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Gun of the Week: B725 Sporter II

Posted on February 25, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Richard Atkins explains why this week’s Gun of the Week, the Browning B725 Sporter II, is such a smooth operator When Browning introduced the B725 Sporter II, it was eagerly anticipated here in the UK. Browning has an extremely strong…

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Winter airgun shooting kit – top picks by Mat Manning

Posted on December 18, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mat Manning suggests some useful kit designed to help airgun shooters to continue to enjoy their sport even when the colder days of winter start to set in A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that airgun shooting…

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Will O’Meara’s toughest challenge

Posted on December 14, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Continuing our series looking at some of the more fringe things you can do with a gun, this issue regular rifle competitor Will O’Meara attempts one of the toughest challenges of all With all the lockdown restrictions I didn’t get …

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Gun of the Week: Browning B525 SL

Posted on November 26, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Becky McKenzie is drawn to the look of the distinctive grey laminated Browning Sporter, but will she likes how it shoots? Read her review of this weeks Gun of the Week, the Browning B525 SL to find out! I spied…

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Gun of the week: Gamo Boxer

Posted on October 23, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Morton puts this week’s Gun of the Week, the Gamo Boxer through its paces to discover whether this budget bullpup can deliver a knockout in the hunting field Bullpups have been around for a good many years, and while…

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Gun of the Week: BSA Silver Star

Posted on July 19, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Morton takes a look at this week’s Gun of the Week, the BSA Silver Star – a target rifle with a split personality that offers two very different ways to shoot. It’s no secret that competition shooters will perform…

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Gun of the week: Browning B725 Sporter

Posted on May 7, 2020 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

For this week’s Gun of the Week Mike Yardley tests the latest Browning B725 Sporter that was due to be launched at IWA. Gun of the Week Browning 725 has developed a considerable following since it was first launched in…

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Highland Outdoors secure exclusive UK distribution for MDT

Posted on April 1, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Highland Outdoors have announced that they have secured the exclusive UK and ROI distributorship for all MDT products. The Modular Driven Technology range which is manufactured in Canada include chassis systems, magazines, buttstocks, accessories, CKYE-POD and merchandise are used world-wide…

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Behind the scenes: Key moments in Alan Paine’s history

Posted on March 6, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Gun Trade News meets up with James Hinton and Kam Sahota of Alan Paine to discuss some of the most decisive moments in the company’s recent history. When GTN last spoke to Alan Paine, the brand was marking its 110th…

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Gun Trade Gear Up for the British Shooting Show 2020

Posted on February 13, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

A small taste of what’s to come! For more information on the British Shooting Show, just visit: https://shootingshow.co.uk/ Each year the UK’s largest shooting show simply gets bigger. The 2020 show is set to break all records with a further…