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Take A Friend Fishing between 25 May and 2 June

Free fishing for a friend

The Take A Friend Fishing campaign is back again from 25 May to 2 June

Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson instructs first-time shot Rob Scammell, aged 14. Picture credit: Paul Quagliana

National Shooting Week

NSW is launched with a bang by Olympic legend Peter Wilson

The Lowther show is on 10 and 11 August

The hounds of Fell

Countryman Fairs will be working with the local hunting community for this year’s Hound Show, which forms part of the Lowther Show on 10 and 11 August

Kit tests

Over-and-under guns are particularly well suited to clay pigeon shooting

Side-by-sider or over-and-underer?

You can be both. Vic Harker explains why…

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There are lots of bullet heads to choose from

A loaded question

Chris Blackburn of UK Gunworks explains how to reload your own rifle ammo

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A great new range

New Outfox range

Outfox launches entry-level Active hunting outfit

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The ejection system is similar to the SV10 but without the detachable stock

Good, Beretta, best

Beretta scores another home run with its new 692, a gun set to replace the 682

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Save the skin

Don’t bin the skin!

A new range of tanning kits is now available from Sportingcutlery.co.uk

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Is a duo dynamic or disastrous?

Two’s company...?

Can two people fit in a hide or is it too dangerous?

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Can he shoot so close?

Too close for comfort?

Pellets fall onto children playing on the lawn – are there legal distances Guns should observe?

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the barrel...

Can’t see the bird for the barrels

I feel like I lose sight of the bird – what can I do to practice before next season?

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What kit does our pigeon expert use?

Kit for pigeon shooting

What kit does Andy ‘Crowman’ Crow use to shoot pigeons?

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It might not be the dog that is damaging the birds

Is she hard-mouthed?

Nick Ridley answers a question about why birds might be damaged

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Features

Is a duo dynamic or disastrous?

Two’s company...?

Can two people fit in a hide or is it too dangerous?

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Lintran has some of the most elegant and practical solutions on the market

Box clever

For the next step of the USV’s evolution, we visit the masters of the dog box – and much more besides – Lintran

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The Purdey?

Holland or Purdey?

They are both excellent guns, says Diggory. But which is better?

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G4EMA is a great bit of kit!

A night out with Gemma

Roy Lupton gets the wrong end of the stick and winds up on a date with Mark Gilchrist!

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Chris and his wife Pip

Good cause, great shooting

We attend the Jack Jeyes-Blackburn Memorial Shoot and attempt the shot of a lifetime

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Let your puppy socialise with dogs that are well-balanced, well-trained and friendly

Meet and greet

Socialising your puppy isn’t as simple as just taking it to the park to meet as many other dogs and people as possible, says Howard Kirby

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