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Gun Trade News Christmas gift guide

Posted on December 2, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

We’ve made our list and checked it twice,here’s our bumper selection of Christmas gifts that are perfect for the sporting shooter Tipton Best Gun Vice Tipton’s Best Gun Vice is the best tool you can own for working on your…

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BREAKING: IWA OutdoorClassics 2021 cancelled

Posted on November 24, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

The 2021 edition of the biggest European shooting, hunting and country lifestyle trade show of the year, IWA, has been cancelled. For the second time since March, IWA has been left with no choice but to cancel their 2021 show…

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New products for November

Posted on November 20, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

All the latest products available now. To have your product included in our monthly roundup email steve.faragher@futurenet.com with a description and a good quality image Leather Field Bar London gunmaker John Rigby & Co. has come up with an ingenious…

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Gun of the Week: CZ 452 American

Posted on September 11, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Stuart Wilson familiarises himself with this week’s Gun of the Week CZ 452 American – the ‘first and last’ firearm for the hunter gatherer. My introduction to shooting came at an early age: rabbiting with my dad, keeping football pitches…

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Behind the scenes at Leupold Optics

Posted on September 10, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Sporting Rifle’s Thomas Nissen visits one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hunting optics, Leupold Optics. The optical manufacturer Leupold Optics—or Leupold & Stevens Inc, as the company is actually known—is located in a beautiful industrial neighbourhood in the northwest…

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The latest auction reports on rifles and shotguns

Posted on August 25, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

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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Gun of the Week: Steyr Mannlicher

Posted on August 20, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Stuart Wilson gets his hands on the Steyr Mannlicher CLII SX in .243 topped with a Nightforce SHV scope, and goes in-depth on it’s features! Sportsman Gun Centre were good enough to send me a Steyr Mannlicher CLII SX in…

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Best technical jackets – our top picks

Posted on August 17, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Get back to hunting in comfort! We have a dozen technical jackets ideal for summer stalks Caber Feidh smock Possibly the ultimate hill stalking smock, with a zip-in anti-midge veil for uninterrupted vision, but total protection. The veil zips into…

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Pros and cons of high-powered airguns

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

As demand for super-high-power airguns continues to rocket, Mat Manning explains the advantages and limitations of this specialist hardware It may have looked like being a flash in the pan, but the hunger for super-high-power air rifles appears to be…

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The Game Fair announces new investors

Posted on August 11, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

The Game Fair, Britain’s longest-running countryside event for shooting, hunting, fishing and country pursuit enthusiasts, has new investors. Dubai-based World Media Group Ltd, has acquired a stake in the company that owns the much-loved festival of the countryside. WMG’s…