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041.jpg Somerset shooter Paul Power (right) and Peter Horn with lamp. Paul is shooting a 17HMR CZ452. It is heavy-barrelled and has a 3-12x50 scope and JLS moderator. 3456 x 2304 Somerset shooter Paul Power (right) and Peter Horn, 3456 x 2304ORIGINAL ARTICLEThey are a contrary couple, Peter Horn and Paul Power. “Because everyone’s driving around on trucks at night to go shooting, we’re going the other way,” says Paul. “It’s a bit more lugging of materials – bags and lamps – but we reckon there’s enough technology in our guns and vehicles nowadays. It’s a question of taking a backseat on technology. So we shoot off sticks.And they are always arguing. “I shoot off two sticks,” says Paul. “Peter shoots off three sticks – because he’s older” – which provokes Peter at once, to Paul’s delight. They argue for a minute until honour is even and then it is back to the job in hand.Retired bank manager Peter and builder Paul have some 6,000 acres of permissions across farms in West Somerset. They shoot rabbits with rimfires but also have the firepower for foxes and deer. Paul favours a .22 and a .17HMR for rabbit shooting. Peter uses a .22 and brings his .22-250 in case they have to deal with a fox.“I acquired some of my permissions from my grandfather,” says Paul. “He had shooting rights dating back to the 1980s. I shot my first rabbit with him, aged eight, with a Belgian fold-away .410. Much of the rest of my land I got through recommendations.”Peter and Paul met 20 years ago through a local shooting syndicate. Peter had some ground. Paul says: “I did some deer management for him.”Peter adds: “He did – he shot all my deer.”Then Peter did a supervision order on Paul for a .222 he wanted. Peter’s shooting goes back to the 1950s when he was brought up in Nigeria. He recalls his .22 with iron sights which he used to shoot small game through chair legs on the verandah. Today his .22-250 is a Blaser R93 Luxus with a Nightforce NXS 12-42x56 scope and PES moderator. Paul's is a .22 CZ 452 with a Walther 3-9x56 scope and Soundbiter moderator and his 17HMR is a CZ452, too. It is heavy-barrelled and has a 3-12x50 scope and JLS moderator.All the guns
 
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010.jpg Shirley Atkins at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456 Shirley Atkin at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456Bangs with the boyosMike and Shirley Atkins launched their basic firearms course last year and have already won kitemarks for it. Charlie Jacoby tries it outIt’s a one day course where you get to learn the basics of firearm ownership, handling and then go to try out shooting on two ranges. Mike and Shirley Atkins have an airgun range behind their house, a minibus and a centrefire range up in the hills where they live in Rhayader, Mid Wales. They run the Mid Wales Rifle Club and hold basic firearms courses for anyone who has never tried shooting rifles before.They have 35 years of shooting experience each. Mike developed a course 2 1/2 years ago. In February last year he held a seminar with representatives of most Welsh police forces. Their input resulted in the course today. Mike is expecting people in their hundreds every year to do the course. So far, they have been coming from as far as Edinburgh, Essex and Exeter. A lot of people come in pairs - a husband and wife or father and son. This is the only LANTRA-accredited basic rifle course. Maximum course size is six. In addition, the Atkins have just won a Clubmark award, the British Standard for clubs with junior sections.Based on the format of the NRA range officers course, this course covers firearms law, safety and security, rifles and ammunition, hazard perception, accessories, sighting systems and the anatomy of a rifle. This last part of it was suggested by a firearms officer. MWRC sends you a 32-page ringbound book two weeks before your course starts.Mike starts with firearms law and warns that “this is the part that sends people to sleep”. However, he is on his firmest ground here because Mike’s other job is as a lawyer. “The law is the hardest part, and it's the one even the firearms officers found hardest,” he says. “But it is against the law that your actions will be charged.”Most firearms law is badly drafted. Any
 
