As we gear up for the 2021 Clay Shooting Classic, we’re exploring how you can set off on your journey from amateur to the Classic. This time we’re looking at how to make that first big step beyond beginner level. For…
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Road to the Classic 2021: How to improve your shooting skills beyond beginner level
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Posted in Advice and tips
The Seated Gun: Interview
Jean-Paul Gaudin introduces Jasper Fellows to The Seated Gun and explains how he plans to make shooting accessible to all. Imagine lying in a hospital bed and being told you’ve had a terrible accident and may never walk again. Where…
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Posted in Features
Most used clays at Atkin Grant & Lang
Rachel Draper looks at the loads that bust the most clays at the AGL ground. Atkin Grant & Lang is a clay ground, shooting school and gun shop, and we get through roughly 20,000 cartridges a week, with a wide…
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Posted in Products
Under the influence
Of course shooting and alcohol don’t mix, but Ethan Lowry says that even a small tipple could affect your scores much longer than you think… I don’t know about you, but when the weekend approaches, the one thing on my mind…
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Posted in Features
Dealing with trap theft
Clay Shooting Magazine investigates the surprisingly pervasive problem of trap theft, and asks what shooters can do to fight back. It’s all over in minutes. A gate is forced open, a van drives in and across several fields, eventually spilling…
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Posted in Features
Halcyon Clays: Clay Shooting at University
University days stay with students for the rest of their lives, so what better time to introduce them to clay shooting? We hear about the experiences of new shooters at Oxford University. The Oxford University Clay Pigeon Shooting Club has…
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Posted in Events
The perfect hit: gun fit really is as important as everyone says!
Keen sporting shot Jason Doyle has been consulting a number of experts on the subject, and it turns out gun fit really is as important as everyone says it is. The last couple of months have been pretty quiet for…
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Posted in Advice and tips
