When you need a performance that matters, you can count on these tried and tested picks, so here are our choices for the best big game rifles 2021. Mauser 98 Magnum Staying true to tradition, the new Model 98 Magnum…
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Best big game rifles 2021 – our top picks
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Shooting and rural organisations call for transition away from lead ammunition
Leading shooting and rural organisations have today announced they want an end to the use of lead and single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition for live quarry shooting within five years. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), British Game…
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The Shooting Show – wondrous Welsh driven game shooting
Our destination for the day is Llechweddygarth, another Welsh estate that’s in the true premier league of British game shoots. Gerwyn is our gun, and he’s loaded up with Eley Zeniths and ready to go. Let’s see how he fares…
The Shooting Show – spectacular high-bird shooting at Brigands
We’ve sent the camera team to Brigands, one of the prestigious shoots in the land and home to some classic Welsh high pheasants. Who better to tackle them than Gerwyn Jones, who puts his shooting skills – and his Eley…
The Shooting Show – dramatic driven ducks at Cefngwyn Hall
We’re with Gerwyn over in west Wales, at Cefngwyn Hall where owner Charles Grisedale has spent 30 years perfecting a driven duck shoot. It really is something unique – though the ducks are put down, they fly just like wild…
The Shooting Show – tough pigeon shooting in 30-degree heat
Who goes pigeon shooting in a heatwave? Gerwyn Jones does! And the Welsh shooting wizard comes up against a mammoth decoying challenge, with temperatures soaring and thunderstorms even making an appearance. Not to be deterred, he stokes up his gun…
The Shooting Show – pigeon shooting with steel shot and biodegradable wads
Geoff’s back out at the pigeons and he’s doing a science experiment while he’s at it. Getting hold of Eley Hawk’s new biodegradable Pro Eco wad, he’s left a wad submerged in water while he shoots, to find how much…
Simulated stalking
Tim Pilbeam heads to WMS Steel Challenge in Wales, which offers the chance to practise stalking techniques in conditions that can be as tough as any stalk
A varminter’s dream
Long-range varminting specialist Tim Pilbeam gets his hands on a rifle that’s tailored to his favoured discipline: the Remington 700 VSSF in .220 Swift
