We’re at the GMK stand for the 2026 British Shooting Show getting a first look at two of the most anticipated shotguns of the year: the limited edition Beretta DT11 SuperSport and the all-new AX800 ...

As a gun reviewer, something occasionally comes across my desk that really floats my boat. Such an item was Aldo Uberti’s reproduction of the single-shot Winchester 1885 Low Wall Sporting rifle. I’ll ...

The Walther CP88, on test here, is something of a landmark model for Umarex, since it was the first pellet-firing CO2 pistol made by them. I’m no fan of BBs, mainly because they are never particularly ...

I remember my first air rifle and the excitement it gave me all those years ago. The Webley Vulcan was a cracking gun, but I was 13, and large-framed even then, and I could cope with its weight and ...

Several landmark classic models exist in our world of airguns, and as any genuine enthusiast will know, one of those gems is the Weihrauch HW35. Introduced in 1951, this German break-barrel caused ...

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 ...

Lead bullets are usually associated with handguns and older calibre rifles, but they can also be used in many common rifle calibres and are a good, economical choice for practice instead of using far ...

I have always been a bit of a Remington 700 fan and from the first moment I saw a Bergara B14 some years ago, I immediately recognised what Remington should have done to evolve their 50-year-old ...

Long range is the phrase these days, and although people still have their own moral limits, that will never stop marketing capitalising on evolving trends. I get the feeling that the ever-increasing ...

I think it’s fair to say the concept and use of a red dot sight on a shotgun will polarise opinions, but I set off with an open mind to try the latest ACRO S-2 on a hunting trip to Sweden with ...

Opening the box from Artemis Outdoors UK (AKA the Ex RUAG UK), the new Bergara importers, reminded me of a quote from the film ‘The Dirty Dozen’. Lee Marvin is inspecting a squad of US paratroopers ...

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 ...