The lead-shot debate will soon impact rifle ammo – Byron Pace suggests informed research to get ahead of the game. Without question, the most hotly debated topic in the last couple of weeks has been the use of lead ammunition in the…
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Lead-shot ban: The impact on rifle shooting
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Posted in Conservation
Posted in Conservation
The Shooting Show with arch decoyer Geoff Garrod
Arch decoyer Geoff Garrod is back on crop protection duties in this week’s episode of The Shooting Show, trying to deter the wood pigeon hordes from a precious oilseed crop. Everything is against him as the wind dictates the hide…
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Posted in News, The Shooting Show
Posted in News, The Shooting Show
Best rifle cartridges for roe
Expect a busy return to deer stalking and load up with this range of exceptional rounds for the coming season. Extreme Point Copper Impact Extreme Point Copper Impact Winchester’s Extreme Point ammo, which sports an extra-large tip for maximum energy…
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Posted in Products
The Shooting Show – Professional stalking with Chris Dalton
http://www.theshootingshow.tv http://www.eleyhawkltd.com http://www.ariat.com http://www.basc.org.uk http://www.censdigital.com http://www.shootingshow.co.uk Muntjac and ornamental gardens don’t mix! Chris Dalton and the team are on assignment south of the border in Bedfordshire, trying to manage a muntjac population causing havoc on the estate grounds. See how they get on later in…
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Posted in News, The Shooting Show
The Shooting Show – high-flying late-season game bird shooting
Gerwyn Jones is going home again – he’s headed to Old Long Mountain near Welshpool in Wales for the first of three days’ driven game shooting. With the season nearly at an end, these birds are strong on the wing…
The Shooting Show – last driven day of the season
In the second of our two-parter from Burton Agnes estate, we’re back out with Rainer on the last day of January. Last week it was walked-up but today we’ve got classic driven game in store. Let’s make this last game…
The Shooting Show – walked-up game shooting with a Belgian gun
On a late-season game day in Yorkshire, we invite Flemish guest Rainer to experience some quintessentially British sport. We haven’t spared anything, including the wading through bogs – but Rainer is up to the challenge and manages to pick out…
The Shooting Show – small game day in Yorkshire with a new gundog
Welcome to the first Shooting Show of 2020! Cameraman Stuart’s decamped to his local game shoot, which shows that you can get excellent shotgun sport without spending a horrific amount of money. With pheasant, woodcock and snipe potentially on the…
The Calibre Hunter: Ackley Improved
Byron Pace looks over the family of Ackley Improved cartridges and their originator I would be surprised if most readers of Sporting Rifle hadn’t heard of the Ackley Improved cartridges. Though only a small handful made it into factory production,…
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Posted in Features
Posted in Features
A winner from Winchester
Assessing the sub-£500 Winchester XPR in .30-06, Stuart Wilson finds a camouflage rifle that certainly stands out. I unboxed the Winchester XPR to find a camouflage-stocked variant in .30-06 Spr, topped off with a Kite Optics scope, already mounted. The…
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Posted in Reviews
Posted in Reviews
