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Clay shotguns: expert reviews and buying advice for every level
The right clay gun can transform your shooting. Whether you’re stepping onto a sporting layout for the first time or chasing your next classification breakthrough, the gun in your hands makes a difference – and choosing well is where we come in.
Sporting Gun’s clay shotgun section delivers independent reviews, head-to-head comparisons and practical buying advice across the full range of guns available to UK clay shooters. From affordable entry-level over-and-unders to finely engineered competition guns used at the highest levels of the sport, our experienced reviewers assess balance, handling, trigger quality, reliability and value to give you a verdict worth reading.
Brands covered include Beretta, Browning, Caesar Guerini, Perazzi, Krieghoff, Miroku and Rizzini, across Sporting, Skeet and Trap configurations.
Find your perfect clay gun. Then go break some targets.
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Clay shotgun product reviewsBeretta 688 review
A full review of the Beretta 688. Designed for serious clay shooters seeking competition performance, modern design and strong value.
By Lloyd Pattison
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Clay shotgun product reviews
Beretta 694 Sporting Review
Rob Speed rediscovers the Beretta 694 Sporting, a shotgun with impressive features, customisation options and reliability to suit shooters of all levels and disciplines
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Clay cartridgesThe high life
Paul Austin enjoys a sim day with a difference at Double Barrelled Shooting, a chance to travel back in time to a classic shooting experience – but with a modern twist
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