Success for The Country Girls UK as they grow to 200 members within 6 months of launching. Since 2018, The Country Girls UK have been encouraging more women into country pursuits through their inclusive simulated and game shooting events all…
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Managing the transition away from lead shot with Simon West
As the lead storm rages around us, Simon West of the Gun Trade Association tries to keep a calm head and suggest ways in which we might carry on. Lead has been the key component of small arms ammunition for…
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Quick Quiz: Lee Hurst
Our new regular quiz where we ask a leading industry figure some daft and not-so-daft questions and find out a bit more about them. Please tell us who you are and who you work for My name is Lee Hurst…
Tagged with: .22, build, clay shooting, creedmoor, game fair, game shooting, gun trade association, Gunmakers Row, hunting, industry, lee hurst, optics village, pest control, pistols, quiz, rifle, shooting, sport, stalking, vermin
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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…
Tagged with: cartridge, christmas, element optics, Eley Hawk, fibre wad, game shooting, January, maximum, products, range, shoot, shooting, Sportsman Gun Centre
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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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Gun Trade Gear Up for the British Shooting Show 2020
A small taste of what’s to come! For more information on the British Shooting Show, just visit: https://shootingshow.co.uk/ Each year the UK’s largest shooting show simply gets bigger. The 2020 show is set to break all records with a further…
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GTN’s Best of British: Shoot SP
The SP is a new unique option for shooters looking to control eye dominance both Gun up or Gun down, this is changing how shooters are able to tackle eye dominance. With recommendations from top grounds and coaches this discreet…
Tagged with: bird, clay, coaches, dtl, eye dominance, game shooting, gun, ictsf, shoot sp, shooters, world championships
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Ariat grows in confidence with Shooting Show partnership
Footwear manufacturer Ariat has signalled its confidence in the hunting market by renewing its sponsorship of The Shooting Show. For a second year in a row, viewers will be able to watch Shooting Show stars such as Chris Dalton, Stuart…
Tagged with: ariat, chris dalton, game shooting, geoff garrod, hunting, pest control, Peter Carr, shooting, sponsorship, stalking, stuart wilson, the shooting show
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Breaking boundaries
Outdated preconceptions are cast aside as women’s participation in field sports continues to grow. The number of women taking part in both clay and game shooting, including grouse, in Scotland has risen steadily over the past few years, breaking the…
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Shooting chic
Is practical shooting rogue or vogue? Caroline Roddis takes on the tabloids to find out. I recently attended a lecture by George Osborne on his editorship of the Evening Standard. You’d be entirely right to question why I didn’t have…
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