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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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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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The Purdey?

Holland or Purdey?

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

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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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Tru-Shot is a great coaching aid

Tru-Shot: fact, not fiction

Vic Harker hails the advent of computerised coaching aids to shotgun shooting

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A great new range

New Outfox range

Outfox launches entry-level Active hunting outfit

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Hull Superfast cartridges represent value and quality

Cartridges for straw bale champions

Vic looks at some budget-priced target loads that really perform

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Richard is now back shooting after his freak accident

Helping to shoulder the burden

Phill Price helps a shoot companion find a solution to his recoil pain that won’t cost an arm and a leg

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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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The Ear Buddies

Ear Buddies

SSI Electronic Ear Buds are the affordable, high-tech solution for all types of shooting.

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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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Try these cartridges for pigeon success

Wads for woodpigeon

Vic Harker’s choice of cartridges for roost shooting

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It weighs just 870g and is great when shooting

Light relief

After getting jiggy with the Lightforce catalogue, we have secured this brilliant HID 170 handheld lamp as an extra prize!

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Vic Harker has a successful day out with these cartridges

Cartridges for high flyers

When it comes to pheasant shooting, leaving the best until last is very much a matter of natural selection. Darwinian principles are at work throughout the game season, so by the end of January only the strongest have survived.

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Welly good indeed!

Welly good indeed

Phill Price reviews two Seeland wellington boots

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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

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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

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Microchipping your dog will become compulsory

Compulsory microchipping from 2016

Dog owners in England will have to microchip their animal from 2016 or face fines

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Howard runs the Lains Shooting School

Howard Kirby wins regional ‘Rural Oscar’

Congratulations to Sporting Shooter’s gundog trainer!

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A previous Benelli Sp'Auto winner

The Benelli Sp’Auto is back

This year’s Benelli Sp’Auto Championships will take place at the West Midlands Shooting Ground, Shropshire, on Sunday 19 May, after much positive feedback from last year.

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Features

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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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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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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