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What shooting gear does ShootingUK cover?

Good kit matters. It doesn’t guarantee a better shot, but the wrong gear at the wrong moment is a distraction nobody needs — and with optics, clothing and accessories representing serious money, getting the decision right matters too.

ShootingUK’s gear section covers everything except the guns themselves: scope and optics reviews, shooting clothing and footwear, gun slips and cases, cartridge tests, bipods, moderators, rangefinders, gun safes, hearing protection and accessories. New product launches are covered as they happen, and buying guides cut through the options when the choice is genuinely complicated.

Everything is tested in the field by shooters who use the equipment for the purpose it was designed for — not on a desk, not from a press release.

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Game Shooting
Five of the best high-end game guns for the driven field

When every bird counts, the shotgun in your hands has to deliver time after time. These are five top-of-the-range over-and-unders, priced from £5,915 to £19,500 and chosen for the game Shot who want...

By Shooting Times | 14 August 2026
Shooting clothing
New Forest Hawthorn jacket review: a tough, affordable workhorse

Keith Edmunds field tests the New Forest Hawthorn, a heavyweight ripstop jacket built for pushing through thorn and briar. At £114.95 it undercuts most of the shoot-day field, and it stands up to rat...

By Shooting Times | 5 August 2026
Gear
Tweed or technical: how to dress for every day in the field

The modern shooter no longer asks whether tweed or technical is better, but simply dresses for the job in hand, on the hill, foreshore or field

By Shooting Times | 21 July 2026
Gear
ThermTec Wild 650 DL PRO review: the dual-lens thermal monocular tested

ThermTec's flagship Wild 650 DL PRO is a dual-lens thermal monocular with both a 25mm and a 50mm objective and an unusual orange joystick control. Keith Edmunds tested it over three months of spring s...

By Keith Edmunds | 21 July 2026
Gear
Fuego DS-X7 review: night vision for under £300

Danny Brookfield tests the Fuego DS-X7, a 4K day and night vision scope with an integrated infrared illuminator, on rabbits and rats with an AirMaks Katran. At an introductory £299.99 it asks a serio...

By Shooting Times | 17 July 2026
Gear
Everything to hand: the gundog handler’s summer kit bag

From dummies and slip-leads to the vest you will all but live in, here is our pick of the kit worth a handler's attention as the young dogs go back to work this summer.

By Shooting Times | 16 July 2026
Gear
Zeiss Conquest Apia 65 spotting scope review

Ed Jackson tests the compact Zeiss Conquest Apia 65, a 65mm angled spotting scope built for the stalker who wants alpha-grade glass without the weight or the £2,000 price tag

By Ed Jackson | 16 July 2026
Gear
Nocpix Nite D70R review: a day and night scope for fading light

Ed Jackson mounts the £799 Nocpix Nite D70R on his Bergara and tests how this day and night digital scope, from a brand better known for thermal, holds up against fierce competition as the legal ligh...

By Ed Jackson | 14 July 2026
Gear
When the heat is on: the rise of the affordable thermal riflescope

Once a luxury for the professional pest controller, thermal riflescopes have tumbled in price and soared in capability. Selena Barr talks to the trade about sensors, rangefinders, the law and where th...

By Selena Barr | 7 July 2026
Gear
DJI Matrice 4T review: the thermal drone transforming deer management

Jules Whicker spent a winter flying DJI's Matrice 4T Enterprise, a thermal-equipped survey drone, across his deer ground from November to April. His verdict: an expensive but genuinely transformative ...

By Shooting Times | 7 July 2026