Choke it up to experience: Richard Atkins gets to grips with the unsung hero of modern shotgun design, the humble, though now ubiquitous choke
Technical
Clay shotgun chokes – everything you need to know
Tagged with: chokes, clay shooter, Clay Shooting, clay shooting magazine, Richard Atkins, rifle, Shotgun, shotgun design, Skeet, Sporter, sporting rifle, Trap, Winchester, Winchoke
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Posted in Features, Technical
Magic Bore: Does it work?
Magic Bore was developed to remove heavy fouling now found in bigger barrel diameters, so Richard Atkins was keen to discover how it worked
Tagged with: barrel, clay gun cleaning, clay guns, Clay Shooting, guns, magic bore, Shotgun, technical
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Posted in Features, Reviews, Technical
The benefits of prescription inserts in shooting glasses
James Marchington discovers there’s more to corrective shooting glasses than he realised. If you’re reading this then I take it that, like me, you wouldn’t stand a chance of hitting a target without glasses, or perhaps contact lenses. That’s fine,…
Tagged with: clay, driven, glasses, gun, James Marchington, pellet, prescription, shooting, shooting glasses
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Posted in Technical
Mike Yardley’s positive shooting
Mike Yardley explains how he developed his successful Positive Shooting method and how you can put it into practice. Some 35 years ago, I decided I wanted to be a shooting instructor. I had already been shooting since I was…
Tagged with: bisley, churchill, clay, CPSA, guns, John Bidwell, method, Mike Yardley, positive shooting, practice, rmas, shooting, Shooting Ground, Shot, Shotgun, shots, sporting shooting, targets, techniques, vision, West London
Posted in Advice and tips, Features, Technical
Posted in Advice and tips, Features, Technical
Bryce explains correct gun-holding technique
Bryce Blandford-Corp explains how holding your gun properly will aid a good mount and swing, as well as reducing the effects of recoil As a newcomer to clay shooting, or just shooting in general, there’s a lot to think about,…
Richard Atkins on over-boring and fibre wads
Richard Atkins says you should think carefully before using fibre wad shells in an over-bored gun The recent public move against all things plastic has motivated some, no doubt well intentioned, folk to begin banning plastic wads at their shooting…
Tagged with: back-boring, cartridges, cip, clay target, fibre wads, gun, Richard Atkins, saami, shells
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Posted in Technical
Jason Doyle on missing training
No-one likes missing, says Jason Doyle, but that’s why you should do it more often: so that you hit when it counts After taking a few weeks off shooting to recover from my neck injury I was hungry for action…
Tagged with: clay, gun mount, jason doyle, missing training, practice session, shooting, skill
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Posted in Technical
Richard Atkins discusses getting the best value for money on your first gun
Price and performance; should one have to give way to the other? Does paying more really buy you more? Richard Atkins navigates the perilous waters that surround a shooter’s first gun purchase. Buying a shotgun, especially your first, can be…
Tagged with: ATA SP O/U, balance, barrel tubes, budget, budget considerations, buying a shotgun, choke tubes, clay, clay range, comb, crossing targets, dry-firing, gun fit, low comb, MIM, muller, muzzles, over-travel, performance, pre=travel, price or performance, release weight, Richard Atkins, shooter, Shotgun, snap caps, stocks, take-up, targets, top rib, trigger, trigger pulls, wood stocked shotgun
Posted in Advice and tips, Ask the Experts, Features, Technical
Posted in Advice and tips, Ask the Experts, Features, Technical
What are the best premium clay competition cartridges?
As far as Richard Atkins is concerned, it’s not just a pretty case. Here, he runs through the best premium clay competition cartridges that he saw last year. We have all been there when selecting our next batch of cartridges,…
Tagged with: Bornaghi Star, cheddite, Cheryl Hall, Clever Mirage Pro Evo Extra, Competition, Diamond Shot, Eley Titanium, Martignoni, Mike Bartlett, Nobel Sport Italia, Olympics, premium clay cartridges, Quattro Premium, Richard Atkins, Titanium Strike, V Zero
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Posted in Advice and tips, Ask the Experts, Features, Products, Reviews, Technical
Showing some fibre
Hull Cartridge Company has introduced a fibre wad version of its popular Sporting 100 competition cartridges. Richard Atkins takes them to the proof house
Tagged with: birmingham proof house, Cartridge test, cartridge tests, fibre wad, hull cartridge, hull cartridge company, Richard Atkins, Sporting 100
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Posted in Features, Reviews, Technical
