The Beauty of the beast: Top-line Sporting Clays shotgun from Purdey

Posted on December 10, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Yardley, one of Britain’s best known shooting instructors, is blown away by the £75,000 Sporting Clays shotgun from Purdey. It takes quite a lot to get me excited, but the new Purdey Sporting Clays gun has managed to catch…

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Finding the right gun

Posted on December 9, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Georgina Roberts describes her search for perfection, in the face of conflicting advice. When you’re getting started in shooting, one of the most important things to get right is your equipment. That’s especially important at a competitive level. Factors like…

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Shooters to watch

Posted on December 8, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

James Marchington talks to two young shots who have proved they’ve got what it takes to succeed Ben Killian Ben started shooting with father Wayne at the age of eight, and progressed from a bolt-action .410 to a 20-bore semi-auto.…

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New Perazzi marks 2020 Olympics

Posted on December 7, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Perazzi have unveiled a new gun, the HT 2020, in honour of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It has distinctive engraving featuring the date ‘2020’ and is available in both High Tech and High Tech Sporting versions. Perazzi point out they…

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Birmingham 2022 shooting talks continue

Posted on December 5, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Commonwealth Games Federation president Dame Louise Martin says she is determined to have shooting involved in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was due to attend an ISSF meeting on 7 December and stated that she was “committed to working…

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Shooter hailed ‘Woman of the Future’

Posted on December 4, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Olympic Trap shooter and British Shooting coach Georgina Roberts has won a ‘Women of the Future’ award for her contribution to sports. Georgina, 22 from North Wales, shoots OT for Wales and GB, coaches for British Shooting, sits on the…

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No let up for Leah Southall

Posted on December 3, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

The clay season may be over for many, but Leah Southall is still clocking up the miles The first Saturday in October I travelled to Mid Wales Shooting Centre to use some of my Laporte-CPC sponsored clays. I worked on…

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Christmas gifts for shooters

Posted on November 30, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

It’s that time of year to wrap up warm, light the fire and worry that you still haven’t figured out what to get your loved ones this Christmas. Fear not, the elves at Clay Shooting magazine have been hard at…

Young shooters to watch

Posted on November 29, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Our new regular feature turns the spotlight on two more young shots who are making waves Rhys Plum Rhys first started shooting at the age of 10 and has grown increasingly more enthusiastic over the years. He turns 16 in…