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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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Gear
Lead shot ban: the lead-free pheasant cartridges six makers now offer

From 1 April 2029 lead shot can no longer be sold or used for pheasant shooting in Great Britain. For the keeper, the shoot owner and the Gun planning the three seasons that remain, six makers’ pheasa...

By News Desk | 17 October 2026
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Nocpix Omni H35R multi-spectrum binocular review: right first time

Ed Jackson tests the Omni H35R, Nocpix's first multi-spectrum binocular, with a look at the cheaper L19R, to see what thermal and 8K digital in one housing can do

By Ed Jackson | 17 October 2026
Clothing
Essential kit for picking up and beating: six of the best for the season

A guide to the toughest waterproofs, thornproof legs, boots and dummy vests designed to withstand dense cover and winter duties, from six leading brands

By Shooting Times | 15 October 2026
Clothing
Sporting Life: why the well-dressed Gun never looks too new

As pheasant days loom, Jeremy Hobson considers why shooting clothes should never look too new – and why a dog once took exception to a sharp suit

By Jeremy Hobson | 10 October 2026
Clothing
Stoney Creek Fast Hunt Ascent review: a featherweight shirt and trousers for summer stalking

Keith Edmunds puts Stoney Creek's featherweight Fast Hunt Ascent shirt and trousers through a heatwave summer of roebuck stalking, and finds an outfit that could have been purpose-built for it

By Keith Edmunds | 7 October 2026
Gear
The world’s finest shotguns: 11 top-tier guns from Purdey to Perazzi

A guide to 11 of the finest shotguns built today, from a £249,600 Purdey sidelock to an £890 Mossberg pump, read for the keeper, the shoot operator and the farmer who shoots: what the top of the marke...

By Selena Barr | 7 October 2026
Gear
Five of the best waterproof shooting trousers for the wet season ahead

With the Met Office warning of a wetter, stormier autumn, tweed will not always do. Five pairs of technical trousers, from under £65 to Gore-Tex at £449.99, read for the keeper on the feed round, the...

By Matt Kidd | 7 October 2026
Gear
Five of the best sound moderators, from compact to a magnum over-barrel designs

The Shooting Times team picks five sound moderators covering everything from the .17HMR to magnum calibres, chosen on weight, length and claimed performance

By Shooting Times | 6 October 2026
Clothing
Cut from a different cloth: the outdoor clothing brand with country roots and a conscience

Pete Tyjas meets Hooké founder Fred Campbell, whose conservation-led outdoor clothing has just launched in the UK, to talk country roots, eating what you catch and looking after the places we love

By Pete Tyjas | 2 October 2026
Gear
Nocpix Ace 2 S60R thermal riflescope review: generations ahead?

Ed Jackson tests Nocpix's new flagship Ace 2 S60R thermal riflescope on his .223 over several September evenings, to see whether the "Generations Ahead" slogan is marketing blurb or an honest account...

By Ed Jackson | 29 September 2026