An infestation of rats is causing problems on one of Mat Manning’s farmyard permissions and a bumper bag could be on the cards. These nocturnal rodents are wary, though, so Mat has coupled his Brocock Bantam Sniper HR air rifle…
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The Airgun Show – Night vision rat shoot, PLUS the Umarex RP5 pump-action pistol on test…
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The Airgun Show – Daytime rat shooting with the Daystate Red Wolf, PLUS Umarex Browning Buck Mark URX review…
We’re out rat shooting with Mat Manning this week but it’s not your usual night vision or lamping foray. The rats are out raiding feed in broad daylight, and Mat sets up in a barn to pick off the marauding…
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The Airgun Show – hide shooting for magpies and squirrels, PLUS gas-ram plinking pistol on test
Magpies are getting territorial as the nesting season approaches, so Mat Manning sets up a decoying ruse to draw the corvids within range of his hide. With grey squirrels also visiting a nearby feeding station, it promises to be an…
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The Airgun Show – grey squirrel pest control, PLUS the Weihrauch HW44 pistol on test…
Summer foliage needn’t hamper grey squirrel control if you set up a feeding station to entice them into the open. Mat Manning is shooting in overgrown woods where the grey menace is causing havoc, and shows just how effective a…
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The Airgun Show – hunting rats at night, PLUS the Crosman Iceman Pistol on test
Following on from a tough night’s ratting on the fish farm, Mat Manning is determined to settle the score with the scaly-tailed rodents. Rather than over-complicating his approach, Mat decides to go back to basics by setting out simple feeding…
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The Shooting Show – high-tech foxing and the Walther CP99
First up, it’s a hard day’s night for Edan Annand and his fox-shooting crew as they go after Charlie in the daytime and again after nightfall in a 24-hour foxing extravaganza. Helping them out is some of the most high-tech…
Pre-Olympic shooting in London, Ben gets his first clay lesson, and expert tips from Tim Pilbeam
This week there’s a taste of the Olympics – we report from the Woolwich shooting venue as the ISSF holds its test event, part of the London Prepares series. Plus we have ace rifle shooter Tim Pilbeam with the first…
