The Clay Shooting Classic is set to be one of the Sporting highlights of the year, so book your place now for 28-30 May at Orston Shooting Ground. The eagerly awaited Clay Shooting Classic is getting nearer, with just a couple…
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Clay Shooting Classic – are you booked in yet?
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Zoli Z-Sport review with Becky McKenzie
Becky McKenzie is back with her latest review and looks back fondly on seven years competing successfully with her Zoli Sporter. I started my shooting career with a Winchester 6500, and shot the poor thing until it just about fell to…
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Skeet Shooter Amber Hill talks about the Olympics
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…
Tagged with: Amber Hill, coach, Competition, FITASC, ISSF, Olympic, Olympics, rhys plum, rio olympics, Skeet, skeet shooter, sport, Sporting, Sporting Clays, target, Tokyo
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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