Taransay lies just off the Isle of Harris and is perhaps best known as the place the BBC series Castaway was filmed. After a night in a luxury lodge on…
Sporting Gun
Three value-for-money second-hand European shotguns
Lincoln Premier 28-bore When Sporting Gun first reviewed this gun in 2004, we gave it high praise because it was a bargain-priced gun built on a proper 28-bore action. Over…
Is shooting rooks a crime?
When reader Ian Taylor emailed to say he was being charged with shooting corvids, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Corvids such as rooks are on the general licence and may…
ATA Venza O/U
ATA was founded about 60 years ago and has flourished into a thriving gunmaking business. Its guns are made in Turkey and a range of O/U guns are already available here in the UK. The…
Second-hand Beretta semi-autos
Beretta semi-autos hold their secondhand value well and have been leading contenders in the field for almost half a century now.
Beretta 692 Sporter
There are few other guns on the market that tick all the boxes for the serious clay shooter but the Beretta 692 Sporter has them all
Browning 725 Game Gun
Given the reputation of the Browning 525 that’s no mean feat. The B525 is well tried and tested. Proven by the fact that it and the other models that preceded it have needed…
ATA Arms Lightweight Field Over-and-Under
We appear to be going through a kind of renaissance in the British shooting trade, with a variety of new guns emerging on to the market – many of these coming from Turkey. Turkish ATA Arms…
Beretta Silver Pigeon Grade 1 Sporter
If there is a problem with this gun, it’s that you get too much gun for the money. So not a problem at all really. This Beretta Silver Pigeon Grade…
Secondhand Browning B725
When Browning introduced the B725 shotgun a little over two years ago, the reaction among a number of shooters was to ask why they bothered? This was not so much a criticism as an acknowledgment…
Duck Stalking
In this video I’m talking about the joys of creek crawling as I go duck stalking for the pot while they lie up in back channels and gutters. Stalking ducks…
Some advice on buying a second-hand AYA shotgun
A secondhand AyA shotgun can make a worthy and very enjoyable investment, says Mike.
Yildiz O/U Sporter
Yildiz is one of the best-known Turkish gunmakers in the UK. Its guns have been imported and distributed by Entwistle Guns in Preston, Lancashire for a number of years. Initially, the company’s guns have…
Secondhand Browning Citori review
Secondhand Browning Citori: If you were trying to think of a name for a new gun you hoped would conquer world markets, what would you call it? Browning had that…
A second-hand Remington Versa Max – what to look out for
Our expert Mike George looks into the second-hand options for a Remington Versa Max
Popular second-hand semi-autos
Beretta ES100 Forty years ago, a semi-auto was a cheap gun, selling for a few hundred pounds. Then, as the guns became more mechanically complex, prices crept up until a…
Webley & Scott 912 Extreme Sporter
Webley & Scott has brought an addition to its range in the form of a slightly more specialised Sporter. Mechanically, the Webley & Scott 912 Extreme Sporter is the same as the other…
CZ 527 .17 Hornet
With rifles there always seems to be a better idea just around the corner, but in this case it’s more a marriage of an old rifle to a new calibre.…
Franchi Affinity
Although not one of the names you might first think of when considering mass-market gunmakers, Franchi has had a presence in the UK market for many years. The company was…
Three good value over-and-under Sporters to buy secondhand
Lanber Sporter – target price £500 All guns eventually go out of production, but the saddest loss of recent years has been the Spanish-built Lanber. The basic design goes back…