Shooting Times & Country

Last night, with a cold beer, I had two snipe on a piece of fried toast for dinner. If God made anything tastier, he kept it for himself. They were shot the previous day on what most people would consider to be a very small shoot — the ground was jus

The theft of gundogs has been the greatest fear of many a Shooting Times reader for the past few years, but now it seems it’s getting worse. An investigation by The Times newspaper has revealed that owners who have lost dogs are now in danger of bein

If you’re a keeper, gundog trainer or you run a DIY shoot, why not ask around to see if there’s anybody young and local who might like to learn the ropes? Our sport relies on the next generation and our world can often be a tricky one to break into i

The issues causing delays in issuing firearms licences are seriously affecting the UK gun trade. That’s according to one of the country’s leading distributors, Karl Waktare of Beretta importers GMK. “The best customer for the trade is a new shooter.

The shooting community has expressed its anger over the crimes of a gamekeeper who was convicted for poisons, firearms and wildlife offences. Paul Allen, 64, pleaded guilty to multiple charges at Weymouth Magistrates court on 4 January. A search of h

Last Sunday evening (8 January), the shooting community was taken aback to see Countryfile, so often criticised for sanitising the realities of rural life, covering the sport on the Rhug Estate in Wales. Presenter Charlotte Smith spoke to keepers and

Film star Sylvester Stallone received an extraordinary gift at the end of December. In a video posted on managing director Franco Gussalli Beretta’s LinkedIn page, the proud star can be seen showing off his custom, hand-crafted Beretta shotgun. The g

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I would like to tell your readers of an idea we came up with as a syndicate. Instead of going through with that awkward first day, we gave the day to as many youngsters and novices as we could find — especially those who do not come from a shooting b

One of the most notable changes I’ve seen in the gundog world this century is rugging up dogs after a day’s work. I remember when I first rugged my spaniels up, an act that created a lot of mirth among my fellow dog-owning Guns. These days everyone d

William Price died on 18 January 1893. A Welshman, Price was a doctor, nudist, anti-vivisectionist and a Chartist. He was a believer in Welsh independence and paganism, and set himself up as the archdruid of all Wales. The uniform Price adopted for t

I recently felt the need to get a new riflescope. The definition of ‘need’ is, of course, subjective. But you know what I mean. In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, did I really ‘need’ a new scope, given that my old one still functions perfectly?