August always seems to arrive faster than expected.   One minute you're enjoying a relatively quiet summer with the dog, and the next you're looking at the calendar and realising the shooting season is just around the corner. For many handlers, this is the point where preparation starts to become a little more serious.   The truth is that most dogs don't go straight from summer walks into regular shooting without showing a few cracks. Fitness slips. Handling becomes a littl...

A year after its launch, the Browning B825 Pro Sport has firmly established itself as one of the most popular competition shotguns on UK clay grounds.   Replacing the hugely successful B725 was never going to be easy. Yet over the past 12 months, the B825 has evolved from Browning's latest release into a proven choice for Sporting shooters at every level.   We recently spent time with the B825 Pro Sport at the CPSA English Open Sporting at Barbury Shooting School, where Bro...

The UK government has announced a £7.5 million investment in a new National Firearms Licensing Management System (NFLMS), a move that could help address one of the biggest frustrations facing the shooting community: lengthy firearms licensing delays.   American softaware giant Palantir has been selected to build the new platform, which will be used by all 43 police forces across England and Wales to manage firearms and shotgun licensing. While the system itself may not sound par...