Blast From the Past

[Wonko the Sane]

JIC you might have any interest

and I have no affiliation with these people

Great news guys!

We are very excited to announce that Pro Shooter Gear has acquired the publishing rights to vintage articles on shotguns and shotgunning written by Derek Partridge. Mr. Partridge hails from Great Britain, is a veteran International shooter, and has been widely published in various magazines from 1962 to 1995. For more information about Derek's shooting background, check out:

Derek Partridge on ATA vs. Bunker
http://www.proshootergear.com/pages/about-derek-partridge

And, for information about his career as a TV host, interviewer, news anchor and former film actor, visit http://www.derekpartridge.com. We will be posting these pieces of shooting history on weekly basis. Here is the first article in this series:

The Challenge of Olympic Trap
http://www.proshootergear.com/blogs/shooters-blog/18063867-the-challenge-of-olympic-trap

Check it out!
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[PhilR]

Derek is an old pal of mine. He founded and was the first President of the BIB, forerunner of BICTSF in 1973, because of irregularities in the selection of clay shooting Olympians, the CPSA were heavily involved. Seems like things have gone full circle.

He was also a great friend of Daniele Perazzi and with his journalism publicised the company both here and in the USA.

 

[westley]

Am I right in thinking Mr. Partridge was responsible for the first Kick-Eeze pads being imported too ?

 

[PhilR]

Correct.

 

[Brook Bank]

Wesley visited Derek 4 years ago and they communicate by email regularly. 

 

[mortum]

Hello,

I am Dennis, a representative of Pro Shooter Gear - a small sporting goods company from across the pond. I found these vintage articles of Mr. Partridge some time ago, and, being a big fan of Perazzi shotguns and the brand, I was too quite fascinated by his essays about the factory, the founder and everything else related to this piece of shooting history. I connected with Derek and acquired his permission to re-publish those as I believe, not only they are great read, but also are quite helpful and relevant event today. I hope, some of you will find those useful as well.

Please, do not hesitate to contact me shall you have any questions.