Gun Test: Beretta Silver Pigeon Sporter
Vic Harker tests the Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon 1 Sporter that may break clays but certainly won’t break the bank The other day a magazine editor said to me in the simplistic way that breed are inclined to do, that the only thing he wanted to know from a gun test was whether the gun [...]
A barrel full of innovation
Beretta’s launch of its new DT11 target gun marks the beginning of the company’s strategy to regain the market share at the highest level of clay target shooting. The senior manager of the company, Carlo Ferlito, made no secret of this to an assembled group of Beretta’s European distributors and the shooting press in Cyprus [...]
Back to our Trap shooting roots
Vic Harker looks at the history of a game that recalls Trap shooting’s colourful past
Putting the Faux into Fauxdegla
For Mike Faux, just winning competitions was never going to be enough – he bought his own ground. James Marchington went there to meet him
A champion’s choice
Vic Harker looks at the long barrelled version of the MX2003 with UT Trap Champion Ed Ling
Small yet Mighty
The only way to know what a cartridge is really like to shoot is to shoot it; so we sent Mark Harwood-Stone out with Eley’s new .410 Trap loads to see how they performed
Fiocchi shoots a winner
Fiocchi FBLU and FBLACK: two new top competition loads from a world-renowned manufacturer
Club Call: Mickley Hall
Mickley Hall Shooting School has been running for some 20 years but has recently expanded from hosting the rare charity shoots to regular open events and practice sessions
Fab new high-rib Sporter
With high-rib Sporters all the rage, we smash some targets with the latest offering from Fabarm
£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