technique

Will O’Meara’s rifle training progress

Posted on August 8, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Will O’Meara continues to lock down on his training, and is looking at ways to maximise his progress. Rifle training tips from Will O’Meara Last month, we covered some of the fine-tuning and set-up aspects of training. This month, we…

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Long range foxing with Mark Ripley

Posted on July 1, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mark Ripley explains the art of long range foxing and recalls his ten longest foxing kills to date. The subject of shooting any living creature is always one that will attract controversy but add to that the aspect of doing…

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Hunting knife technique: Tips from an expert

Posted on April 10, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

There’s a knack to working with a hunting knife. David Barrington Barnes has some top technique tips to avoid a trip to A&E It all happened so quickly! Our stalker friend – who shall remain nameless – was gralloching two…

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New year, new technique

Posted on January 7, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Will O’Meara reveals the top three new year’s resolutions that every rifle shooter should make. A new year is upon us, and at this time of year it is a common practice to adopt resolutions. Personally, I am not really…

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Ask the experts

Posted on May 5, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Our team of experts solves five more of your burning questions, from calibres to cleaning Technique Q: I’m looking to buy a new sling. Are there any special types I should look at? I’ve seen one with a kind of…

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Ask the experts

Posted on April 19, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Our team of experts solves five more of your burning questions, from calibres to cleaning Foxing Q: I’m thinking of getting a custom rifle for fox shooting. What would be your opinion on this? Mike says: I think there are…

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Learning to Shoot, Digweed Style!

Posted on February 22, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Move over Percy Stanbury, George Digweed is teaching the instructors at EJ Churchill to pass on his world-beating technique, and Clay Shooting’s James Marchington has the exclusive. Ask any shooter who they want to shoot like, and nine times out…

Back to basics

Posted on January 28, 2019 by richardt — No Comments ↓

Will O’Meara is reminded that you don’t need the most advanced technology in the world to grass deer – you just need confidence in your kit and good stalking technique