ATA has given the Classic a big boost with six-gun sponsorship worth £6,500. Entries to the Clay Shooting Classic 2019 have been coming in rapidly since the event was announced, and we’ve already gone well past the point where we…
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ATA boosts Clay Shooting Classic with sponsorship.
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Posted in Events
Posted in Events
The road to Tokyo
Anita North explains what it will take to get Britain’s athletes into the running for Tokyo 2020. I’m really looking forward to the competition season ahead. This year is an important year in the international scene – it’s the big year…
Tagged with: Aaron Heading, anita north, games, ISSF, kirsty barr, mqs, olympic cycle, Olympics, qualification, quota places, shooting, Shotgun, tokyo 2020, trap mixed team, world rankings
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Posted in Events
English break-fest with Richard Atkins
Lyalvale Express are very well known at clubs across the UK (and far beyond) for producing excellent shotgun cartridges. The company is justifiably proud of being able to state that they are the only UK cartridge company with an Olympic…
Tagged with: 21 gram, 23.2 grains, 28 grams, ammunition, b&p, baschieri & pellagri z2m, cartridge, cartridge company, d20, english sporter, express excell trap, fibre, Lyalvale Express, Olympic, plastic wad, Richard Faulds, Shotgun, sydney 2000, Trap, vectan
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Posted in Features
Kate Gatacre looks into the issue of licensing delays
Kate Gatacre looks into the thorny issue of licensing delays. Why do some police areas take so long to do the job? Among the biggest frustrations faced by shooters are the delays they experience when obtaining their licences. In some areas…
Tagged with: backlog, BASC, bill harriman, British Shooting Sports Council, budgeting issues, centralised system, certificate, Clay Shooting, cumbria, david florent, david penn, doug florent, Essex, FEO, feos, firearms act, firearms enquiry officer, firearms licensing, gun, gun safe, guns, hampshire, ho guidelines, Home Office, home office guidelines, issue, kate gatacre, Kent, lancashire, legal ownership of guns, legally owned guns, licensing delays, local police area, met, national policy unit, npcc, oxford gun company, paul quinton, police, police areas, postcode lottery, private gun ownership, Shotgun, shotgun certificate, shotgun license, system, thames valley, travel, warwickshire, west mercia, west yorkshire
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Posted in Features
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
Ben Husthwaite: Straight Talking
Tagged with: 100-straight, Ben Husthwaite, clay magazine, clay shooter, Clay Shooting, fire arms, rifle, shooter, shooting, Shotgun, Skeet, Sporter, the British Open, Trap
Posted in Advice and tips, Ask the Experts, Coaching
Posted in Advice and tips, Ask the Experts, Coaching
Gun Test: Perazzi Hi Tech Sporter
Vic Harker tests out Perazzi’s Hi Tech Sporter, and demolishes more than a few clays along the way Tech Specs Maker: Perazzi Model: High Tech Sporter S Bore: 12g (18.5mm) Chambers: 2¾in (70mm) Barrel Length: 32in (81cm) Chokes: Fixed, Imp…
Tagged with: clay gun, cross-barrel, fire arms, gun, Gun Test, Perazzi, Perazzi Hi Tech Sporter, rifle, Shotgun, Sporter, sporting rifle
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Posted in Reviews
Top 10 clay cartridges from budget to blow-out
From low-cost loads to costly cartridges, we look at what cartridges are out there from the big manufacturers
Tagged with: best cartridges, cartridges, clay cartridges, clay shooter, Clay Shooting, fire arms, shooter, shooting, Shotgun, Skeet, Trap
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Posted in Features, Reviews
Interview: Southdown shooting grounds owner Shaun Miller
Running a clay ground’s easy, right? Or maybe not. Ben Lycett talks to Southdown owner Shaun Miller to find out what it takes to succeed
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Posted in Ask the Experts, Coaching
Posted in Ask the Experts, Coaching
