Licenced to kill
Last week Countryside Alliance chief Tim Bonner met the new Secretary of State for the Environment, Theresa Villiers. Heading the list of topics for discussion […]
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Beretta 691 Field Vittoria Review
First Impressions 4/5 The most notable first impression of the 691 Field Vittoria, for me was immediately on picking the shotgun up, it was so […]
The Exclusion Games
Shooting sports was forced to yield last week. For all its articulacy in making its case, it had no defence against one of modern life’s […]
Law abiding pay a criminal price.
On the June 20th a firearms licencing team, backed up by more than 20 police including two armed officers- appeared at the premises of a […]
Beat the Heat on Gin Makers’ Row
The Game Fair is this year adding a dash of ‘gin ne sais quoi’ to its offering for countryside connoisseurs of fine spirits by attracting […]
Merkel Partner’s & Exclusive Members Club
Viking have formed an exclusive network of retailers to offer its range of firearms and accessories. Merkel Partner dealers represent the brand across the UK […]
What a shower
In August last year we covered the tragic case of Stanley Metcalf, (see: ‘Not nice work from the Network‘ 16-08-18) the six year old boy […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]