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I’m curious to ask those of you who have been shooting for a good few years about your experiences and perceptions of the rising cost of shooting. It has been recently pointed out that one manufacturer has increased their prices twice in the last six months adding some 25% to the cost of their...

Funny discussion came up about a funny little tick that I share with another shooter and got on to the subject of other idiosyncrasies we have and have seen in others. I’m a fore-end finger flicker. I flick my fingers against the fore-end two or three times before I shoulder the gun and then...

If you didn’t have your current ‘keeper for life’ gun that you have now or indeed do not yet have, what other gun/s would you have instead and why? If I didn’t have the Blaser’s, I think I’d probably gravitate towards a Perazzi MX8 or High Tech S. Longthorne, for their barrels appeal to my...

Not as far as some would like us to think apparently. I’ve never been great at estimating distance but have been getting better at it through shooting and actively measuring out distance while my children hold up a clay in the local park. Those 70 yarders I was told I hit... well, they’re more...

Anyone willing to recommend their tried and tested cartridges through 1/2 choke for Blaser F3?

  “Shotgunning: The art and science” by Bob Brister was the first book on shooting that I bought and was for me at least was the obvious choice. The book is described as authority and that no other book can make the claim of being scientific, the works being based on years of testing...

I was really struggling with the overhead going away target. I mean really struggling. As in, couldn’t break even just one. Even if you glued it to the muzzle! I have a tendency to shoot swing through. Or rather the truth is more like I have a tendency to f@#% up pull away and have to rescue it...

Anyone else using Gamebore Blue Diamond/Black Gold with the Gordon recoil system finding that they’re difficult to eject? Yesterday I thought there was something not quite right with my gun as it was proving really difficult to open.    I removed the forend and removed the barrels to check to...

Went to Orston yesterday with my son and shot skeet for the first time. Foot note, the pair from the middle stand... holy cow! I only ever saw one clay Anyway, my son was trying out the Blaser F16 as he is right handed and therefore can’t really try my F16 out. The plan is for him to inherit my...

Before you ask... No! Not that kind of transition  While I remain to be convinced about spending several hundred pounds on Shotkam, I do find video taken with modern multi lens phones with slow motion quite a useful tool to show what a useless tool I am at shooting. In the videos below, I...

A three hour session with Ed Solomons righted a lot of wrongs on my recent form. This was also my second time out with the modified stock and I’m definitely getting more comfortable with it. On some going away and incomer presentations using Gamebore Blue Diamond 28g 7.1/2 Plaswad through 1/2...

Work in progress, custom stock for my F16, hand painted by Freya Hill (16) Inspired by Van Gough “Wheatfields with Crows” The stock itself is a prototype quasi-isotopic composite structure. I’m sure it’s not to everyone’s taste...

When I first started shooting, instructors would ask “where do you think you were? To which I would reply “I have no ide-f-a!” After all, I couldn’t even see the shot. Only occasionally would I pick up on the wad. As I shot more, I began to get an idea where I was and my instructors would...

Just wondering about buying some used chokes from eBay. They're around 1/2 new price starting bid. From the photos, they look like they could do with a bit of a clean.  This concerns me and I’m wondering if these would be a sensible risk at this price or any price. Your thoughts and opinions...

Perfect... Or so that say. Being the analytical, spreadsheet nerd that I am, I took a look at some data from CPSA averages tables to see if there was anything interesting to be learned. There isn’t, but I thought I’d share anyway as it’s another great opportunity to embarrass myself as you...

Lots of firsts for me today. First time back shooting since lockdown First time shooting at E J Churchill First time shooting through 32" barrels. I didn't really notice the extra length to be honest. I do want to go back and try 32" at close range window shots, because I know these aren't...

After some research and thought I’ve decided to manufacture FlashCaps. These are electronic Snap Caps which flash a bright green LED around the ‘primer’ to indicate what you have in your hand, or gun, is not a live cartridge. Of course there has been a great deal of controversy around Snap...

I’ll be upfront and start by qualifying that I’m entirely unqualified to make this post, but I’m gonna make it anyway. Like the great nature-versus-nurture debate, there has been debate as to how much success in sporting life (and other fields of endeavour) is down to talent, technique and...

Having very recently lost my father to Covid 19, it’s made me think about the future and my family and how I spend my time (I work too much) when things eventually return to normality. My eldest son and I have been musing about a road trip style holiday for a few years now and he’s suggested...

As the title asks. Do you use snap caps? If so, why?