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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
RSPB’s birds coming home to roost?
Like any other publication working to a deadline industry journal, Gun Trade News, can be forgiven for sometimes missing out on a story; however, there […]
Police strike a sick note
In Lincolnshire police have embarked upon a drive aimed at ensuring that as a condition of granting renewals or new licences to each of the […]
Not nice work from the Network
“Once again we are faced with another death of a child and we are not even into the first week of the summer holidays”. The […]
Second time around it’s different and not in a good way
Following the recent news that Aigle is refocusing its efforts on the UK shooting market, another brand is set to make a similar return. Swedish […]
Swift departure can’t come soon enough
What a very peculiar person John Swift turned out to be. For more than 25 years he headed up the British Association for Shooting and […]
Remembering who put you there
Before its demise as a print publication, the authentic voice of the UK fashion industry was a magazine called Drapers. First published weekly in the […]
Welcome to the not very special, special issue
Sporting Gun magazine has had a makeover, its August issue boasting a redesigned front cover and layout along with a host of new writers signed […]
A big show and a powerful event
A month or so from now much of the shooting industry will be packing its bags ahead of making the journey to Ragley Hall in […]
Airgun licencing? Don’t make us laugh.
There is no likelihood whatsoever that in the near future a licensing system for airguns will be introduced. Of course that isn’t to say that […]
There is less to it
It is only a matter of time – perhaps a few months – before one of the shooting magazines finally breaches the five pounds per […]
Horse for courses
The shooting business, when compared to, say, the music industry or banking, is likely to be found at the pragmatic end of the spectrum. It […]
Inertia lets the RSPCA ignore the rules
There was a time when the word ‘charitable’ when harnessed to the word ‘body’, would for most conjure up the image of an organisation run […]
You know it makes sense
Chewing gum, maybe or Polo mints. A few cartridges. A bit of change. Arguably these are just some of the items that are likely found […]
A poor performance of the Browning version
There are certain categories of employment which automatically enjoy good press. It is for example de rigeur that a game or talent show audience when […]
It was not bureaucracy but boredom at work
There was much hilarity, and not a little irritation, at last month’s story of a traveller stopped when passing through security at Stansted airport and […]
Shooters will have to cough up for GPs
The use by BASC, of the word ‘betrayal’ to describe a Home Office decision to support proposals for a mandatory GP report as part of […]
Shooting; for one and all
With shooting off the schedule for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, one has to ask how many other sports provide the opportunity for a […]
New dawn in the West
After an almost year long search, the Gun Trade Association (GTA) has found a successor to long-time Director John Batley. At first sight, however, casual […]
Labouring the 50 points
In the wake of proposals outlined in the Government’s Animal Welfare Bill, the Labour Party has published its own 50-point plan underlined by a pledge […]
Going, going, gone
As predicted last year on these pages, the UK publisher of Shooting Times, Sporting Gun and The Field has been sold. The three titles, part […]
Neeson’s Taken the p***
In recent months one has been unable to tune into the news, open a twitter stream or, if one is still part of their now […]