Tim Greenwood
Starting out
Q. I have recently received my Shotgun certificate and I am looking at buying my first gun. I will mainly be shooting at my local sporting clay club but may want to do a bit of rough shooting. I am quite tall and a bit overweight with a budget of £1000-£1500 but obviously, the [...]
What stock finish is best?
Q I am really confused over stock finishes: lots of my friends talk about the finish on their stocks, most say that an oil finish is best, others say a varnish or lacquer. I was told when I bought my gun that it had an oil finish, but it has now gone very dull and [...]
Rock the synthetic stock
I have recently bought a Benelli M2 synthetic. I am right-handed but have a left master eye. I shoot left-handed. With Benelli’s bits and pieces my gun fits well, I prefer a 50-50 pattern. The problem I have is the heel sits about 25-30cm above my shoulder joint, and consequently the toe goes into the wrong part of my shoulder pad and bruises it, for three to four days after shooting, even with 24gram loads
£1,000 for a golden gun
Buying a shotgun can be daunting, especially if you’re new to the sport. We sent Nick Truter to a well-stocked gunshop armed with £1,000 to see what his budget could buy
Mis-firing pins are easily solved
Last year I bought a Browning 325 Sporter secondhand as a gun to start both clay and rough shooting with. Shortly after I bought it, the gun would not fire the bottom barrel and then sometimes the top.
Fitting side-by-side
Q I have recently bought my first side-by-side shotgun – a 12g Baker from Chris Potter’s and intend to use it for clays and game. I have a shoe on the gun to help with better fit but I am 6ft3” and this is not working out brilliantly as I seem to need to hold it very high on my shoulder.
Fitting first
Q I’m looking to buy my first gun; would you suggest I buy one as close as I can to a perfect fit or get measured first and then look? Peter Stone, by email A Believe it or not, this is one of the questions I get asked all the time by new shooters and [...]