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Discover shotgun shooting tips for driven game, rough shooting and wildfowling, plus shotgun safety guidance that keeps everyone happy. Semi-auto shotguns, pump action shotguns, shotgun cartridges, and all that shotgun gear you’ve been eyeing up. Our shotgun features come from shooters who know that the best shotgun is usually the one that fits you properly – and hits what you’re aiming at.
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New research commissioned by the Greater Exmoor Shoots Association (GESA) has found pheasant shooting in the area contributes more than £32m a year to the local economy.
This gun is one of a trio of Westley Richards sidelock shotguns built for an Arab sheik.
Clay pigeon shooting this summer at a game or country show? Charles looks at a selection of fibre-wad shotgun cartridges to use on the day.
This morning I had the rigorous task of visiting the West London Shooting School for the UK press launch of Beretta’s new SV10 Prevail competition shotgun
I've got loads of 30g sixes left over from this year's game shooting. Can I use these for English and FITASC Sporting targets?
Cheap shotgun cartridges: Cheap ammunition is increasingly hard to come by. Here we look at an affordable new offering from Gamebore.
Are 28-bore guns 'man enough' to cope with really high driven pheasants? Here, Charles carries out a very unscientific experiment to find out the answer.
A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death of motorcyclist Ian Bottomley, from Preston, Lancashire.
Labour’s backbench spokesman for shooting and fishing, Martin Salter MP, shot his first brace of pheasant in November.
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