It’s Bonhams’ turn to put in a powerful performance this month, with its May auction making sales from £50 to nearly £50,000, as Diggory Hadoke reports Bonhams dominated the gun auctions calendar in May, with the biggest sale of the…
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Latest auction news for June and July
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Wild Justice launch more legal actions against shooting
Undeterred by recent failures, Wild Justice keeps hurling its legal eagles at general licensing. The anti-shooting campaign group has launched two more legal actions seemingly designed to attack shooting. In a newsletter sent to its supporters, the campaign group said…
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The latest news from recent firearms auctions
Items both old and new have shared the spotlight during recent auction activity, as vintage firearms expert Michael E. Haskew uncovers Little detail exists concerning the life of Edward Newton of Grantham, Lincolnshire—beyond that he lived from 1692-1764 and that…
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Why We Shoot: Future’s new pro-shooting campaign
Launching on 2 November 2020, Why We Shoot is a new collaborative campaign between all the print and digital brands within the newly expanded Future fieldsports portfolio. Why We Shoot aims to raise awareness of the positive ripple effect and…
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CORONAVIRUS: Northern Shooting Show rearranges dates
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Northern Shooting Show has decided to move to later this year. Following the government announcement that all ‘mass gatherings’ would not be supported by the emergency services, and that the general public should only…
The Shooting Show – a British Shooting Show 2020 special
In our first ever 100% show special episode, we report back from three packed days at the British Shooting Show, including sniffing out the newest product launches, chatting to the great and the good of the shooting industry on the…
All the latest product news
The latest in essential kit for the ever-changing shooting seasons Blockley Fleece Jacket Recognising that the market is already overcrowded with dozens of similar looking long sleeved fleece jackets, Le Chameau went back to the drawing board and evolved the…
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2019: The year that was!
Gun Trade News takes time to reflect on another year of newsworthy industry events and headline news from 2019 3 January – Greggs launched a meat-free version of its sausage rolls 15 January – Theresa May’s Brexit deal was defeated…
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Even more product news
This is part two of our last product news for the year, with plenty to look forward to in 2020! SAK Moderators Edgar Brothers has entered an exclusive partnership with Finnish suppressor SAK to supply the UK market with their…
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What’s On The Cards?
Stuart Farr takes a break from festive parlour games to speculate over the New Year’s resolutions of Parliament Quite often we don’t get to see how public figures occupy their spare time when they’re not out and about pressing the…
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