Sporting Gun

Sporting Gun is the leading monthly magazine for clay, game and rough shooters. With editorial offices in the Lincolnshire countryside, it can justifiably claim to be at the heart of the shooting community. Monthly features range from gundog training to pigeon shooting, game shooting to wildfowling – along with sound, practical, advice on equipment and techniques to help the beginner, intermediate or experienced shot get more enjoyment from their sport. Sporting Gun is a must for anyone who invests time in and money on their shooting.

OPENING SHOT

Editor’s welcome • This is the start of a new era in the history of Sporting Gun as we welcome readers from Clay Shooting magazine.

Lead-free game a step closer

Country groups hail the Duke of Edinburgh

Shooters return to the stands

NEWS IN BRIEF

Ned & Ted

Amber Hill World Cup win boosts Olympic hopes

Charles Nodder retires from NGO

Join the Ladies Olympic Skeet Super Squad • Ladies, your country needs you. British Shooting is searching for rising stars to join its new Olympic Skeet Super Squad, so now’s the time to grab your gun and vest, urges Simon James

WHAT IS OLYMPIC SKEET?

Enter now

The social network • Philip Reynolds speaks to Jo Perrott, founder of the Ladies Working Dog Group, an online community for women dog handlers that is breaking new ground

Lies, damned lies, and statistics • Robin Scott has a case of the heavy-metal blues as he considers the inevitability of the transition from lead ammunition to more ‘sustainable’ alternatives, but questions the presented facts that justify it

All this and more • Peter Theobald guides you through the essential kit and key props he uses for a successful day on the woodies

Extras

Seated shooting • If you are confined to a wheelchair, what difference does gunfit, length and weight have on your shooting? Richard Faulks finds out

Feathered friend • Tom Sykes is always keen to test new ideas and to this end modified his owl decoy with interesting results

Expect the unexpected • Jon Snowdon believes if there is one thing you can say about roe deer management, it is that it’s unpredictable

Tasks in hand

Chilli venison sausage casserole • Add some spice to your life

That’s your Lotte

The wanderers • Ed Cook takes a look at wild rabbits around world and the significant impact they have had

Teal • One of the most challenging shots, but for those who are successful, a delicious reward awaits, says Charles Smith-Jones

TEAL FACTS

The first steps • Patrick Hook recently discussed why people start foxing and here he looks at how to begin doing so

Patricks’s top tips

Round two – a knockout • Perseverance pays for Geoff Garrod over a field of spring drillings

En Hance your shooting • Top Sporting shot and coach Matt Hance continues his instructional series. Here is a recap on what he has covered in Clay Shoooting magazine

Matt Hance

SHOOTING FROM A PLATFORM

COMPETITION SCENARIO

Foot position

Ups and downs • By this lesson, the third in a series of six, you should have a good foundation to progress, says Tony Bracci

GUN DOWN

Foot position

EASY LIFE

No doubt about it • In the second in a series of interviews with top-level shooters, David Turner talks to Amy Easeman, CPSA Clay Shooter of the Year 2020

For more information

The foundation blocks • Fran Ardley highlights the steps that you need to take to accustom your dog to your whistle, gunshot and be steady to the flush

STEADY TO A THROWN DUMMY

STOPPING TO SHOT

PROOFING THE...