and online gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports explains the advantages of paying for a new gun – not least
Beretta and Tikka are part of the same manufacturing group, their rifles are different, but they go head-to-head on price. Ian Hodge from Cornish and
youtu.be/Fv24ZjTUTRI The Spanish-made Bergara rifle company is making its pitch as a reliable African big game rifle. Zaakir Badat tries it out in South Africa
youtu.be/qxyi7YrwXMg We visit the Heym factory in Germany, talk to Büchsenmachermeister or master gunsmith Rico Stephan about how Heym makes its famous lightweight double, and
Ian Hodge says that more and more of his customers are choosing to buy one rifle for all their deerstalking, and the .308 is a