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002.jpg Babac Amozandeh shooting fallow in Cornwall. He is using a Kimber .308 calibre rifle with a Hakko Majesty 6x42 scope, 3456 x 2304 Babac Amozandeh shooting fallow in Cornwall. He is using a Kimber .308 calibre rifle with a Hakko Majesty 6x42 scope3456 x 2304
 
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003.jpg Babac Amozandeh shooting fallow in Cornwall. He is using a Kimber .308 calibre rifle with a Hakko Majesty 6x42 scope, 3456 x 2304 Babac Amozandeh shooting fallow in Cornwall. He is using a Kimber .308 calibre rifle with a Hakko Majesty 6x42 scope3456 x 2304
 
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006.jpg Former Scotland lacrosse captain Clare Anderson models Musto's new range of tweed print jackets for Sporting Rifle magazine. Taking a shot from the undergrowth in the prone position, 3456 x 2304 Burris Laser ScopeUK Distributor: GMK Ltd www.gmk.co.uk3264 x 2184
 
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001.jpg Shooting at the Colchester rifle range on a Riflecraft course, 2304 x 3072 Shooting at the Colchester rifle range on a Riflecraft course, 2304 x 3072
 
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008.jpg Colin Jones at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456 Colin Jones at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456Bangs with the boyosMike and Shirley Atkins launched their basic firearms course last year and have already won kitemarks for it. Charlie Jacoby tries it outIt’s a one day course where you get to learn the basics of firearm ownership, handling and then go to try out shooting on two ranges. Mike and Shirley Atkins have an airgun range behind their house, a minibus and a centrefire range up in the hills where they live in Rhayader, Mid Wales. They run the Mid Wales Rifle Club and hold basic firearms courses for anyone who has never tried shooting rifles before.They have 35 years of shooting experience each. Mike developed a course 2 1/2 years ago. In February last year he held a seminar with representatives of most Welsh police forces. Their input resulted in the course today. Mike is expecting people in their hundreds every year to do the course. So far, they have been coming from as far as Edinburgh, Essex and Exeter. A lot of people come in pairs - a husband and wife or father and son. This is the only LANTRA-accredited basic rifle course. Maximum course size is six. In addition, the Atkins have just won a Clubmark award, the British Standard for clubs with junior sections.Based on the format of the NRA range officers course, this course covers firearms law, safety and security, rifles and ammunition, hazard perception, accessories, sighting systems and the anatomy of a rifle. This last part of it was suggested by a firearms officer. MWRC sends you a 32-page ringbound book two weeks before your course starts.Mike starts with firearms law and warns that “this is the part that sends people to sleep”. However, he is on his firmest ground here because Mike’s other job is as a lawyer. “The law is the hardest part, and it's the one even the firearms officers found hardest,” he says. “But it is against the law that your actions will be charged.”Most firearms law is badly drafted. Any ai
 
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025.jpg Tom Garner, estate ranger for the Clinton Devon Estates. Culling roe and fallow deer. He uses a Tikka T3 + Leupold VX11 4-12 x 50 scope, 3456 x 2304 Tom Garner, estate ranger for the Clinton Devon Estates. Culling roe and fallow deer. He uses a Tikka T3 + Leupold VX11 4-12 x 50 scope3456 x 2304
 
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024.jpg Tom Garner, estate ranger for the Clinton Devon Estates. Culling roe and fallow deer. He uses a Tikka T3 + Leupold VX11 4-12 x 50 scope, 2304 x 3456 Tom Garner, estate ranger for the Clinton Devon Estates. Culling roe and fallow deer. He uses a Tikka T3 + Leupold VX11 4-12 x 50 scope2304 x 3456
 
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023.jpg Tom Garner, estate ranger for the Clinton Devon Estates. Culling roe and fallow deer. He uses a Tikka T3 + Leupold VX11 4-12 x 50 scope, 3456 x 2304 Tom Garner, estate ranger for the Clinton Devon Estates. Culling roe and fallow deer. He uses a Tikka T3 + Leupold VX11 4-12 x 50 scope3456 x 2304
 
