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Do you ever find yourself at the range, out in the field, on the clays, thinking ‘I’m actually quite good’ or ‘how will I ever get noticed by the right people?’. You’d be right in saying you’d have to know exactly where to look or be in the perfect place for someone of any importance to take notice of you. But what you might not realise is that this ‘place’ is a lot easier to get to than you’d think. British Shooting holds occasional &l...

Holts are delighted to announce our new Auction Venue in Central London with all-new Preview and Auction dates:   The Army Reserve Centre, Adam and Eve Mews, Kensington, London, W8 6TN   We’re changing our timetabling of auctions and the preview days will now include the weekends prior to the auction. For March, the viewing days will be open on Saturday 16th, Sunday 17th and Monday 18th with the auction itself being held on Tuesday 19th. We anticip...

It’s a very common dilemma that every keen shooter is faced with, from the beginner looking for their very first firearm, right the way to the regular expert looking to re-motivate themselves with a new challenge. It’s hard to know where to go next and with such a huge range of choices on the market, sometimes it’s not clear how to separate one gun from the next. Often, you’ll be looking at a plethora of similarly priced firearms that are also equal in performance. In thi...

The British Shooting Show is the UK’s Premiere trade and retail shooting event held each year at the NEC Birmingham.  The 2019 show runs from February 15th to 17th and celebrates over a decade of serving the shooting industry and shooting enthusiast from the UK and overseas.    For three days the might of the shooting industry, from the smaller and newer company’s to the well-known market giants, all come together to present visitors with an enormous ‘sho...

You may or may not be aware of the appointment of a new President at the International Shooting Sport Federation. His name is Vladimir Lisin, a 62-year-old man from Ivanovo in Russia who is a shooting enthusiast and rifle collector. You may have seen him elsewhere before - that’s because he’s 48th richest man in the world with a net worth of $18.6 Billion. His main business comes from a steelworks where he is chairman, but in November was voted into the position of President at the I...

Its that time of year again - the perfect opportunity to go out fox shooting - with Winter nights closing in early, you’ll get a cold breeze keeping away any indication of your scent, and darkness hiding your visual presence. This time of year is also when foxes can do the most damage to livestock due to the cubs being big enough to go hunting, combined with a general lack of food out in the wild.   The beauty of fox shooting is that you don’t need the high-end kit to ge...

The air guns listed are well worth mentioning, as they’re all affordable entry-level CO2, PCPs and springers aimed at introducing someone to the sport of shooting. The list below is in no particular order, and I understand my choice may not be the same as yours and that’s great, as that’s what makes the airgun market exciting.

There's still time to buy that special Christmas something for a loved one, a friend or the person you've been nominated for secret Santa this year. Those of you who are struggling for ideas, here's my top ten shooting related gifts for you to consider. Airgun Pellets or BBs I know I can never get enough ammunition to feed my airguns, and it's nice to be gifted a tin or two every now and then. If you're thinking of buying some pellets, here are my top three recommendati...

Usually, at this time of the year, British country pubs are bursting with joy, festivities, and stories of an excellent day out hunting gamebird. The public house - a quintessential element of UK culture - is the most popular retreat for people who have endured a thrilling afternoon in the field, as they round off the day with a hearty meal, something to drink and a chat about the events prior. Sadly, that reality has changed this year; largely due to the plummeting grouse population. Lots ...

As a child, I’d heard of an aeroplane that could travel at a top speed of 2179 km/h, and the manufacturers claimed it to be 8 times faster than a bullet leaving a rifle. Unfortunately, the Concorde was decommissioned before I was old enough to spend my life savings on a ticket to experience these claims for myself. It was during this same period of time when I first witnessed an Audi advertisement on the television, and the narrator boasted “The Audi Quattro accelerates faster than C...

For more than a year, plans have been in place to completely ban the use and possession of military-appropriate .50-Cal rifles, after concerns of the risks they could pose to the UK. But right at the crucial moment home secretary Sajid Javid has pulled the plug on the plans - deciding to revert back to the way things were.   The new proposals were created and supported by MP’s and the NCA (National Crime Agency) who were concerned about these firearms ending up in the wrong ha...

  In the Wood I arrived on my permission at around 8:00 am after parking my car some 100 yards from the gate. The outside temperature gauge on the dashboard registered at three degrees Celsius. I reluctantly stepped out of the warm car, making my way to the boot to retrieve my rifle and tuna sandwiches.    Walking up to the gate of the permission, past the wood, I could feel the chill in the air as the cold breeze kissed my face. I was glad I had ditched the usual...

Marocchi’s premium firearms are available to the UK market thanks to Viking Arms. After Marocchi’s successes with their over and under Zero3 Trap Shotgun that was launched as a reliable competition shooter, they’ve backed themselves up with a new Evo model. The new Evo is described as a more affordable shotgun that comes packed with the highest quality and premium features - some of these you’d normally only get from the most premium guns on the market. The Evo i...

It's that time of year again, the bells are ringing, the birds are singing, the mistletoe is stuck to the ceiling, and mince pies are everywhere. I for one don’t like mince pies, but I do look forward to a nicely prepared Turkey with all the trimmings.   The Turkey I’m going to talk about today, isn't a fat bird of any kind, nor does it need plucking and stuffing in anyway shape or form, and it doesn’t need to be dressed then carved or served up on a plate. This T...

Last month, Welsh minister for environment Hannah Blythyn cleared a policy that banned the shooting of pheasants across the whole of Wales, due to what she described as a ‘delcine in biodiversity’. For some unexplained reason, the shooting of every species other than gamebird is allowed to continue. Blythyn used a poll organised by the League Against Cruel Sports and Animal Aid to suggest that the public were in favour of banning pheasant shooting. But in contrast to this, the GWCT h...

Here’s your second instalment of game recipes by Gametoeat.co.uk, where we’re focusing on venison. There’s plenty of deer around at this time of the year, particularly Fallow Deer and Red Deer which thrive between August and April, so you may well have been lucky enough to pull in a generous amount of meat in recent weeks. If you’re wanting to put together a tasty meal to show off your hunting skills, then take a look at this Roast Haunch of Venison recipe; guaranteed to ...

Zeus proudly stood over the young beautiful Titaness, Leto, as she cradled the twins in her arms, she had just given birth to Artemis and Apollo. Artemis, born one day earlier than Apollo, served as a guardian to him and provided the context for her desire to protect and nurture. She would be known as the virgin huntress, goddess of wildlife and the patroness of hunters.   Skip forward a millennium or two and put the Greek mythology to one side and Artemis returns - but this tim...

  Over the past ten years there have been many airguns available to us here in the UK, but for me, none has been more important than the first air rifle I was looking to purchase for my son who had just turned eight years of age. For many years he‘d expressed how much he wanted to come shooting with me. During this time, I’d told him when he was old enough and capable I’d allow him to accompany me to the air gun range. It was now that time.   Pic...

A recent project by the Small Arms Survey looked at seven key features of reporting and applied them to how nations’ release their firearms trading statistics. The figures that emerged showed that the UK places 3rd on the transparency league table - further promoting the fact that it’s one of the safest places to own a gun.   What is the Transparency Barometer? This year's Transparency Barometer looks at the 49 largest arms exporters worldwide and ranks them on a sc...

Nottinghamshire has become the fourth county in England to adopt new laws suggested by police and GP’s across the nation, in an attempt to further increase the security on Britain’s gun control efforts. The fresh laws will look deeper into the medical history of each individual applicant by demanding proof from their doctor. These movements will continue to solidify the UK’s status as one of the world’s safest countries for gun ownership.   The plans come in ...