Reviews

Stalking rifles really need to handle and not constrict one’s considered movements through woods or hills, so a lightweight and reasonably compact design is always beneficial and welcome. We stalk with moderators fitted these days but this can lengthen a rifle, so a fully suppressed gun with a shorter barrel and over-barrel shroud is a…

The Browning B725 Ultra XS Pro, as used by shooters such as Sam Green and many others, is a competition shotgun in the mid range price. The demo gun I was lent had 32in barrels with an adjustable comb. The Browning arrived in a very nice hard case and was supplied with eight Investor titanium…

Names, it seems, are important. This is probably something which marketing folk have known for a good long time. Words that sound right can help sell things. ZEISS, of course, was around long before marketing as we know it was dreamed up, making optical equipment of the highest quality. “ZEISS.” Say it slowly and listen….

It’s surprising that the Howa 1500 rifle is not more popular than it actually is. In production for almost 45 years now, this is a mass-produced but high-quality gun that represents incredible value for money. It is robust, well-built and highly accurate, but for some reason has never really caught the imagination of UK shooters….

Amazingly, the standard Weihrauch HW45 has been around for 37 years, but still remains the benchmark by which other spring pistols are judged. The Black Star version that I’m talking about here emerged rather later. But we may never have been blessed with this impressive pistol from the Weihrauch stable in the first place. Its…

All four leading UK cartridge companies have clearly been put in an invidious situation as a result of recent calls for change affecting two of the most critical cartridge components: shot material and wads. The call for a transition away from lead shot – to be replaced by a suitable non-lead alternative – was jointly…

I was once a dedicated spring-powered airgun user and believed them to be the very last word in airgun technology. So when pre-charged pneumatics came along, I dismissed them as a fad and not something a serious shooter like me would touch. However, as they gained popularity my curiosity was piqued, so I asked a…

Evolution of the Miroku MK38 Even as late as the 1970s, the serious Sporting clay shooter still had to rely on Trap or Skeet guns if they wanted to employ anything other than a game gun. Many found themselves seeking the competitive advantages offered by a longer-barrelled Trap gun, and at first Miroku simply flattened…

Webley & Scott has just launched two new side-by-side shotguns. There is the Imperial — a case-hardened, sideplated boxlock in a single trigger with a grade 3.5 Prince of Wales stock that retails at £2,350 — and then there is the gun we are looking at today, the Kilworth. The Kilworth retails at just under…

It’s hard to believe, but the Weihrauch HW100 is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, and it’s probably fair to say that while not all airgun shooters will have owned one of these exemplary rifles, almost all airgun shooters will at least have heard of it. It’s testament to the original design that the more…

Based in Ulm, Germany, the firm of H Krieghoff has been manufacturing top-quality firearms since 1886. A family-owned company, its products are highly sought after and come with a sound pedigree.