Richard Atkins reviews 28 gram Target Loads in plastic and fibre wad from Spanish maker Rio (This review originally appeared on Clay Shooting Magazine) The Rio cartridge brand has a long history, having been founded in 1896. Now a part…
Target load review w/ Richard Atkins
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India set for Commonwealth boycott
The organisers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have defended their decision to exclude shooting from the programme, for only the second time since 1970. However, India’s Olympic association (IOA) have now threatened to boycott the games if the sport…
Tagged with: Birmingham 2022, commonwealth, games, india olympic association, shooters, sport
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SPONSORED: Place orders on Red Rock luggage range
The first shipment of Red Rock luggage has arrived at RUAG Ammotec UK with retailers being encouraged to place orders. The range, originally an American brand, consists of tactial and survival themed luggage all in camo colours perfect for stalking,…
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Gun of the Week: ATA SP Elegant Gold
This weeks Gun of the Week is the ATA SP Elegant Gold, distributed by Sportsman Gun Centre! Turkish gunmakers, ATA Arms are noted for their SP ranges, available in both Game and Sporter models. Although the SPs have stunning Turkish…
Tagged with: ata arms, ata sp elegant gold, clay shooting, elegant gold, game, gun of the week, gunmakers, shotgun, SP, sporter, Sportsman Gun Centre
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GP Bills To Cost Shooters £48m?
A Home Office consultation published in July could land the shooting community with a £48 million bill for new medical arrangements in firearms licensing. Despite the fact that four years ago the same government negotiated an agreement under which no…
Tagged with: basc, firearms licensing, government, home office, police firearms licensing departments, shooters, shooting
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Deer Initiative To Finish In 2020
Deer Initiative Ltd (DI Ltd), the executive arm of the Deer Initiative Partnership (DIP), is to cease operating at the end of the current financial year on 31 March 2020, after 24 years of service. The decision to close operations…
Tagged with: 2020, deer initiative, deer management, di ltd, dip, environment, wild deer
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Cause for optimism on grouse moors
Scottish estate owners are cautiously optimistic that this year’s grouse season will show an improvement on last year’s wash-out. Demand from domestic and international shooters is remaining strong. The view from the Scottish Game Fair showed that businesses were set…
Tagged with: estate owners, grouse moors, grouse season, grouse shooting, growing markets, scottish game fair, shooters
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Tricks Of The Raytrade
Ollie Harvey goes walkabout with James Nicholson and Steve Kelly, the leading men at Raytrade UK Raytrade UK was founded and incorporated in back in April 2016, and quickly set about recruiting leading brands for wholesale into the UK. Raytrade’s…
Tagged with: brands, factory, gun trade, james nicholson, market, raytrade, steve kelly
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Gun of the Week: Weihrauch HW100 BP
This week’s gun of the week is the Weihrauch HW100 BP! The first bullpup from German giant Weihrauch, the new BP is based on the tried and tested HW100 action, which has a reputation for solid build quality and excellent…
The GTN Interview: John Allison of the British Shooting Show
Ollie Harvey meets John Allison as he lays the foundations for future success with the British Shooting Show. Many of us are familiar with the fable of the foolish man who built his house on the sand. The biblical tale…
Tagged with: birmingham, british shooting show, gun industry, guns, IWA, john allison, liverpool, NEC
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