The anti’s deserve better
It is a fair bet that Olivia Blake, Labour MP for the Sheffield Hallam constituency, is unlikely to say anything at all during her lifetime […]
Articles by Guntrader
The Olympian effort that defends shooting
Back in the days when Fleet Street was the home of the press rather than a metaphor for national print media generally, anyone venturing the […]
A show of equals
Everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that the pandemic is now in retreat and that life will soon return to normal if indeed what we […]
A thorny issue for Patagonia
Beth Thoren is Patagonia’s Environmental Action Initiatives Director. At this early stage we should point out that by Patagonia we do not mean the arid […]
Schöffel’s shooting product was Taylor made
Shooters at the rarefied end of the market will be familiar with the name Schöffel. The brand has a justifiable reputation for producing some of […]
Do not use PayPal’s “Friends and Family” service
Some guntrader Buyers who use, PayPal transfers may be being encouraged by sellers to make payments via its ‘friends and family’ option instead of ‘goods […]
Making renewal a cert
As some unfortunate shooters will be all too well aware, their local doctor may be among those who won’t provide the necessary medical approval allowing […]
Axe falls on shooting titles.
It was hardly unexpected. From the moment Future Publishing acquired the ex-IPC/ex-Time Warner/ex-TI Media owned magazines Shooting Times, The Field and a host of others, […]
Arrivederci failure. Ciao to the future
There is only one correct reaction to the news that arguably the most important name in British gun making, Holland and Holland, has fallen into […]
Let’s give the man more rope
Shooting industry magazine Gun Trade News is the usual anodyne blend of trade information, gossip and thinly disguised PR features; however, it does have one […]
The price of pellets and much else besides
A recent item in the shooting industry publication, Gun Trade News, featured an announcement by UK shooting business, The Shooting Party, where it welcomed what […]
Priorities skewed by prejudice
The country creaks under the impact of Covid. Few of us have any idea what the outcome will be for the economy especially and society […]
There is no point in badgering the BBC
One definition of the ability to know if something is true or not is if it is in accordance with measurable reality. Attempting to apply this yardstick […]
Pots & Kettles
The possibility of a no deal Brexit has again raised the spectre of grey importing. Once a common feature across a number of consumer sectors […]
If they cannot get it right….
The police have given up trying to establish how Thomas Mair, the man who killed MP Jo Cox four years ago, obtained his firearm. The […]
Ban on lead is a question of time
What is a body of water? And when is a body of water temporary and when permanent? Two questions the answers to which we are […]
Adders counting the cost
Shooting bodies need to take note of a story published in the Daily Telegraph (30th September), which details the decline of adders in this country. […]
Please, sir. May we have Moore?
What a disappointment it was for everyone in the fieldsports community who was crossing their fingers and hoping that the former editor of the Daily […]
November 2020 updates
I want to say thank you to you, valued users, for the feedback you have provided in recent months. As a result of what you […]
Who will speak for us now?
In a little under ten years the foundations of the UK’s, not to mention the world’s, periodical publishing industry have been swept away. The internet […]
Hiring – William Evans (Bisley) – Manager
POSITION VACANCY Bisley Manager, Permanent Job Type: Permanent Job Title: Manager Location: Bisley in Surrey William Evans (founded in 1883) an established industry leading heritage brand, involved […]
Is the old boy and old girl network old hat?
The Comment page of the latest issue of the industry magazine, Gun Trade News, pointed up the way in which searching for positive stories about […]
Father’s Day Discounts
Guntrader.uk has been hard on the phone with shooting grounds across the county to find a special deal for father’s day this Sunday. The grounds […]
Big gun gets even bigger in the magazine business.
Future PLC, publishers of Gun Trade News, Clay Shooting and a number of other country titles, has swooped to secure ownership of Shooting Gazette and Shooting Times. The move, which saw […]
Right man for the job
BASC Members have until the end of next month to vote for two of the ten candidates who have put themselves up for election to […]