ammunition

Howa 1500 – Gun of the Week

Posted on June 26, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Stuart Wilson gets to grips with this week’s Gun of the Week, the Howa 1500; especially the top-of-the-range chassis system from Oryx. Our latest review rifle comes from Gun of the Week Howa; a model 1500 in calibre 300 AAC…

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Posted in Gun of the Week, News

What will retail look like as lockdown eases?

Posted on June 15, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

“So, this masked man walks into a gunshop,” may sound like the start of a bad joke, but it could be about to get deadly serious. Stuart Farr explores some of the issues that may face retailers when they reopen…

Tagged with: ammunition, camouflage, dry mounting, face mask, firearms, lockdown, ppe, retail, RFD, shooting, shotgun, Stuart Farr
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Ammunition: Our best picks

Posted on April 4, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Centerfires, rimfires, pellets: you name it and we have it, in this metallic ammunition round-up Power Pellets Power Pellets have achieved outstanding results in competition and field and are pre-treated with Napier’s acclaimed Power Pellet Lube. The benefits of using…

More of the latest product news

Posted on March 4, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Yesterday Gun Trade News presented some of the shooting industry products arriving in stores ahead of the busy trade show season, and now we have even more! To view yesterday’s selection, just click here. Mossberg 940JM Pro Competition Shotgun The…

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BASC issues further statement on non-lead ammunition

Posted on March 2, 2020 by towens — 2 Comments ↓

BASC have responded to the criticism of the UK’s leading cartridge manufacturers on the proposed lead shot ban. Last week, the four biggest cartridge manufacturers in the UK responded to the initiative, led by the leading shooting and rural organisations…

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Shooting and rural organisations call for transition away from lead ammunition

Posted on February 24, 2020 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

Leading shooting and rural organisations have today announced they want an end to the use of lead and single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition for live quarry shooting within five years. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), British Game…

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Calling the shots

Posted on January 23, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

GTN looks ahead to the 2020 SHOT Show with the event organisers and headline sponsors SHOT Show is owned and sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. The…

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Auction view: Lots more to come!

Posted on October 16, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Diggory Hadoke reviews the latest sales across the popular auctioneers and shares his expectations for upcoming auctions Southams kicked off September with a sale on the 12th at their spiffy new location in Bedford. The catalogue extended to 168 pages…