Airgun World – July 2019

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POINTS OF YOU

MORE GOOD ADVICE

I have been an air rifle hunter and Airgun

World reader for over 40 years. I shoot

humanely and ethically to the best of my

abilities to control the pest species and

provide meat for the pot on my permissions.

Over the years, there have always been

threats to shooting and countryside sports

but none as sudden and ill conceived at the

revoking of the three general bird licences

in England following the ‘legal challenge’ by

Wild Justice. I will leave it up to the readers

to make of that what they will. My point is

that as our various gun sports are in the

spotlight, I would ask all shooting sportsmen

and sportswomen to behave in a way that

shows what we do in the best possible way.

We need to pull together to protect what we

have before something else is taken from

us.

We all know that Mr Packham and his

associates are anti-shooting, and view us as

louts who trample the undergrowth and shoot

anything that moves, but let’s do everything

we can show them they are wrong; write

letters to whomever you wish, but refrain

from abusive language and use reason and

facts; get shooting clubs and shops to gather

petitions and join a group like BASC to show

that we are a community of law-abiding

people who care about our countryside.

J. GRIFFITH

We are all judged by our actions – and how we

represent our sport.

ON THE LEVEL

I’ve been shooting for over 40 years, and I have to say that

some of the gadgets used by today’s airgunners leave me

shaking my head with amusement. For instance, does

anyone really use a spirit level during aiming? I know I’m

concentrating too hard on what’s happening in the scope to

be looking away at a spirit level.

Come on Terry, I’ve seen you claim to use these things,

but be honest, it’s just not practical, is it?

TREVOR DAVIES

Well, Trevor, I can tell you with absolute sincerity that I

regard spirit levels as extremely useful, especially for those

maximum range shots where canting the rifle can mean the

difference between a hit and a miss. For the record, those of

us who use levels don’t look ‘at’ them. We keep both eyes

open and the non-sighting eye becomes ‘aware’ of the level

and specifically the position of the bubble. Try it – you may

well find it works for you. – Ed

NOT KITTED OUT?

Could we have a review of airgun cleaning kits? I’m returning to

shooting after many years away, and am appalled by the poor

quality of many of the kits. Airguns have increased in quality and

price, yet the means of taking care of them has not improved in like

measure.

A look at pellet extraction tools would also be useful.

SIMON HOLLOWAY

That’s a fair point, Simon, and we’ll get on it right away. - Ed

Trevor thinks levels are

laughable – but plenty of us

know how well they work.

GREAT SHOW!
My family and I have just returned
from the Northern Shooting Show,
where we met you and I watched
your excellent talk in the studio
marquee. We went for both days
and we’ve already booked our
accommodation for next year,
because we had such a great time.
What made it so good was the
friendly, helpful atmosphere we
encountered, plus the amount of
new activities and products we
managed to explore. My son and I
had a go on the Scott Country virtual

range, then we talked to you on the

Airgun World/Air Gunner stand –

thanks for the tuition! – and then we

spent a happy half-hour on the Air

Arms exhibit, before studying what

was on offer from Weihrauch,

Daystate, MTC Optics, The Shooting

Party, Hawke Optics, and loads of

other suppliers. My wife even found

our next family dog!

Thanks to everyone involved in

the Northern Shooting Show; you

put on a great weekend.

PETER WALMSLEY

AND FAMILY

It was a great weekend and we’re pleased to pass on our

congratulations to the Northern Shooting Show crew.