Mat Manning puts this week’s Gun of the Week, the Weihrauch HW98 Grey Laminate, through its paces and concludes that a spring-powered airgun doesn’t have to be a compromise. The Weihrauch HW98 Grey laminate is shortlisted in the Airgun of…
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Gun of the Week: GBSA nominated Weihrauch HW98 Grey Laminate
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Best kit for night shooting
As the nights draw in, more and more shooters will be tempted with their first foray into night vision or thermal imaging, or they may just stick with a torch. But with the night market expanding so fast, where do…
Tagged with: best kit, Bushnell, Hunter, mark ripley, night shooting, night vision, shooters, sightline, sightmark, Sporting Rifle, thermal imaging, thomas jacks, torch
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Posted in Features, Market Opportunities
Behind the scenes at Leupold Optics
Sporting Rifle’s Thomas Nissen visits one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hunting optics, Leupold Optics. The optical manufacturer Leupold Optics—or Leupold & Stevens Inc, as the company is actually known—is located in a beautiful industrial neighbourhood in the northwest…
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The latest auction reports on rifles and shotguns
Big Game, Black Powder and Bolt Action brought a whiff of excitement and adventure to recent auctions reports Michael E. Haskew. Springtime auction events have produced intriguing results regarding rifles of particularly storied provenance. In the March Holts event,…
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Future buys TI Media
Future plc, the global platform for specialist media, and publisher of Gun Trade News, Sporting Rifle, Clay Shooting, Airgun Shooter, Airgun World and Bow International announced on 21 April completion of the acquisition of TI Media. TI Media is a…
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Best sporting rifles: our top 10 list
Take a look at Gun Trade News’ top picks for best sporting rifles Best sporting rifles: Howa Bravo First in the list of best sporting rifles is the Howa Bravo provides essential chassis benefits combined with conventional target and varmint…
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Posted in Market Opportunities
The Great British Shooting Awards – all the winners
It was a great event on Saturday night after the British Shooting Show, and just in case you missed it, here are all the winners from the Great British Shooting Awards. Shooting Apparel of the Year Deerhunter Pro Gamekeeper Jacket…
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Quality over quantity
Beneath another mediocre set of advertising results lies evidence of a reader base willing to spend money, finds Colin Fallon We reach what T.S. Eliot dubbed the cruellest month, and as with previous years, it hasn’t exactly been kind to…
Tagged with: advertising, british shooting show, doe cull, hunting clothing, IWA, northern shooting show, nv/ti, product launches, rifleman, shooting press, Sporting Rifle, sporting shooter, The Game Fair
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BDS offers a select preview of their 2019 summer auction
The British Deer Society (BDS) offers a select preview of some of their latest lots recently secured for their 2019 Summer Auction. A key fixture on the British Deer Society’s fundraising calendar, the summer auction is a popular event. The…
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The future looks bright!
Recent reader surveys have allowed Future Plc to gather comprehensive data of their field sports audiences for the first time. From Airgun Shooter to Sporting Rifle, all field sports titles in the Future portfolio have been fully integrated into the…
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