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Shooting advice: tips, techniques and expertise for clay, game and rough shooting
Whether you’re a novice stepping onto the clay ground for the first time or an experienced Gun looking to sharpen your technique, this is where you’ll find the knowledge to shoot better.
Sporting Gun’s shooting section covers every discipline – driven game, walked-up days, roughshooting, pigeon and corvid control, wildfowling and clay shooting across all formats. Our team of professional shots and industry experts delivers first-hand advice on technique, gun mount, footwork, reading the line and everything else that separates a good day from a great one.
Beyond technique, we cover the seasonal rhythms of the shooting year, from early-season partridge to the final pheasant drives of February, alongside practical guidance on etiquette, safety and getting the most from every day in the field.
Latest articles
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Clay cartridgesEley Hawk sponsored shooters make history for Team GB!
Amber Hill and Lucy Hall brought home an impressive haul of medals from international events during the 2022 clay shooting season, and the cherry on the cake was an Olympic quota place each!
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GundogsGundog theft awareness week
Gundog Theft Awareness Week aims to raise awareness of gundog theft and its prevention; it is estimated that nearly half of all stolen dogs are working gundogs.
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Game
Watch: High flighting pigeons with Andy Crow
Andy Crow is back in the hide! It's a miserable day, and although some birds decoy nicely, many swoop past wide or high... which. luckily for us, makes for a spectacular display of shooting skills!
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ShootingConservation: Save the capercaillie!
The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is calling for urgent policy and practical action as the extinction clock approaches midnight for Scotland’s iconic capercaillie.
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Gear
Glasses test: Evolution Strike EDK (eye dominance kit)
Eye dominance solutions are many and varied, with even greater variations in effectiveness! Has Drennan found the one that works with the Evolution Strike EDK?
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GundogsLong distance retrieves in the field
Gundog trainer Howard Kirby explains how to maximise your chances of pulling off the perfect long distance retrieve while picking-up out on a shoot day.
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GearGun test: Beretta 694 Sport 31
In this review, Drennan takes on the newest incarnation of Beretta’s 694 series - the beautifully made 694 Sport 31 - and finds those peculiar 31” barrels serve a logical purpose.
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NewsThe Country Food Trust’s winter appeal
The Country Food Trust is proud to launch their Winter Appeal with the ambition of raising £200,000 to help feed families in crisis using high protein, healthy game, venison and turkey meat.
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Clay cartridges
Interview: Arran Eccleston
Emily Damment meets young GB Olympic Skeet shooter, Arran Eccleston, to find out what it takes to remain on the podium through the transition from Juniors to Seniors.
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GameWatch: High Performance steel shot mixed day!
Armed with the new Mossberg 940 Pro Field and Lyalvale Express's Ultimate High Performance steel cartridges, Drennan heads out for a mixed day to see how the pairing performs.
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