Sporting Clays

What are the best premium cartridges?

Posted on August 25, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Neville Jay, Essex Gun owner, urges us to go premium. Neville, together with his son Chris, runs Essex Gun, a well-loved retail business with branches in Rush Green and Braintree. Established from modest beginnings just over 40 years ago, father…

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Shooters on tour

Posted on January 20, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Simon Dutton and friends set out to shoot at as many grounds as possible on a whistle stop tour of the Cotswolds. I‘ve been shooting pretty seriously for the past few years, to the point where I’ve been arranging my…

Will Fennes Shooting School get your NFSG vote?

Posted on January 14, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Offering great shooting across 100 splendid acres of woodlands and fields, Fennes Shooting School is waiting for you to fall in love with it. If you love Fennes, why not vote for it in the 2020 Nation’s Favourite Shooting Ground?…

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Triggering better scores

Posted on December 20, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

There’s a lot to like about the Caesar Guerini Invictus I Ascent, especially those triggers, says Richard Atkins. We have featured several Caesar Guerini guns in these pages and they have so far proven very well received. This month’s test…

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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…

Tagged with: cartridges, gun, London, Mike Yardley, ncsa, Perazzi, purdey, Shotgun, Sporting Clays, trigger
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The editor chooses more Sporting clays!

Posted on October 25, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

James Marchington is back as he lists more of his personal favourite guns for Sporting clay shooting BERETTA SILVER PIGEON SPORTER Another classic, and one that’s in daily use at shooting schools up and down the country. The Silver Pigeon…

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Sporting Clay shotguns: The editor’s choice

Posted on October 24, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

James Marchington lists his personal favourite guns for Sporting clay shooting This month I thought I would give you my personal take on the guns that have given me the most enjoyment shooting clays. Inevitably that means I have hit…

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Purdey Sporter: first look

Posted on October 6, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Here we’re taking a first look at the famous London gunmaker’s new Sporter, developed with the help of a top American shotgun coach James Purdey & Sons are undoubtedly one of the world’s best known and respected gunmakers, but generally…

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World champs in Windy City

Posted on September 18, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Chicago played host to the 2019 World English Sporting Championships, where competitors from 19 nations assembled – Don Brunt was there to watch the action Northbrook Sports Club is without doubt one of the premier grounds in the US, located…

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Gun test: Browning B725 Pro Master

Posted on September 2, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

For Richard Atkins, the master is truly at work as he checks out the credentials of Browning’s newly launched B725 Pro Master target O/U. Browning designers have been very busy over recent years, with a steady stream of new models…