Articles by Guntrader
With friends like these….
It doesn’t take much to imagine the smug satisfaction felt by those involved with Wild Justice after its torpedoing of the general licence. The campaigning […]
WHEN DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN ANSWER
All the agencies involved are to be congratulated on the latest announcement of the results of the successful campaign to exterminate the rat population on […]
DANGEROUS SKIES OVER VENTNOR?
Whoever it was who took the picture of a sea eagle making off with a lamb clutched in its talons, has done everyone who cares […]
BERETTA TEAL SUPERLIGHT SHOOTING JACKET REVIEW
First impressions: 4/5 You would be forgiven for thinking that this was another high-end rain proof/wind resistant coat from a premium outdoors brand such as The […]
THE MEANING OF THE LETTER OF THE LAW
First published in 1853 as a country newspaper for the hunting, shooting and fishing community, by 1986 The Field magazine was struggling. With a circulation of just […]
AYA Dominus Review
First impressions: 4/5 There is nothing subtle about this gun whether it’s the deep and beautifully executed scroll engraving, its imposing frame or its solid […]
Three’s Company
There was something wholly predictable about the launch of Wild Justice. According to one of its joint founders, BBC TV presenter Chris Packham, the central […]
Pro Ferrum Wet Drying Gun Oil Review
First impressions: 4/5 The oil comes in a straightforward metal can with a plastic push button top and a plastic detachable tube for accurate application. […]
Fat Chance
Interviewed in the March issue of industry publication, Gun Trade News, Rebecca Schönfelder, manager of Europe’s biggest shooting show, IWA, mentioned that in the past […]
They make it very clear there ain’t no room for ravers…
The recent court case involving aristocratic landowner William Tyrwhitt-Drake and his neighbour, a millionaire pharmacist Dr Charles Gillies O’Brien-Tear, seems to capture many of the […]
Bollé Cobra 3 Lens Kit Review
First impressions: 4/5 The look of the glasses follow a well-trodden path in design for this type of eyewear with large oversized lenses and streamline […]
Well if they’re not going to, we might
as well
Magazine publishing has ceased to be the great business opportunity it was and publishers cast around desperately for ways of earning a few bob, which […]
AYA English Game Review
First impressions: 4/5 This gun is undeniably pretty and is the archetypal English game gun harking back to classic patterns from a number of the […]
When praise doesn’t improve matters
Every so often a shooting magazine will publish a letter from a reader, in which the correspondent offers a peon of praise to a police […]
HAIX Scout Boot Review
First impressions: 4/5 These boots look harder wearing and more rugged than a standard walking boot which is not surprising given Haix’s military and police […]
TRADE QUART IN IWA PINT POT?
In early March much of the UK gun trade will set off on its annual pilgrimage to Nuremberg, there to attend the IWA show – […]
Beretta 687 EELL Classic Review
First impressions: 3/5 There is nothing new or radical about the gun and it’s a well-known face in the field in its various versions, however […]
WILL CHRIS HAVE TO FASHION AN EXCUSE?
There was a modest fanfare when in the Spring of last year anti-fieldsports campaigner and animal rights personality, Chris Packham, announced the launch of a […]
VOTE NOW. IT’S THEIR CHOICE
Future Publishing, owners of a range of shooting magazines including Sporting Rifle, Airgun Shooter and industry voice, Gun Trade News has launched its own series of shooting awards. The […]
LET’S NOT MAKE A PIGS EAR OF AVOIDING THIS DISEASE.
Very few British shooters venture to mainland Europe to go boar hunting, but those that do and indeed others who may be hunting other game […]
RUGSHOT ANGERS THE ANGRY PEOPLE
Classic firearms dealer Diggory Hadoke found himself the victim of an episode in media duplicity, when having agreed to give an interview to ITV’s Breakfast […]
ETHICS GIRL WON’T EXPLAIN
For anyone searching for the perfect example of a modern politician in action, the continuing tale of Natural Resource Wales’ (NRW) decision to ban shooting […]
ENJOYMENT: IT REALLY GETS THEIR GOAT
The furore occasioned by the publicity surrounding the killing of feral goats in Scotland offered arguably the perfect insight into what exactly it is about […]
HANNAH AND HER ETHICS
Outside of Wales few will have heard of Hannah Blythyn and given the drab uniformity of politicians generally, it is a fair bet that only […]