Easily one of the most versatile items of clothing you’ll own and perfect for all-year-round wear, every country wardrobe needs a fleece gilet. Great for warmer days over a shirt or ideal as an extra layer when the temperature dips. Alan Paine’s Ayls

A new year always brings with it a renewed sense of optimism, of hope about what good the future might bring and a chance to draw a line under what has gone before. While all of us will be feeling the effects of the coronavirus outbreak for some time

After everything that 2020 brought it is important to have things to look forward to in 2021. With the partridge and pheasant shooting season closing after 1 February, you might think that the opportunities to step out onto the hallowed turf of your

EJ Churchill Shooting Ground has opened a new cleaning facility at its West Wycombe premises. ‘The Bothy’ is a free-to-use facility consisting of four cleaning stations, two racks of cleaning rods and bore mops, two compressed airline hoses and clean

The Beretta 687 EELL is a gun that has been around in the shooting world for some years now. The action is tried and tested to infinity and beyond and it’s as well built as any action can be. There are thousands of 687EELLs in use with the Field vers

NürnbergMesse, organisers of IWA OutdoorClassics, have announced that the fair will not take place in 2021 owing to exhibitors and visitors being unable to commit due to COVID-19 infection rates, quarantine rules and travel restrictions. The next IWA

When the weather is right and the birds have turned up in good numbers, I would happily put my neck out and say that Galloway is the best place to shoot snipe in Britain. Walked-up or driven days can provide dazzling sport in the south-west of Scotla

A visit to the towers at the shooting school confirmed that all is as expected and that the EELL Classic shoots as good as it looks with a variety of ammunition, both clay and game loads. There were no surprises and the fixed chokes delivered outstan

Engineering: The robust action has been in production for many years. It will last a lifetime and more with a little servicing and proper cleaning, especially if it gets wet. Looks and finish: The aesthetics are exceptional, as are the finish and pre

Twelve Bore, the latest gin to be produced by independent gin company Wild Fox Distillery, has been billed as a ‘tribute to the gamekeepers who manage Britain’s countryside’. The new gin is said to have ‘a juniper-led flavour, with zesty orange and f

SHARE YOUR VIEWS Email: martin.puddifer@futurenet.com The editor’s interesting and thought-provoking article [An empty peg, October issue] regarding our late colleague, Darren Crush, resonated strongly with me. I took Darren with me on his first-ever