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001.jpg Eddie Kane from Lancashire and Neil Griffiths (left). Eddie uses a Tikka T3 in .30-06 with Ase Utra S5 moderator. His scope is a Schmidt and Bender Klassik 3-12x42. On the rifle range at Arran, Scotland, 3456 x 2304 Zeiss 7x50 Classic DiaUK Distributor: Carl Zeiss www.zeiss.co.uk2126 x 1540
 
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001.jpg Eddie Kane from Lancashire and Neil Griffiths (left). Eddie uses a Tikka T3 in .30-06 with Ase Utra S5 moderator. His scope is a Schmidt and Bender Klassik 3-12x42. On the rifle range at Arran, Scotland, 3456 x 2304 Eddie Kane from Lancashire. Uses a Tikka T3 in .30-06 with Ase Utra S5 moderator. His scope is a Schmidt and Bender Klassik 3-12x42. On the rifle range at Arran, Scotland3456 x 2304
 
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003.jpg Eddie Kane from Lancashire. Uses a Tikka T3 in .30-06 with Ase Utra S5 moderator. His scope is a Schmidt and Bender Klassik 3-12x42. On the rifle range at Arran, Scotland, 3456 x 2304 Eddie Kane from Lancashire. Uses a Tikka T3 in .30-06 with Ase Utra S5 moderator. His scope is a Schmidt and Bender Klassik 3-12x42. On the rifle range at Arran, Scotland3456 x 2304
 
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006.jpg Former Scotland lacrosse captain Clare Anderson models Musto's new range of tweed print jackets for Sporting Rifle magazine. Taking a shot from the undergrowth in the prone position, 3456 x 2304 Former Scotland lacrosse captain Clare Anderson models Musto's new range of tweed print jackets for Sporting Rifle magazine. Taking a shot from the undergroeth in the prone position, 3456 x 2304
 
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img_5457.jpg Jonathan Rigby of Zeiss tryng out a shot on the range before deerstalking on the Greystoke Castle Estate, Penrith, Cumbria. 2304 x 3456
 
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img_5455.jpg Jonathan Rigby of Zeiss tryng out a shot on the range before deerstalking on the Greystoke Castle Estate, Penrith, Cumbria
 
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010.jpg Kelvin Willis scopes down a homemade range at Stonor Park, Oxfordshire, 2304 x 3456 Kelvin Willis scopes down a homemade range at Stonor Park, Oxfordshire
 
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006.jpg Colin Jones at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456 Colin Jones at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456Bangs with the boyosMike and Shirley Atkins launched their basic firearms course last year and have already won kitemarks for it. Charlie Jacoby tries it outIt’s a one day course where you get to learn the basics of firearm ownership, handling and then go to try out shooting on two ranges. Mike and Shirley Atkins have an airgun range behind their house, a minibus and a centrefire range up in the hills where they live in Rhayader, Mid Wales. They run the Mid Wales Rifle Club and hold basic firearms courses for anyone who has never tried shooting rifles before.They have 35 years of shooting experience each. Mike developed a course 2 1/2 years ago. In February last year he held a seminar with representatives of most Welsh police forces. Their input resulted in the course today. Mike is expecting people in their hundreds every year to do the course. So far, they have been coming from as far as Edinburgh, Essex and Exeter. A lot of people come in pairs - a husband and wife or father and son. This is the only LANTRA-accredited basic rifle course. Maximum course size is six. In addition, the Atkins have just won a Clubmark award, the British Standard for clubs with junior sections.Based on the format of the NRA range officers course, this course covers firearms law, safety and security, rifles and ammunition, hazard perception, accessories, sighting systems and the anatomy of a rifle. This last part of it was suggested by a firearms officer. MWRC sends you a 32-page ringbound book two weeks before your course starts.Mike starts with firearms law and warns that “this is the part that sends people to sleep”. However, he is on his firmest ground here because Mike’s other job is as a lawyer. “The law is the hardest part, and it's the one even the firearms officers found hardest,” he says. “But it is against the law that your actions will be charged.”Most firearms law is badly drafted. Any ai
 
Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range
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007.jpg Colin Jones at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456 Colin Jones at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456Bangs with the boyosMike and Shirley Atkins launched their basic firearms course last year and have already won kitemarks for it. Charlie Jacoby tries it outIt’s a one day course where you get to learn the basics of firearm ownership, handling and then go to try out shooting on two ranges. Mike and Shirley Atkins have an airgun range behind their house, a minibus and a centrefire range up in the hills where they live in Rhayader, Mid Wales. They run the Mid Wales Rifle Club and hold basic firearms courses for anyone who has never tried shooting rifles before.They have 35 years of shooting experience each. Mike developed a course 2 1/2 years ago. In February last year he held a seminar with representatives of most Welsh police forces. Their input resulted in the course today. Mike is expecting people in their hundreds every year to do the course. So far, they have been coming from as far as Edinburgh, Essex and Exeter. A lot of people come in pairs - a husband and wife or father and son. This is the only LANTRA-accredited basic rifle course. Maximum course size is six. In addition, the Atkins have just won a Clubmark award, the British Standard for clubs with junior sections.Based on the format of the NRA range officers course, this course covers firearms law, safety and security, rifles and ammunition, hazard perception, accessories, sighting systems and the anatomy of a rifle. This last part of it was suggested by a firearms officer. MWRC sends you a 32-page ringbound book two weeks before your course starts.Mike starts with firearms law and warns that “this is the part that sends people to sleep”. However, he is on his firmest ground here because Mike’s other job is as a lawyer. “The law is the hardest part, and it's the one even the firearms officers found hardest,” he says. “But it is against the law that your actions will be charged.”Most firearms law is badly drafted. Any ai
 
Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range
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009.jpg Mike Atkins (left) and Shirley Atkins at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456 Colin Jones at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456Bangs with the boyosMike and Shirley Atkins launched their basic firearms course last year and have already won kitemarks for it. Charlie Jacoby tries it outIt’s a one day course where you get to learn the basics of firearm ownership, handling and then go to try out shooting on two ranges. Mike and Shirley Atkins have an airgun range behind their house, a minibus and a centrefire range up in the hills where they live in Rhayader, Mid Wales. They run the Mid Wales Rifle Club and hold basic firearms courses for anyone who has never tried shooting rifles before.They have 35 years of shooting experience each. Mike developed a course 2 1/2 years ago. In February last year he held a seminar with representatives of most Welsh police forces. Their input resulted in the course today. Mike is expecting people in their hundreds every year to do the course. So far, they have been coming from as far as Edinburgh, Essex and Exeter. A lot of people come in pairs - a husband and wife or father and son. This is the only LANTRA-accredited basic rifle course. Maximum course size is six. In addition, the Atkins have just won a Clubmark award, the British Standard for clubs with junior sections.Based on the format of the NRA range officers course, this course covers firearms law, safety and security, rifles and ammunition, hazard perception, accessories, sighting systems and the anatomy of a rifle. This last part of it was suggested by a firearms officer. MWRC sends you a 32-page ringbound book two weeks before your course starts.Mike starts with firearms law and warns that “this is the part that sends people to sleep”. However, he is on his firmest ground here because Mike’s other job is as a lawyer. “The law is the hardest part, and it's the one even the firearms officers found hardest,” he says. “But it is against the law that your actions will be charged.”Most firearms law is badly drafted. Any ai
 
Mike Atkins (left) and Shirley Atkins
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001.jpg Nick Brown at Minsterley Ranges, 2304 x 3072 Nick Brown at Minsterley Ranges, 2304 x 3072
 
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003.jpg Nick Brown at Minsterley Ranges with Steyr Scout rifle, 2304 x 3072 Nick Brown at Minsterley Ranges, 2304 x 3072
 
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041.jpg Somerset shooter Paul Power (right) and Peter Horn with lamp. Paul is shooting a 17HMR CZ452. It is heavy-barrelled and has a 3-12x50 scope and JLS moderator. 3456 x 2304 Schmidt and Bender 5-25x56 PMII-LPUK Distributor: Global Rifle www.snipersystems.co.uk2171 x 1867
 
