Shooting Show Shorts

French wild boar from a high seat

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The Shooting Show’s Byron Pace and Nick Latus sit out for two nights in a high seat hoping for a keiler to remember.

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The closest roebuck stalk ever

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The Shooting Show’s Pete Carr spots a roebuck at 200 yards, but doesn’t know just how close he’ll be able to stalk in. 60 yards? Nope – how about 15. You’ve never seen anything like it.

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‘Stop the pigeons’ — shooting over oilseed

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Tasked by a local farmer with protecting the oilseed crops, Stuart and Edan set up the hide, grab the shotguns and lie in wait.

Tagged with: 2013, hide, oilseed, pigeons, shooting, shooting show, shot, shotgun, UK
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Jason Hornady interview

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Pete Carr catches up with Jason Hornady to ask about the ammunition manufacturer’s high standards and to get a sneak preview of what the company has in store.

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Hammerli Black Force 800 review

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Airgun Shooter magazine’s Nigel Allen gets his hands on a surprisingly good value combo based around the Hammerli Black Force 800

Tagged with: 2013, air gun, air rifle, Airgun Shooter, Hammerli Black Force 800, Nigel Allen, review, shooting, shooting show, test, UK
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Pigeon shooting in a barn

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Byron Pace and Tony Megson grab the air rifles and team up to rid a barn of some pesky pigeons.

Tagged with: 2013, air rifle, airgun, barn, Byron Pace, pace, pigeons, shooting, shooting show, tony megson, UK
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Red stags on the hill

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The Sporting Rifle team decamps to Glen Etive for a week of red stag stalking. Shooting supremo Nick gets behind the rifle first, followed by assistant publisher Ruth.

Tagged with: 2013, deer, Glen Etive, Highlands, nick, red stag, Ruth, Scotland, shooting, shooting show, Sporting Rifle, stalking
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Quickfire red deer and boar shooting — it’s the Monteria

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Pete Carr heads to Portugal for a uniquely continental driven hunt: the Monteria. And his reactions (and the straight-pull functionality of the Merkel RX Helix rifle) are called upon when a red stag and a wild boar come into range within seconds of each other.

Tagged with: 2013, carr, driven hunt, hunting, merkel rx helix, monteria, portugal, red stag, Rifle, shooting, shooting show, wild boar
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Rimfire rabbit control bonanza

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Byron and Darryl Pace have new shooting permissions on a farm that’s overrun with rabbits. The result: A shooting bonanza that sees triple figures in the bag.