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Vintage Weekly - In this week's selection article, contributed by Derek Partridge and originally published in 1976 as a chapter in "International Style Clay Target Shooting" book, an International competitor gives a guided tour through the complex simplicity of breaking one clay - the only way...

Vintage Weekly ...And, here is the second part of the "Confessions Of An International Trapshooter" article, originally published in Popular Guns, November 1972 issue and contributed by Derek Partridge. The shotgunning champ describes the toughest, most frustrating of all smoothbore shooting...

Hi guys, I saw this video on YouTube (now gone) of a strange but interesting shotgun game: there was a huge installation of concentric circles divided by segments with a number in each segment (1 through... ?) and shooters had to shoot clay targets before those would fly through those numbered...

Vintage Weekly - In this week’s article “Confessions Of An International Trapshooter” (part one of two), originally published in Popular Guns, November 1971 issue and contributed by Derek Partridge, the author recalls his first experiences on the International Trap shooting stage. You can read...

Vintage Weekly - This week's topic is shooting form. As in other aspects of life there are many shooters, including some top-flight competitors, who shoot well in spite of having basically bad stances and gun mounting techniques, rather than because of good ones. As the success of each shot is...

In this week’s selection from our Vintage Weekly series, contributed by Derek Partridge, the author recounts his second visit to Perazzi factory, detailing the fine-tuning of his beloved Perazzi, 12 years after the original SC4 shotgun was built. You can read Derek's article here: Fine-Tuning...

We are continuing our Vintage Weekly series of articles contributed by Derek Partridge. This week’s selection is "Think Safe". There’s really nothing new to safety, but there are always new shooters and youngsters who don't know the rules and a few others who don't practice them. So, a little...

So, you’ve been shooting rifles since you were a kid, and now you’d like to try your hand at a shotgun? This week’s article, from our Vintage Weekly series by contributing author Derek Partridge, provides a detailed comparison of the two shooting sports, outlining specific aspects of shotgunning...

As a race, we clay-busters have a passion for endlessly fiddling with our guns, constantly trying to improve them. We are trying to achieve improved performances by adjusting our guns to produce perfect scores. In this week’s article from our Vintage Weekly series, originally published in Gun...

Without fully functioning eyesight, attaining the highest scores is an impossibility. Shooters blame guns, shells, gun fit, chokes, pullers and weather conditions, but it could actually be your vision that needs training. In this week's selection, originally published in Shotgun Sports magazine...

In this week's article, originally published by Gun World magazine in June 1969 issue and contributed by Derek Partridge, the reader is immersed into late 1960’s British shooting culture. The author describes his visit to the West London Shooting Grounds, Britain's leading shooting school, and...

Vintage Weekly - Mystified by shotgun chokes and patterning techniques? In this week's article, originally published in August 1970 issue of Gun World magazine and contributed by Derek Partridge, the author digs deeper into art and science of barrel choking and resulting patterning improvements...

This week's selection from our Vintage Weekly series of articles by Derek Partridge is "Release Triggers". Release triggers are enjoying a constantly growing popularity, so the author examines the reasons for their use and presents some expert views on their technical requirements. You can read...

We are continuing our Vintage Weekly series of articles contributed by Derek Partridge. This week’s selection is "Perazzi... Ferrari Of Shotguns". Originally published in Gun Digest, 1970 Annual issue, it is the author's take on his encounter with the company's founder, Daniele Perazzi, and...