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040.jpg Somerset shooter Paul Power with and dead rabbit and Peter Horn with lamp. Paul is shooting a 17HMR CZ452. It is heavy-barrelled and has a 3-12x50 scope and JLS moderator. 3456 x 2304 Somerset shooter Paul Power (left) and Peter Horn, 3456 x 2304ORIGINAL ARTICLEThey are a contrary couple, Peter Horn and Paul Power. “Because everyone’s driving around on trucks at night to go shooting, we’re going the other way,” says Paul. “It’s a bit more lugging of materials – bags and lamps – but we reckon there’s enough technology in our guns and vehicles nowadays. It’s a question of taking a backseat on technology. So we shoot off sticks.And they are always arguing. “I shoot off two sticks,” says Paul. “Peter shoots off three sticks – because he’s older” – which provokes Peter at once, to Paul’s delight. They argue for a minute until honour is even and then it is back to the job in hand.Retired bank manager Peter and builder Paul have some 6,000 acres of permissions across farms in West Somerset. They shoot rabbits with rimfires but also have the firepower for foxes and deer. Paul favours a .22 and a .17HMR for rabbit shooting. Peter uses a .22 and brings his .22-250 in case they have to deal with a fox.“I acquired some of my permissions from my grandfather,” says Paul. “He had shooting rights dating back to the 1980s. I shot my first rabbit with him, aged eight, with a Belgian fold-away .410. Much of the rest of my land I got through recommendations.”Peter and Paul met 20 years ago through a local shooting syndicate. Peter had some ground. Paul says: “I did some deer management for him.”Peter adds: “He did – he shot all my deer.”Then Peter did a supervision order on Paul for a .222 he wanted. Peter’s shooting goes back to the 1950s when he was brought up in Nigeria. He recalls his .22 with iron sights which he used to shoot small game through chair legs on the verandah. Today his .22-250 is a Blaser R93 Luxus with a Nightforce NXS 12-42x56 scope and PES moderator. Paul's is a .22 CZ 452 with a Walther 3-9x56 scope and Soundbiter moderator and his 17HMR is a CZ452, too. It is heavy-barrelled and has a 3-12x50 scope and JLS moderator.All the guns
 
Rabbit lamping in Somerset
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011.jpg Shirley Atkins at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456 Shirley Atkin at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456Bangs with the boyosMike and Shirley Atkins launched their basic firearms course last year and have already won kitemarks for it. Charlie Jacoby tries it outIt’s a one day course where you get to learn the basics of firearm ownership, handling and then go to try out shooting on two ranges. Mike and Shirley Atkins have an airgun range behind their house, a minibus and a centrefire range up in the hills where they live in Rhayader, Mid Wales. They run the Mid Wales Rifle Club and hold basic firearms courses for anyone who has never tried shooting rifles before.They have 35 years of shooting experience each. Mike developed a course 2 1/2 years ago. In February last year he held a seminar with representatives of most Welsh police forces. Their input resulted in the course today. Mike is expecting people in their hundreds every year to do the course. So far, they have been coming from as far as Edinburgh, Essex and Exeter. A lot of people come in pairs - a husband and wife or father and son. This is the only LANTRA-accredited basic rifle course. Maximum course size is six. In addition, the Atkins have just won a Clubmark award, the British Standard for clubs with junior sections.Based on the format of the NRA range officers course, this course covers firearms law, safety and security, rifles and ammunition, hazard perception, accessories, sighting systems and the anatomy of a rifle. This last part of it was suggested by a firearms officer. MWRC sends you a 32-page ringbound book two weeks before your course starts.Mike starts with firearms law and warns that “this is the part that sends people to sleep”. However, he is on his firmest ground here because Mike’s other job is as a lawyer. “The law is the hardest part, and it's the one even the firearms officers found hardest,” he says. “But it is against the law that your actions will be charged.”Most firearms law is badly drafted. Any
 
