Author Archives: Jim Chapman
Rabbit Hunting with the FX Gladiator Mk2
A few years ago I was in Dallas on business, when a couple of friends invited me to break away for an evening pest control shoot on a small truck farm located on the outskirts of the city. We shot several raccoons, possums, and skunks that night and had a good time, but what stands … Continue reading
Ultralight Camp for the Airgun Hunter
As I suspect is true of many readers of this blog, I have several outdoors interest outside of airgunning. I like to hunt with firearms and bow (OK not a huge leap), but also flyfish, tenkara, ultralight spinning, kayaking, mountain biking, and camping (especially ultralight camping). And while the interest in each of these pursuits … Continue reading
Night Time is Hunting Time for Airgunners
All my life I’d been raised to believe that hunting at night was wrong, I mean it was illegal in my home state and nobody I knew would shoot a deer or other big game at night. But then I found myself living in Europe and reading the British magazines where lamping, as opposed as … Continue reading
The Masked Bandit; Pest Control or Predator Hunting
A lot of raccoons are shot with airguns while raiding trashcans, pillaging the hen house, or making a general nuisance of themselves, and in fact this is an application for which airguns excel. A well placed pellet from higher powered .22 at reasonable range is strong medicine for these tenacious and tough animals. And raccoon pest control often takes … Continue reading
The Best Laid Plans
When you write, it can often come across that every time you go out it’s a success ……. but it kind of depends how you define success. If it is game in the bag, you have your misses like everyone else. As a hunter, I consider myself ahead of the curve everytime I get to spend a day in the … Continue reading
Camo and Small Game Hunting
When my friends and I hunt predators or deer, we’ll usually be decked head to toe in terrain matching camouflage clothing, replete with face masks, gloves, and additional cover on our guns or bows. But often when I meet up with the same guys for a fall squirrel hunt, they’ll show in jeans and their … Continue reading
Weihrauch HW 100
I am very lucky in that I get to use a lot of different gun and hunt in a lot of different places. I was down in Arizona on a prairie dog and rabbit hunt in the northern desert recently, and got in some serious field time with the Weihrauch HW 100. This is a handy little carbine in … Continue reading
Hunting Handguns
After several years of hunting with firearms using conventional long guns, I started to drift more towards handguns using them for deer and hog hunting in my native Californian deserts and coastal hills. I like the fact that these guns upped the challenge; shooting a handgun accurately takes a lot more practice and demands that … Continue reading
Hunting Packs
When talking about the gear I take out on my hunts, I generally focus on the guns, pellets, or maybe my shooting sticks, but I have a regular kit that I have become accustomed to carrying when heading out for a day in the field. Rather, I have a collection of packs and a variety … Continue reading
Where does a mid power .303 fit?
I was down in Tucson for the Etreme Benchrest Competition last week, great event by the way, and had the opportunity to shoot the new FX Boss .303 rifle on Friday before the competition got started. I really enjoyed shooting the gun, finding it exceedingly accurate and atypically for a big bore airgun….. quiet! It Also … Continue reading
