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Have your say in our firearms licensing poll

January 11, 2017

Everbody who owns a gun is being affected by shotgun and firearms licensing issues – whether they are new to shooting or a seasoned Gun. When you’ve just taken up…

Imerys Gun Club

January 10, 2017

Imerys Gun Club Trethosa Moor Trethosa St. Stephen Cornwall CORNWALL Secretary: Ian Studley Phone 01726 76365

Countess faces lengthy wait for gun licence and brands £40 GP fee a “disgrace”

January 9, 2017

Many shooters have long been aware that the time it takes to receive a new shotgun certificate depends on where they live. Now Establishment figures, like MP Ian Liddell Grainger…

Recipe for Burns Night – rabbit haggis

January 9, 2017

Rabbit roulade, rabbit haggis, barley, carrot and winter mushroom Serves 4 Ingredients 2 whole rabbit* 200g barley soaked overnight in cold water 3 garlic cloves 2 sprigs rosemary 2 sprigs…

Real men wear tweeds.

January 9, 2017

Snap shooting pheasant – what am I doing wrong?

January 7, 2017

John Bidwell says: This one has cropped up in this column before so, at the risk of repeating myself, I will cover the salient points of “snap shooting” again. You must stay alert and totally…

Boss over-and-under created by London gunmakers

The “Holy Trinity” of London gunmakers

January 6, 2017

In reviewing my progress so far in stocking my fantasy gunroom with fine guns I have never owned, I note that I have made an important omission: I have not yet nominated a British-made “best”…

Do you know your boxlock from your flintlock?

January 5, 2017

On the other hand, if you’re flummoxed as to what they mean but you want to be taken as a serious shooter who knows their stuff, then read on. The…

10 things that can make or break a shoot day

January 4, 2017

Makes 1. The Weather: Many Guns prefer a lightly overcast day, a favourable wind with a decent nip in the air. Persistent driving rain all day is enough to break…

Recipe for wild boar with lentils and wild mushrooms

January 4, 2017

Ingredients 4 wild boar steaks (or venison steaks) 250g ready cooked Beluga Lentils or Puy Lentils (we use Merchant Gourmet) 150g mixed wild mushrooms 60g butter 8tbsp rapeseed oil 1…

Time to enter the Royal Berkshire Shooting School Handicap Challenge

January 4, 2017

This is a hugely popular clayshooting competition. Entrants will be able to shoot for their preferred magazine and an enticing array of prizes can be won; a Browning Heritage shotgun, a…