Shirley Atkins
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012.jpg Shirley Atkins at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456 Shirley Atkin at Mid Wales Rifle Club's outdoor centrefire range, 2304 x 3456Bangs with the boyosMike and Shirley Atkins launched their basic firearms course last year and have already won kitemarks for it. Charlie Jacoby tries it outIt’s a one day course where you get to learn the basics of firearm ownership, handling and then go to try out shooting on two ranges. Mike and Shirley Atkins have an airgun range behind their house, a minibus and a centrefire range up in the hills where they live in Rhayader, Mid Wales. They run the Mid Wales Rifle Club and hold basic firearms courses for anyone who has never tried shooting rifles before.They have 35 years of shooting experience each. Mike developed a course 2 1/2 years ago. In February last year he held a seminar with representatives of most Welsh police forces. Their input resulted in the course today. Mike is expecting people in their hundreds every year to do the course. So far, they have been coming from as far as Edinburgh, Essex and Exeter. A lot of people come in pairs - a husband and wife or father and son. This is the only LANTRA-accredited basic rifle course. Maximum course size is six. In addition, the Atkins have just won a Clubmark award, the British Standard for clubs with junior sections.Based on the format of the NRA range officers course, this course covers firearms law, safety and security, rifles and ammunition, hazard perception, accessories, sighting systems and the anatomy of a rifle. This last part of it was suggested by a firearms officer. MWRC sends you a 32-page ringbound book two weeks before your course starts.Mike starts with firearms law and warns that “this is the part that sends people to sleep”. However, he is on his firmest ground here because Mike’s other job is as a lawyer. “The law is the hardest part, and it's the one even the firearms officers found hardest,” he says. “But it is against the law that your actions will be charged.”Most firearms law is badly drafted. Any
 
Shirley Atkins
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002.jpg Owen Beardsmore is shooting a Browning A-Bolt in 25 WSSM with a Browning scope. At the Shot Show for a
 
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012.jpg At his homemade range on the Revesby Estate in Lincolnshire, Alex Wiggins-Davies tries out the Merkel KR1 in .243 - one of the new breed of switch-barrel rifles - plus Suhl scope mount and Hawke Sport HD 3-9x40 scope, 3456 x 2304 At his homemade range on the Revesby Estate in Lincolnshire, Alex Wiggins-Davies tries out the Merkel KR1 in .243: one of the new breed of switch-barrel rifles. You can change from one calibre to another in about two minutes. Don’t be put off by the switch barrel. It shoots 1 1/2in groups at 100 yards, which makes it more than adequate for stalking.The designers took this whole snap-on-snap-off thing to heart. It has a Suhl scope mount that detaches and re-attached easily, too. We put a Hawke Sport HD 3-9x40 scope on it, which was adequate for the two deer Alex had to cull.It is a bolt-action rifle with forward, opposing locking lugs that are manually turned into place as you close the bolt. What is unusual is that the short-uplift bolt is carried within a locking housing that covers the entire receiver. The return is shorter than an ordinary bolt action and a bit fiddly if you are not used to it – but you soon will be. The safety is on the tang, so it’s easily accessible to your thumb. The single-set trigger has a pull that’s both crisp and clean. The spent shell eject is, however, enthusiastic and occasionally took another round with it from the three-shot magazine.Alex liked it for its light weight. It is just 6 1/2lb. He also liked its Continental looks.Merkel’s UK distributor is Viking Arms 01423 780810 www.vikingarms.com. You can buy Hawke scopes from Deben 0870 44 22 600 www.deben.com. This one costs £49.95.Go shooting at Revesby: Stalking at Revesby starts at £75 an outing, which includes the first cull animal. Subsequent cull animals cost extra. The first time you go out, stalking is accompanied so Alex can size you up. You have to be insured (BASC member or similar) and he prefers FAC holders. DSC1 or DSC2 holders are a bonus. There are no trophy fees because he wants you to stick to cull animals. If you are using the estate rifle there is an extra charge.In addition to all this, Alex’s family is doing up some of the cottages on the estate as holid
 
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