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GENERAL

6 NEWS

■ GB Barrels - a phoenix from the fl ames

■ New CZ557 Sporter centrefi re

■ Hawke Sports Optics new branding

■ John Rigby wins award

■ New Norma hunting bullets

10 RITES OF PASSAGE

Pete Moore remembers his fi rst time...

14 PRODUCT

Keen Durand WP boots

16 PEDERSOLI LA

BOHÉMIENNE

Andrew Johnson tests a new old double

shotgun

18 PRODUCT

Princeton Tech Byte headlamp

18 WIN TICKETS TO

THE 2015 CLA

20 BRITISH SHOOTING SHOW

Join Jules Whicker and Chris Parkin as

they check out the 2015 BSS

28 RETURN FIRE

■ Moddy for 60 ft/lb Wolverine 303 PCP

■ Ultimate quarry guide

■ Ruger M77/17 Hornet

■ Leica SCAN 900 laser rangefi nder

■ Burris QUAD scope

30 PRODUCT

Minox B-L 8x44 HD binoculars

32 PRODUCT

Quake shooting seat

34 PRODUCT

Stanley vacuum fl asks

38 PRODUCT

Bear Grylls/Gerber survival knives

AIRGUNS

40 BSA LIGHTNING XL SE

Bruce Potts confesses to a secret love

affair with a British springer!

44 HFT DIARY

Mark Camoccio fi lls us in on the new

directions HFT is taking

46 HW77 SPECIAL EDITION

Mark Camoccio shoots a rather special

yet classic Weihrauch

48 SECOND-HAND FOCUS

Daystate Huntsman

49 PRODUCT

Napier cleaning products

4 SHOOTING SPORTS MAGAZINE

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VOL 17 | ISSUE 5 | MAY 2015

The two new rifl es from Southern Gun

Co and Caledonian Classic Arms

subscribe to the semi, semi-automatic

system, in that they use a self-loading

operating mechanism. However after

each shot the action is mechanically

held open and has to be manually

released by the shooter. SGC base

theirs on the AR15 - the Lever Release

(LR223) with a large, push-down lever

on the left side of the grip. Caledonians

uses the Czech Vz 58 with the trigger

offering a double pull to both fi re and

trip the bolt – Manually Actuated

Release System (M.A.R.S.). While

researching an article on Mauser broom

handle pistols I found a reference to a

Mauser M1915 Flieger-Karabiner. The

M1915 was a semi-auto rifl e used as

defence guns for German balloons and

observation planes in WW1. They also

incorporated a manual operation system

not unlike the LR 223 and M.A.R.S.

Back then it was done to reduce ammo

expenditure, so I guess the modern

idea has historical provenance. It’s a

funny old world!

Peter Moore

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