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    The Great British Shooting Awards 2021
    The K6 2.5-15x56 rifle scope combines a high level of light transmission with extraordinary image performance and 6x zoom factor. The K6 combines highprecision components and a state-ofthe-art manufacturing and assembling process. A thin 4A reticle g
    Sporting Rifle8 min read
    Hunting With The Haenel
    Some time ago, I reviewed the Haenel Jaeger in .243 Win. I enjoyed the rifle and was keen to try to take it on a hunting outing. Unfortunately, time curtailed those efforts and I didn’t get the chance to take any deer using that Haenel. However, I ma
    Sporting Rifle6 min readTechnology & Engineering
    Going Long Range
    When I first saw the details of the new Swarovski dS scope I couldn’t wait to get my grubby little mitts on one. Designed to simplify long-range shooting, it was immediately of great interest to me. In a nutshell, this scope takes all the guesswork o
    Sporting Rifle1 min readRegional & Ethnic
    Field To Fork
    • Chop the partridge breasts into small pieces that will thread nicely on to the skewers (but don’t thread them on to the skewers yet).• Mix together all the marinade ingredients.• Add the partridge and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours, or ov
    Sporting Rifle6 min readTechnology & Engineering
    Trail Blazing
    It’s amazing how quickly things change in the shooting world, and nowhere can this be seen more than in the night-shooting environment. Twenty years ago most night shooters were still using lamps, and the thought of shooting without artificial light
    Sporting Rifle6 min read
    More Than Meats The Eye
    Daniel shook his head in disbelief. “You’d hunt all year for maybe three deer?” I was discussing with my son what it was like for me hunting in the 1970s and 1980s. It was the height of the commercial venison recovery industry in New Zealand and red
    Sporting Rifle7 min read
    Shooting Courses
    Acorn Deer Management Stalker training and firearms safety, guided training outings for anyone wishing to experience a deer stalk, through to candidates wishing to complete their DSC 2 certificate. Training courses from £80 per 3-4 hour outing, with
    Sporting Rifle3 min read
    Free Reader Ads
    CZ452 American .22RF bolt action, 10-shot mag. BSA Sweet17 3-12x40 scope and mod (bipod not included). Good condition. With 500 rounds. £150. Selling due to retirement. Patrick Plavin 01303 863891; 07934597060 (Kent) BRNO .22 RF bolt action, five-sho
    Sporting Rifle2 min readScience & Mathematics
    Going Under Grand
    The Frontier range of rifle scopes offers a wide choice of models boasting supreme accuracy for all hunting applications. The all-new H7 optics offer high-grade, lowdispersion crown glass with 21-layer fully multi-coated lenses. There’s also a choice
    Sporting Rifle3 min read
    Bigger And Better…
    Whenever I go to get a gun out of the cabinet at home, I pass the head of the first roebuck I ever shot. It wasn’t a particularly impressive beast but when I finally caught up with it, there was no doubt in my young sixteen-year-old mind that it was
    Sporting Rifle6 min read
    Watch And Learn
    Earlier this year we had done a pretty good job of clearing up all the foxes on the farm and had no surviving litters on our own ground. With the aid of a thermal spotter you can be confident that you aren’t overlooking any local residents. But natur
    Sporting Rifle6 min readScience & Mathematics
    The final Conquest
    It’s good to see premium makers not only continue to push costs in their higher-end optics but also to remember shooters who want reliable and quality core functionality but are not chasing the latest high magnification erector tube or complex turret
    Sporting Rifle5 min read
    Lambing Season Survival
    With the lambing season well under way, fox shooters up and down the country will no doubt be out as much as possible keeping fox numbers under control in a bid to minimise losses. With cubs being born, the parents will be put under pressure to provi
    Sporting Rifle2 min read
    Mailbag
    Each month, the best letter wins a bottle of King’s Ginger – the ideal drink to enjoy after a cold stalk. For more details, visit: thekingsginger.com STAR LETTER Dear Sporting Rifle, As someone who is involved in a small way with fundraising for the
    Sporting Rifle5 min read
    Return Of The Buck
    Many people ask what species makes for a really enjoyable hunt. There are so many that could top the list but one of the best has to be hunting roebucks in the spring and early summer. It’s the time of the year when every part of the countryside is f
