Gun maintenance may not be the most glamorous part of shooting, but it is perhaps the most important. Follow Tim Greenwood’s maintenance routine Let’s start with the muzzle – do you have multi-chokes fitted? If so, when did you last…
Tim Greenwood
Tim Greenwood on gun maintenance
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Honest Work
Is repair work misleading? Not if it’s done properly, says Tim Greenwood. The pictures on this page may give you a touch of Déjà vu – yes, they are the same two that appeared in last month’s article, which was…
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Ask the expert: Keeping clean
Tagged with: barrels, bisley, Gun cleaning, Tim Greenwood, vaseline, wd40
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Posted in Ask the Experts, Coaching, News
What stock finish is best?
Q I am really confused over stock finishes: lots of my friends talk about the finish on their stocks, most say that an oil finish is best, others say a varnish or lacquer. I was told when I bought my…
Rock the synthetic stock
I have recently bought a Benelli M2 synthetic. I am right-handed but have a left master eye. I shoot left-handed. With Benelli’s bits and pieces my gun fits well, I prefer a 50-50 pattern. The problem I have is the heel sits about 25-30cm above my shoulder joint, and consequently the toe goes into the wrong part of my shoulder pad and bruises it, for three to four days after shooting, even with 24gram loads
Mis-firing pins are easily solved
Last year I bought a Browning 325 Sporter secondhand as a gun to start both clay and rough shooting with. Shortly after I bought it, the gun would not fire the bottom barrel and then sometimes the top.
Fitting side-by-side
Q I have recently bought my first side-by-side shotgun – a 12g Baker from Chris Potter’s and intend to use it for clays and game. I have a shoe on the gun to help with better fit but I am 6ft3” and this is not working out brilliantly as I seem to need to hold it very high on my shoulder.
