Modern Greats

How many guns do you need?

Posted on December 1, 2017 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Vic Harker investigates the big three that should be in every gun cabinet

Tagged with: clay guns, clay rifles, Clay Shooting, Skeet, Sporting, sporting rifle, Trap
Posted in Advice and tips, Features, Modern Greats

Know your guns: A brief history of clays

Posted on November 25, 2017 by alicep — 1 Comment ↓

Vic Harker charts the development of clay target guns over the years

Tagged with: Beretta, Browning, Classic, clay gun history, Clay Shooting, guns, history, kreighoff, Olympic Trap, Perazzi, shooting, Skeet, Sporting, Trap, Vic Harker, Winchester
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Interview: Bad Boy Ben Husthwaite

Posted on November 17, 2017 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Laura Strachan sat down with the mighty Ben Husthwaite to ask all those questions you wish you could…

Tagged with: Ben Husthwaite, Clay Shooting, interview, kibworth shooting, Krieghoff, mickey rouse, Miroku, shooting celebrity, Stuart Clarke, Usain Bolt
Posted in Features, Interview, Modern Greats, News

Gun design secrets: how subtle differences improve shooting

Posted on November 15, 2017 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Some shooters don’t realise that the subtle variances between the major shotgun makers are more than just different branding logos, so Vic Harker explains some of the design characteristics

Tagged with: Beretta, Browning, james woodward, Krieghoff, modern shotgun, Perazzi, Remington, shotgun design
Posted in Advice and tips, Features, Modern Greats, Skeet, Sporting, Technical, Trap

Interview: Ronnie Green

Posted on November 11, 2017 by alicep — No Comments ↓

With the premier young shots trophy in his cabinet, and an array of other championships an accolades in the books, Ronnie Green explains to photographer Huw Hopkins how he is on track for clay shooting superstardom…

Man on fire – how royalty in the UAE changed Britain’s Olympic-medal future

Posted on May 3, 2016 by guntradenews — 2 Comments ↓

In this new Olympic year, we revisit Vic Harker’s interview with Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, Olympic Double Trap prodigy and coach to British Olympic gold medallists Peter Wilson and Steve Scott

Tagged with: Ahmed Al Maktoum, Athens olympics, Beijing Olympics, Beretta, Browning, Double Trap, half rib, history of shooting, London Olympics, olympic shooting, Peter Wilson, shooting greats
Posted in Features, Modern Greats, News

Faulds puts his feet up

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Huw Hopkins — 1 Comment ↓

Richard Faulds announces official retirement from competitive clay shooting

Tagged with: Beretta, british shooting, Caesar Guerini, castellani, Double Trap, FITASC, Peter Wilson, retirement, Richard Faulds, Sporting
Posted in Modern Greats, News, Sporting, Trap

The Outside Bet

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Vic Harker — No Comments ↓

Vic Harker recounts the Giovanni Cernogoraz story: a man who beat all the odds to become an Olympic Champion

Tagged with: Beijing, champion, Croatia, European Championships, Giovanni Cernogoraz, gold medal, Italy, London, modern great, Olympic, Poussan, Trap, World Championships, world cup
Posted in Features, Modern Greats

America’s Golden Girl

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Vic Harker — No Comments ↓

The sheer precocity of this month’s Modern Great, Kimberly Rhode, has already guaranteed her a place among clay target shootings greatest champions, writes Vic Harker.

Tagged with: Athens, Beijing, Double Trap, gold medal, Kimberly Rhode, London 2012, Olympics, Skeet, Sydney, Trap
Posted in Features, Modern Greats