    Sporting Rifle7 min readCrime & Violence
    Conservation Triumph
    Beyond Zimbabwe’s current overall media image of doom and gloom, there is a shining light in the country’s sustainable wildlife utilisation field and it goes by the name of the Bubye Valley Conservancy (BVC). It’s a success story that certainly would
    Sporting Rifle4 min read
    The Man Who Stares At Goats
    Galloway is famous for its goats. Some of the old herds have been living wild since the days of Robert the Bruce and, while they can’t be classified as truly native, it’s hard to ignore centuries of freedom and independence. It’s not uncommon to find
    Sporting Rifle6 min read
    Modern Lambing
    There was a time, many years ago, that practically all the farmers in my area kept sheep in varying numbers, though it was in fact a predominately dairy region – now things have changed, however. Dairy has all but disappeared and sheep farming has be
    Sporting Rifle3 min read
    The Last Ivory Hunter
    Idistinctly remember when I first read of the last ivory hunter, Wally Johnson. I turned the first pages of a book on his life somewhere on the south side of New Delhi in the heart of the financial district. It became a longedfor ritual to pore over
    Sporting Rifle3 min read
    Hit The Roe, Jack
    Available in both 8x50 and 10x50 these binoculars represent the height of design, function and performance and provide excellent light transmission, edge-to-edge sharpness, close focus and brilliant colour reproduction. To round out the topclass feat
    Sporting Rifle1 min read
    Shooting Show Announces Future Update
    As part of the reorganised Future fieldsports portfolio, the group’s video channel is now running under a new producer. Sporting Rifle deputy editor Ollie Harvey will take on responsibility for The Shooting Show alongside his new role as deputy edito
    Sporting Rifle2 min read
    Almanac
    As most readers will be aware, this will be the last issue of Sporting Rifle in its present format, as it will be merging with Shooting Times and Country Magazine. It follows, therefore, that this is the final Almanac. My first article for the magazi
    Sporting Rifle4 min read
    The Buck Stops Here
    Iwas out for an early morning prowl that May morning. My planned route was to take me from the public road deep into the ground, which comprised arable fields, grass paddocks, two spinneys and a wood. By our Suffolk standards the high ground was almo
    Sporting Rifle5 min read
    Buck Hit List
    We were still in lockdown during the early part of May 2020 and whilst things were starting to start to ease south of the border, here in Scotland there was no change. We had hoped that we might be able to recommence training and taking some clients
    Sporting Rifle4 min read
    Where To SHOOT Guide
    Chinese water deer and muntjac specialist. We manage over 30,000 acres of land in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. We can offer 1:1 guided stalking to all capabilities and training for beginners. We have a zeroing range up to 250 metr
    Sporting Rifle4 min read
    Hound Decisions
    Up to about 15 years ago, the thought of using a tracking dog for deer, let alone having an organisation concerned with such things, was unthinkable in the UK. A possible reason for this was strict import rules for dogs. They had to remain in quarant
    Sporting Rifle1 min read
    Monster Muntjac
    March saw another small flurry of heads submitted to be measured. Included among them were J Allan’s Sussex sika and D Irvine’s roebuck from Perthshire, which were both awarded silver medals. However, the one that really grabs the eye is the monster
    Sporting Rifle1 min read
    Ni Police ‘Pause’ Policy Of Licensing Rifle Mags
    The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has ‘paused’ the implementation of a policy that would have forced firearms owners in Northern Ireland to apply for a variation at a cost of £30 every time they wanted to buy a rifle magazine. The insiste
    Sporting Rifle4 min read
    Forgotten Work?
    If I remember correctly, there were hardly any tracking dogs in the UK a dozen years ago. There were perhaps some present, the typical varieties like Hanoverian and Bavarian tracking dogs. But the way to work with them was little understood, and thus
    Sporting Rifle2 min read
    Bailout Fund For Scottish Fieldsports
    If you have a news story, email ollie.harvey@futurenet.com Fieldsports businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have benefited from a £1million Scottish Country Sports Tourism Restart Fund. The fund, which was jointly developed by the Scottish go

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