Charlie Bull of Just Cartridges lists ammo that will do the job with performance to spare I enjoy Skeet because I think it sharpens you up, providing targets at all angles. Station 8, where it appears, is a proper sharpener!…
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Cross-border raiders
Sassenach Graham Stirzaker swooped in to win a soggy Scottish Open Sporting Championship, reports Murray Thomson England’s Graham Stirzaker shot a superb 93 ex-100 in shockingly wet conditions to take overall High Gun at the Scottish Open Sporting Championships, held…
Tagged with: gun, ictsf world sporting, murray thomson, national shooting centre, ncsc, Olympic Trap, scotland, scottish open, shooting, Sporting, Sportrap, targets
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British Shooting Grand Final
The cream of Britain’s international Skeet and Trap shooters battled it out over a wet and windy two days at Fauxdegla shooting ground in Wales for the honours at the British Shooting Grand Final 2019. The competitors had fought their…
Tagged with: Amber Hill, british shooting, dominic cooper, grand final, international skeet, matt coward-holley, Olympic, Olympic Skeet, Olympic Trap, shooters, shooting, Shotgun, targets, Trap
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Skeet double
Richard Atkins reviews two 24g Skeet shells from Fiocchi, the Official Competition and TT Two It has been a while since we last looked at Skeet cartridges, so it was interesting to receive a pair of 24 gram 9.5 shot…
Tagged with: ammunition, cartridges, clay target, club shooters, CPSA, ds chokes, Fiocchi, international, ISSF, London 2012, official competition, olympic games, pellet, products, Richard Atkins, shooters, Shot, Skeet, targets, tt two, wad
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Brain training
Jonathan McGee passes on the training tips from his time in Ben Husthwaite’s intensive sponsored tuition programme The day started like any normal training day, but this time our Gold Tier Team are back where it all began at Kibworth…
Tagged with: Ben Husthwaite, clay, Clay Shooting, Compak, game shooting, gun, jonathan mcgee, shooting, Shooting Ground, Shot, targets, training, tuition
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Ben Cartwright mixes it up
Formerly an avowed Sporting shot, Ben Cartwright decides it’s time to discover what Trap and Skeet have to offer Skeet. It’s an odd word don’t you think? It appears to have its roots in the Old Norse word ‘Skjota’, meaning…
Tagged with: ben cartwright, English Sporting, gun, shoot, Skeet, Sporting, targets, Trap
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Terrific trio
Three shoots, three chances at glory for Mike Bartlett and his partner Cheryl Hall English Open Sporting at Hodnet As always, Hodnet put on a great shoot. Unfortunately, they have a new noise complaint from a neighbour, which has restricted…
Tagged with: Cheryl Hall, Compak, English open sporting, FITASC, Garlands, Hodnet, Mike Bartlett, shoot, shooting, Steve Lovatt, targets
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Reports from the Jack Pyke English Open
Don Brunt saw shooters tackling close technical targets at the 2019 Jack Pyke English Open The Jack Pyke English Open took place on 19-23 June, with 886 shooters making the journey to Sporting Targets in Bedfordshire to compete for their…
Tagged with: Ben Husthwaite, course, Gun cleaning, High Gun, jack pyke english open, josh arbon, richard bunning, shooters, shooting, sporting targets, targets
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Mitchell Brooker-Smith is facing down the storm
Mitchell Brooker-Smith starts the British Shooting shotgun series with a bang. Round 1 of the British Shooting shotgun series, kindly hosted by the National Clay Shooting Centre, Bisley took place on 27-28 April. This was going to be a different…
Tagged with: bisley, british shooting, Clay Shooting, Competition, CPSA, mitchell brooker-smith, national clay shooting centre, shooting, Shotgun, targets
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Tips from the top
We asked a selection of Laporte sponsored shooters for their best tips on how to improve – here’s what they told us. Be honest with yourself. It’s very easy to have a bad day, we all have them. The temptation…
