Rabbit hunting with the Daystate MK4is

I have the MK4is here on test at the moment and I am gathering DATA for the review. This is a quick clip of Alex Honeywell well and I stopping off at a permission on the way home from the range. The MK4is had gone head to head with Alex's tuned Air Arms Evo2 using the 10 shot magazine and performed almost equal to it with H&N FTT's. I think with some work put in on the set up it would out shoot the Evo2 without much problem at all. After seeing how good this was at the range Alex asked if he could use it at his permission for 15 mins on the way home. This is what happened.........

Can I shoot it? Heckler & Koch 416D .22 semi auto

I was at the Shooting Ground (Formally Broomhills) testing some airgun gear for the channel. When I was offered the chance to shoot a rifle I am interested in when my FAC comes through. This Heckler & Koch 416D is not on my wish list I hope you enjoy this new episode. Let me know if you would like to see more of this content. Many thanks Malc

Airgun Rat shooting with Verminhunters TV

Hi all, In this 20min episode I meet up with Simon Pittaway and Davy Thomas from Vermin Hunters TV. The lads very kindly invited me down to their rat permission in Oxfordshire for some mental rat shooting chaos. Sadly when we arrived at the permission the site manager informed us that they had just poisoned the site heavily. We were all a little concerned that we would only get a couple of rats on this evening. We were wrong! Once night fell the resident population (although thinned out considerably) made an appearance. This place has rats everywhere you look, up down left right they are everywhere! Unfortunately the layout of the farm means that some of the rats shot could not be retrieved. You see in this video Si, Davy and I take another chunk out of the population with in excess of 60-70 rats being shot. We collected 41 rats in total at the end of the session. Not a bad night really with Davy Thomas accounting for most of the kills using his trusty HW97k and a simple lamp set up. Great job guys and thank you very much for the invite.

Gear list

Scopes
Hawke Airmax EV = http://www.deben.com/rifle-scopes/airmax-ev.html
Hawke Panorama = http://www.deben.com/rifle-scopes/panorama-ev.html
Hawke Varmint SF = http://www.deben.com/rifle-scopes/varmint-sf.html

Rifles
2 x Weihrauch HW97 http://www.weihrauch-sport.de
Phoenix Fast Fire 10 = http://www.phoenixairguns.co.uk/ OR http://www.paxguns.co.uk/products.htm

Night Vision and recording
NiteSite = http://www.nitesite.co.uk/
Lawmate evo500 PVR = http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/products-digital-video-recorders.html

Extras
A & M Custom gunsmiths X3 Silencer = http://www.amcustomgunsmiths.com/index.html
Sandwell fieldsports = http://www.sandwellfieldsports.co.uk/

To support Help for Heroes and Treats for troops and buy the Rise of the Verminators DVD contact Si Pittaway at Simonpittaway@Yahoo.com

Rat shooting gear preview (Mega rat cull with Si Pittaway & Davyt63)

I go over the gear I am using for this weekends shoot at a pig farm rat shoot. Si Pittaway and Davyt63 have very kindly invited me to a rat infested pig farm in Oxfordshire to shoot some of the unwelcome residents. I am taking the Phoenix Fast Fire 10 in .22, my new John Bowkett custom Hornet in .177 fitted with the new x3 silencer by A&M Custom gunsmiths and the NiteSite NS50 night vision unit. If the rats are anything like as many as last time they were there we will be very busy.

 

.177 Defiant Ogives are incredible

I was at the range today with some pellets that I was given to try by PAX guns.
These new .177 Defiant Ogives are going to a real favorite with the guys hunting with .177 if they work like they did today in my John Bowkett Special Edition Hornet.

The ballistic coefficient of these pellets from PAX guns is incredible! They carry more down range punch than anything in it's class and over the scales they weigh up better than anything else I have tested. Weighing in at 11 grains these air bullet shaped pellets have the stopping power .177 hunters are going to love and I can really see these taking quite a chunk of the small caliber hunting pellet market if consistency and quality continue.

I have not tried them in any of the other guns I have here on test yet but one thing is for certain the Bowkett special edition Hornet I have just got absolutely loves them.

To get Defiant Ogives and other Pax Pellets
Check -  www.defiantpellets.com
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A look at 10m Sporter Air Rifle Shooting with Annabelle Bullock

I was very lucky this week, I was invited to a small shooting club in Stevenage UK to meet up with 2012 Under 21 Sporter Air Rifle Champion Annabelle Bullock. She is charming and she is also a fantastic shot with her Air Arms MPR (Multi Purpose Rifle). I took an opportunity to ask her about the sport and I also take a look at the club she started shooting at just 18 months ago.

MTM Predator Shooting Rest

Hi all, I have been looking for a rock solid bench test set up that I can use for testing these rifles on the indoor range at Pete's Airgun Farm. While shooting with YouTube friend Gary (digifilmshooter) I discovered the MTM Predator Shooting Rest Now don't get me wrong I had seen the MTM Shooting Rest before on channel's like the awesome and inspiring Ted's Holdover but I had never shot off of one. While Gary and I were shooting we swapped seats for a bit and I shot off it. That was that I had to have one! I ordered it from Solware through Amazon and it was here within a couple of days GREAT! Tharek and I wanted to do a build video showing how easy and quickly this superb rest goes together.

So here it is....

This awesome rest is what I will be using indoors to bring you the bench results for all the rifles I will be testing on the channel. All the items in yellow are links to the various sites I mention in this blog.
The Predator Shooting Rest is just £49.95 and IMO for the money is the most stable of these types of rests on the market. Good job MTM!