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How to: choose the best scope rings for your rifle

A Steiner scope mounted on a rifle with scope rings

Optics

Chris Parkin

There are many scope mounts on the market, but not all will suit your gun! Chris Parkin explains how to choose the best scope rings for your rifle.

A selection of bullet cases for reloading

Reloading

Reloading for beginners: preparing bullet cases

Mark Underwood

Mark Ripley sat with rifle looking through his binoculars

Long Range Shooting

Long range with 260 RIPS: a deeper understanding of wind

Mark Ripley

Phil Siddell receiving a box of ammunition after successfully gaining his firearms licence

Firearms licensing: what to expect when you apply

Phil Siddell

Mark Ripley shooting a rifle seated over long range in a hilly location

Long Range Shooting

Long range with 260RIPS: how to read the wind

Mark Ripley

Three hunters, walking away from the camera in woodland, one carrying a rifle on his back

New guidance & application forms for firearms licensing published

Emily Damment

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Primers and bullets for reloading

Reloading

Reloading for beginners: cases, primers, powders & bullets

Mark Underwood

Mark's single stage press, over 30 years old and still going strong

Reloading

Reloading for beginners: essential kit to get started

Mike Underwood

Airgun and rimfire dovetail scope mounts, close up

Scope mounting explained: Picatinny, dovetails, rings and more!

Chris Parkin

Mark Ripley (260RIPS) taking a kneeling shot with a rifle, supported by a tree

Long Range Shooting

Long range with 260RIPS: shooting positions and rests

Mark Ripley

A man holding two Savage Arms rifle barrels in a workshop - the barrel on the left is profiled, the right is the original

Barrel rifling methods & twist rates explained

Chris Parkin

A reloading bench for making your own ammunition

Ammunition

Reloading for beginners: the pros, the cons & the kit!

Mark Underwood

barrels

The benefits & limitations of interchangeable barrels

Chris Parkin

long range rimfire

Long Range Shooting

Shooting long-range rimfire: part 1 (how to get started!)

Chris Parkin

Can I lap scope rings to add elevation?

Can I add elevation by lapping scope rings?

Paul Austin

2 lug tikka T3 bolt

Tikka or Sako?

Imogen Bole

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How to make foraged fruit liquer

Imogen Bole

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Do fabric moderator covers affect accuracy?

Imogen Bole

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Is high-velocity rimfire ammo better for long-range shooting?

Imogen Bole

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Can I just swap primers when reloading?

Imogen Bole

A .243 will take care of foxes and UK deer species. Credit: Colin Varndell

What is the best calibre for foxing?

Rebecca Green

tree felling

How to: deal with fallen trees near watercourses

Rebecca Green

Deer capture: is it legal?

Deer capture: is it legal?

Rebecca Green

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Burst primers!

Paul Austin

Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) flying on wooden ceiling of house in darkness

Bats in the roof - permission to renovate?

Rebecca Green

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Which scope magnification is best for precision rifle?

Paul Austin

ask the experts fox shooting

Foxing advice for newbies

Rebecca Green

Tim gives some fresh scapping a good coat of looking at

How to: spot & identify deer signs

Paul Austin

The familiar rotary magazine system of the 10/22

What type of magazine will I find on sporting rifles?

Paul Austin

Young roe deer, capreolus capreolus, buck in summer at sunset with space for copy. Roebuck with vivi

How to age a roe deer

Rebecca Green