Reviews

The Lincoln Vogue HSX is 
the latest development of the Vogue game gun. The HSX, or Hunter Sporting Cross-over, is designed for clays as much as for game or rough shooting and is Lincoln’s attempt to please all parties and create a single gun for every job. The 30in barrel length is pretty much standard…

I have become somewhat blasé regarding the various models produced by Beretta. To the uninitiated, the dealer’s rack appears to have an array of products from Beretta that look the same. They share similar lines in style, they have ranges based upon the same action and different actions are similar in design. It is all…

Remington Model 597 HB Having tested the Remington Model 783 stalking rifle, a new version of the ubiquitous Model 597 semi-automatic rimfire landed at my door. With few choices in rimfire semi-autos available to shooters, and many vermin shooters favouring the speed and agility that a lightweight semi-automatic has to offer, the Remington 597 range…

Fowling gun I have been sent a Winchester SXP to look at. Not a new gun to the market by 
any news, but definitely one worth revisiting. I was sent the SXP marshlands camo pattern with a 28in barrel. Is it time to change our mind about pump-action shotguns? We British are a traditional bunch….

When I received the email from Tony Laughton from Stag Country Sports, importers of Fausti guns here in 
the UK, I was quite excited because 
I hadn’t seen much of Fausti for a while. I know it had been doing quite a bit of collaborative work because it teamed up with Sauer on the Apollon…

Remington has languished in the shadows for 
a number of years, which is a shame because in the past the company’s models were the mainstream hunting rifles in Britain alongside those made by Tikka, Sako and Ruger. However, Remington is back, with its rifles and shotguns 
now distributed by Raytrade, based in Whitchurch, Hampshire, and…

Weihrauch is famed for its well-engineered range of air rifles, 
of which I am a bit 
of a collector. My first air rifle was 
an HW35, too. Weihrauch has made a range 
of rimfires as well as full-bore rifles 
for decades and its rimfire rifles offer the same blend of old-world engineering and craftmanship combined…

The fascination of US-based collectors for English sporting guns has long been known, but what of the trade in the other direction? When one considers American gunmakers the name of John Moses Browning of course leaps the front of the mind, but even Browning has a whiff of the ‘Old West’ about it. Indeed, perhaps…

The vast majority of shotguns are mass produced, with many hundreds made of each model over its lifespan. A basic design may be carried forward for decades, with a few detail changes in style being made to revamp it and bring it up to date. Rizzini Ribless 20-bore specific to client’s requirements Most manufacturers will,…

Long-term experts in using alloy metals in constructing their guns, Beretta build the Ultralight Gold largely from a tough, lightweight aluminium alloy with the main wearing parts of the gun being made from tougher stuff. This is most clearly seen in the action face where a titanium insert will take the brunt of the forces…

Browning has always had that knack of producing understated but practical and well-made rifles that are reliable, accurate and offer good handling straight from the box. The gunmaker’s reasonable prices are also appealing to British shooters. Browning X-Bolt SF rifle A great practical stalking firearm The X-Bolt offers an adjustable cheekpiece arrangement to the stock,…