Shooting Supplies LTD

Father’s Day reminder.

If you’re reading this and haven’t sorted a gift yet…

This is your sign. 👀

A Shooting Supplies gift voucher means no guessing sizes, calibres, mounts, accessories, or whether he already owns three of them.

Available online and in-store.

You’re welcome.

https://www.shootingsuppliesltd.co.uk/gift-cards

Reloaders, we’ve just taken delivery of a fresh batch from Cast Bullets.

Available in a range of popular calibres and weights, these polymer-coated cast bullets are designed to help reduce barrel fouling while delivering the consistency reloaders are looking for.

From 9mm and .38/.357 through to .44 and .45 calibres, there’s plenty to choose from.

Who here loads their own ammunition?

Let us know what calibre you’re currently loading for 👇

Most of us own separate rifles for separate jobs. Bl**er looked at that and asked a fair question: why not one rifle and a drawer full of barrels instead?

That's the idea behind the R8. It's a switch-barrel system, so the same action takes interchangeable barrels in different calibres. Swapping is genuinely quick, a couple of bolts, and crucially the rifle holds its zero when you put a barrel back on. So one R8 can be your stalking rifle, your range rifle, and your foxing rifle, just by changing the front end.

It's clever engineering, and it's not cheap, we'll be honest about that. Barrels start at around £1199 and the rifle itself is a serious investment. This is premium kit aimed at people who'd otherwise be buying and licensing several rifles and want one quality platform instead.

We've got R8 barrels and rifles in stock across a few calibres right now, so if you're already running an R8 or weighing one up, it's worth a look at what we've got.

Question for the R8 owners, and the curious: would you rather have one rifle that does everything, or a separate rifle for each job done exactly how you like it? There's no wrong answer, just camps.

One of the best parts of the M4-22 platform is how easily it becomes your rifle.

We love seeing customized M4-22 builds like this Elite Tactical build shared on Reddit, every setup ends up with its own personality.

A bit of sunshine.

A Tippmann Arms M4-22.

And some time on the range.

Hard to think of a much better way to spend an afternoon.

If you’ve got a free day at the range, what’s coming out of your cabinet?

.22LR ammo comes in more flavours than most people realise, and picking the wrong one can quietly cost you results.

The two you'll meet most are subsonic and high velocity. The difference is exactly what it sounds like. Subsonic rounds stay below the speed of sound, usually around 1,040 fps, so they never produce that supersonic crack downrange. High velocity rounds push past it, typically 1,200 fps and up.

So which do you want? For close range rabbiting and anything where a moderator is doing the heavy lifting, subsonic is the quiet, accurate choice. Most rifles shoot a particular subsonic round beautifully once you find the one they like. For longer shots, or where a flatter trajectory matters more than noise, high velocity earns its place.

The catch is that no two rifles agree. A round that drives tack-driving groups in one barrel can scatter in the next. The only way to know is to buy a few different brands, shoot them over the same target, and let the rifle tell you.

What's your rifle's favourite? Any round that just refuses to group no matter what you do?

We stock a wide range of ammo at Shooting Supplies, head over to the website or visit us in-store to see our options.

Pick One: The Stalking Calibre Debate.

You can only own ONE rifle for UK stalking. Which calibre is going on your ticket?

243 Wi******er: Light recoil, flat shooting, plenty for fox and deer up to red. The do-it-all option that's been on stalkers' certificates for decades.

308 Wi******er: The classic. Heavier hitter, more options across the deer species, every gun shop in the country stocks ammunition for it.

6.5 Creedmoor: The newcomer that wouldn't go away. Better ballistics than the .308 at distance, less recoil, growing factory ammo selection.

30-06 Springfield: The old guard's pick. Will take anything that walks in the UK and most of what walks anywhere else. Versatile and proven.

Drop your choice in the comments. Defenders of each, make your case.

Following on from Wednesday's centre height piece, the UTG Recon 360 TL Picatinny bipods have just landed in three different heights: 5.5"–7", 7"–9", and 8"–12".

These are a solid bit of kit for the money. The headline feature is the 360° panning, which is properly adjustable for tension via a throw lever at the base. You can dial it from buttery smooth right through to locked rigid, depending on what you're doing. There's also 15° of tilt in every direction for awkward ground.

Build is aircraft aluminium, matte black hard anodised, with lockable leg extensions and three-position folding legs. The Picatinny mount comes with a swivel stud adapter included, so they'll fit pretty much any rifle out of the box. UTG back them with a lifetime warranty.

For the price, they sit in that sweet spot between budget bipods (which usually have wobbly panning and no tilt) and premium options like Atlas or Spartan (which cost three to four times as much). For most UK shooters, this is plenty of bipod.

Three heights, three different jobs. The Wednesday post covers which suits what.

Which one fits your setup?