THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

If you take a cursory look at any competition air rifle course of fire, either indoors or outdoors, it would be a very rare event indeed if you were to see the majority of guns in use remaining in their standard ‘out of the box’ format.

Although the manufacturers do a fine job of providing us, the buying public, with equipment that is fit for purpose, the fact of the matter is that most, if not all, guns can be improved by the owner so they shoot a little better than in standard factory format.

I do not include target-specific guns within this category, however. Usually, something such as a 10-metre target rifle, set up for six foot pounds of energy, will require much in