Voting closes on 13 January for the Great British Shooting Awards 2026, with winners decided by the shooting community ...

Good trigger control is vital to accuracy, particularly when using a spring-powered recoiling airgun. In relation to that statement, if there’s one area/part that ‘can’ be bettered to suit individual ...

It’s no secret that BSA shares the same owners as Spanish-based Gamo and has done so for a while now. At some stage, a commercial decision was taken to produce all spring-powered and gas-ram models in ...

<p>Mark Camoccio reviews the latest version of Gamo’s radical multi-shot, break-barrel Maxxim Elite; the Elite Swarm IGT.</p> ...

The HW35 was my first air rifle and will probably be my last! Like me, it’s a bit long in the tooth, showing its age but when push comes to shove, is still capable of providing a good hunting ...

This Anvil modified Remington is one of the latest in the line of “conversion” revolvers which allow standard black powder pistols to use smokeless powder with a newly manufactured and proofed ...

I have enjoyed some great hunting success with Minox optics in the past and was delighted to see the range re-invigorated earlier this year with a lineup of four modestly priced, yet ideally specified ...

Almost any airgunner will have heard of Ripley Rifles. It’s a name that is synonymous with luxury class, hand-built, precision air rifles from talented, PCP expert, Steve Wilkins. So the first thing I ...

George Lincoln Jeffries, born in Norwich in 1847, became a renowned Birmingham gunmaker and played a key role in the early development of airguns. He produced numerous award-winning sporting rifles ...

The Browning Advance may have (rather good) game scene engraving but it is intended primarily as a sporter. First impressions are of a solid, well-finished gun; nice wood, nice machine engraving, and ...

For those who haven’t really been paying attention, it’s fair to say that Turkey has been producing an astonishing number of airgun manufacturers over the last few decades. Effecto is yet another ...

At one time, if you wanted a short-action, large deer legal calibre, there were really only two mainstream choices. Yes, there were several others, but for the UK, not like these two. For a bit more ...