Rhys Plum talks to Team GB Olympic Skeet shooter Amber Hill as she looks ahead to the Tokyo Olympics “I’m just a girl that likes guns,” says Amber Hill. Well, this girl certainly knows how to use one. Amber’s achievements are…
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Skeet Shooter Amber Hill talks about the Olympics
Tagged with: Amber Hill, coach, Competition, FITASC, ISSF, Olympic, Olympics, rhys plum, rio olympics, Skeet, skeet shooter, sport, Sporting, Sporting Clays, target, Tokyo
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
The importance of winter training
Rhys Plum talks to US shooter and former world champion Gebben Miles about the importance of winter training The dark mornings of winter and frost on the ground signal not just the end of summer, but also the end of…
Tagged with: barrel, clay, clay season, Competition, field, FITASC, Gebben Miles, gun, pasc, rhys plum, shoot, shooter, shooting, shoots, Skeet, Sporting, sporting clay, sports, target, targets, USA, winter training, world champion
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Posted in Advice and tips
What’s a grey import? Your questions answered in the latest Ask the Experts
Let us know if you have any questions, such as what’s a grey import – we have the experts to answer them Send your questions for our panel to fieldsports@futurenet.com Your experts What’s a grey import? Question: Some months ago…
Tagged with: ask the experts, blaser, Browning, browning b725 hunter, browning ultra, business, cartridge, Clay Shooting, coach, fiocchi litespeed, grey imports, gun, gun fit, gunsmith, miroku mk38, product, rfd, shooter, shooting, shotguns, target, Trap shooting, trigger
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Posted in Features
A brief guide to chokes with Becky McKenzie
Top shooter Becky McKenzie provides a five-minute overview of what chokes are for, and which ones you should use. In simple terms, choke is a constriction near the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel, which affects how the shot spreads out…
The importance of using feedback in clay shooting
Georgina Roberts has some advice for anyone who receives help during shooting on how to best use the feedback Everyone gets feedback, whether you’re an athlete or a coach. It can range from more technical feedback such as gun mount,…
Steel shot for clay shooting – is it the future?
Steel shot may be the future for game shooters, but does it have a place in clay shooting? James Simon investigates. In 2017 a 91-year-old national treasure showed us images of albatross chicks eating a diet of plastic. A year…
Tagged with: BASC, cartridges, clay, clay shooters, Clay Shooting, Clays, CPSA, EJ Churchill, Eley, game shooters, GWCT, james simon, lead cartridge, NGO, pellet, pheasant, range clays, shoot, shooting, shooting starts, steel shot, target, UK
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Posted in Features
Testing two new 28g target loads
Richard Atkins tests two new 28 gram target loads, one fibre wad and the other plastic wad, from two of Italy’s leading brands First up, let’s look at the Fiocchi F3 fibre wad. Like the Lite Speed we reviewed here…
Tagged with: cartridge, cartridges, choke, clay shooter, Competition, fibre, fibre wad, Fiocchi, fiocchi f3, maionchi, market, Muzzle, pellets, Richard Atkins, shooting, Shot, Skeet, Sporting Clays, target, target loads, test, testing, wad
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Posted in Reviews
The Open that almost never was…
Outsider Dave Ferriman lifted the coveted British Open trophy at the Championship that almost never happened. James Marchington reports Dave Ferriman, the 25-year-old gunroom manager at the popular Sporting Targets shooting ground in Bedfordshire, is the new British Open English…
Tagged with: British Open, british open english sporting champion, championship, clay shooting company, covid, CPSA, dave ferriman, George Digweed, gunroom, James Marchington, sam green, Sporting, sporting targets, target, the open
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Posted in News
The importance of having a clay shooting coach
Georgina Roberts explains how a coach can guide, motivate and support you on your way to success A coach is much more than just someone who will tell you “You’re in front of that” or “You missed that one behind.”…
Tagged with: Clay Shooting, clay shooting coach, coach, competitive, georgina roberts, goals, session, shooter, shooting, Shot, skills, target, training
Posted in Coaching
Posted in Coaching
The importance of movement in shooting with Dr Matt Zanis
Rhys Plum learns about the importance of movement in shooting from Dr Matt Zanis In previous articles I have dived deep into different aspects of shooting and how the experts suggest we can improve our performance. Speaking with some of the…
