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Hull Cartridge Company has extended its range of cartridges by adding new shells to its Imperial Game, High Pheasant and Sterling Game brands.
Pheasant shooting: A pheasant shooting paradise run with youthful enthusiasm.
Pheasant shooting: An interesting mixture of guns enjoy the fruits of pheasant shooting founded on a shoestring.
I have been clay shooting for just over a year now (last season was my first in the field) and wondered if it’s now time to have my gun fitted?
Pheasant shooting: This estate stands out as a blueprint for driven pheasant shooting thanks to excellent management.
This will only work if you have firstly mastered the perfect gun mount or your pre-mount.
My favourite clay pigeon shooting is English Skeet and can usually manage 21 each round.
Cartridge prices are about to go up again. So now's the time to buy!
We have a large number of pheasants left after the season and considerably more than usual. In the past, these surplus birds have never seemed to produce any offspring and I have been told they could...
Is there a maximum or minimum shotgun bore-size I can use for shooting Skeet? Also, is it better to use a fast cartridge – one with a higher velocity?
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