Vic Harker tests the A400 Xcel – a budget semi-auto with no compromise on quality The repeating shotgun has always held a special appeal for me. It was of course the Americans who first designed the best and most reliable…
shotguns
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…
Shot Drop
When a shotgun cartridge is fired and the shot pellets leave the muzzle of the gun they will remain in flight for the relatively short time that it takes the forces of gravity to bring them back down to the…
Tagged with: cartridges, Clay Shooting, FITASC, George Digweed, Lead shot, shotguns
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
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…
Tagged with: Beretta, clay pigeon shooting, Gun Test, shotguns, Sporter, Vic Harker
Posted in Features, Reviews
Posted in Features, Reviews
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…
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…
Shooters rally to defend their sport
Shooters and shooting organisations swung into action to defend their sport against calls for unworkable gun laws, following a horrific incident in the early hours of New Year’s Day at Horden, near Peterlee in Durham. Taxi driver Michael Atherton shot…
Trigger happy
Are you messing up your shots at the last minute with poor trigger technique? Let Chris Miles put you right
Tagged with: Chris Miles, Clay Shooting, grip, over-and-under, shotguns, Sporting Clays, technique, triggering
Posted in Coaching, Sporting
Posted in Coaching, Sporting
