With excitement building for the Game Fair, Simon West reflects on the progress we have made and the obstacles that remain as we struggle back to that elusive ‘normality’. Here we go! With us facing the roll back of restrictions—hopefully…
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Game Fair 2021 preview w/ Simon West
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Gun of the Week: Mossberg Patriot Predator
Stuart Wilson finds that ‘good things often come in small packages’ as he gets to grips with a newly calibred American hero – this week’s Gun of the Week, the Mossberg Patriot Predator. Mossberg has been making guns for over…
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Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP – GTN Interview
The MP for the Cotswolds, Sir Geoffrey is chair of the influential all-party parliamentary group on shooting and conservation and a keen shot himself. We caught up with him to hear his opinion on the current state of shooting in…
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Best new shooting products in January
A bit of a bumper month this time as we catch up with a few products released in the last quarter that didn’t make it into the Christmas gift list but remain worth your attention, along with all the usual…
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Gun of the Week: Lee Enfield AK-74
There’s a new CO2-powered BB gun that’s waiting to say “preevyet” (Hi!) to a host of Western airgun shooters – the AK-74 from Lee Enfield (Guns) Key Specs Gun supplied by: The Shooting Party (www.shootingparty.uk)Manufacturer: Lee Enfield (Guns)Model: Kalashnikov AK-74Price: £249.99Overall length: 943mmLength of pull: 328mmSafety: ManualBarrel: Smooth…
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Updated: Covid-19 safe shooting and gathering limits
Shooting has been added to a list of sports that are exempt from the latest Covid-19 restrictions in England. The ‘rule of six’ restrictions brought in yesterday (14 September) in England could have disrupted game shooting which usually includes eight…
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The latest auction reports on rifles and shotguns
Big Game, Black Powder and Bolt Action brought a whiff of excitement and adventure to recent auctions reports Michael E. Haskew. Springtime auction events have produced intriguing results regarding rifles of particularly storied provenance. In the March Holts event,…
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New shooting products for August 2020
A veritable smorgasbord of delights this month from the insanely practical to the immensely enjoyable, we’ve something to tempt every budget… Rigby wine carrier Clinking bottles and fear of breakages ruining field lunches can now be a thing of the…
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Eley Hawk Interview: Catching up with Practical Shooting family
Leading exponents of the surgingly popular practical shotgun discipline, the Williamsons, have been working to create a cartridge specifically for their sport. GTN caught up with them for an interview on the Eley Hawk stand at The Great British Shooting…
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Clay cartridges: The latest products on offer
Whatever kind of clay line you’re looking to load up on, we have an option for you in this clay cartridge product rundown. Hull Sovereign Hull say that the Sovereign cartridge “literally vaporises clays”. The load is the choice…
