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The Scottish Government has banned electric training collars. Having previously decided to allow their use under the supervision of qualified professionals, Scottish environment secretary Roseanna […]

Data covering the performance of gun sales portal, www.guntrader.uk, in the year to the end of December 2017 has revealed that over the 12 months’ […]

Luke Steele is an odd sort of cove. The 28-year-old is Campaigns Strategist for the pressure group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), […]

Competitive shooting, an activity with an estimated 5 million participants worldwide, has been dropped from the roster of sports to be included in the 2022 […]

Most visitors to the countryside remain blissfully unaware of being in the presence of woodcock, until a sudden whirr of wings and then a glimpse […]

From the people that bring you the West of England Game Fair and the Westcountry Christmas Equine Fair, really does mean three’s the magic number. […]

The Department of International Trade has banned the importation and distribution of bump stocks (pictured). Bump stocks? These are devices which, when fitted or added […]

As the end of the year approaches feedback from the industry indicates that shooting continues to flourish. Sure, for importers of shooting hardware (and these […]

Strong rumours are circulating that the global media giant, Time Inc, has found a buyer for its ailing magazine division. That statement requires qualification insofar […]

It is difficult to say exactly what kind of artist Peter Lister is, although given the events that led up to his appearance in an […]

There seems little likelihood that Ian Bell, who will be installed as head honcho at the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) in early […]

The wild grey partridge is a rather unassuming little bird. As befits a species that has a long list of enemies and has to hunker […]

The recent appearance in court of a Warwickshire schoolboy accused of firearms offences, revealed that the 15 year old had planned to kill his classmates […]

The proposed changes to the National Trust’s trail-hunting policy, which are to be voted on by the members in October, have come about as a […]

“Estimates of how many creatures are killed by cats each year vary significantly”. This statement appears on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds […]

The increase in numbers of those holding shotgun certificates is heartening; more heartening still was the absence of any adverse comment in the media when […]

The search for a new Director of the Gun Trade Association is underway. There is likely to be no shortage of candidates, not the least […]

The news that John Batley (pictured), Director of the Gun Trade Association (GTA) is to retire, sees the end of an era. During his time […]

The numbers of those participating in Britain’s most popular sport, swimming, have fallen consistently for the last four years, and it is estimated that currently […]

Excellent news. The world, at least north of the border, is set to become a safer place following the announcement by Scotrail that henceforth its […]

The fact that a proposal to reintroduce European Lynx to some areas of the UK is being treated seriously, only serves to highlight that short-sightedness […]

As predicted, the airgun licencing programme north of the border is slowly making the transition from farce to fiasco. There are estimated to be half […]

Last month’s news that RSPCA Chief Executive Jeremy Cooper, had stepped down just a year on from taking up the role, offered a clear indication […]

Guntrader is in many ways an example of all that is commercially good about the Internet. The ability to be able to search the stock […]