News of a serious data breach affecting a major UK gun trader are coming to light. The breach involves more than 100,000 records hacked from the retailer’s website. Gun Trade News and Shooting Times journalists are currently investigating the story but in the meantime if you think there’s any chance you have been affected you should take the following precautions to protect yourself as a matter of urgency: If you think there’s a chance you may have used the same password on an internet gun retailer’s site as you could have used on any other site you should immediately change any possibly compr ..read more

The 2021 Clay Shooting Classic is in the books. In a year that has been difficult for everyone, it was amazing to return to a semblance of normality and enjoy the one of the highlights of the clay shooting calendar. Pictured: 2021 High Gun Nick Hendrick (left) receiving competition’s the top prize from Blaser CEO Frederic Hanner (right) The Clay Shooting Classic is a competition steeped in rich history, and has been won and courted by the biggest and best names in the sport. This year was no different, as many of the elite Shots in the country fought it out to take home not just the win, but ..read more

The Clay Shooting Classic is drawing ever closer to its action-packed conclusion! To view the 1pm results update, just click here The post Clay Shooting Classic 2021: 1pm scores update first appeared on Clay Shooting magazine ..read more

The 2021 Clay Shooting Classic will be soon drawing to a dramatic conclusion! We can now bring you the first update of the scores, which can be viewed by clicking here. Be sure to check back at 1pm, where we will bring you another update of the scores The post Clay Shooting Classic 2021: 11am scores update first appeared on Clay Shooting magazine ..read more

The second day of the 2021 Clay Shooting Classic was every bit as exciting as day one, with some of the biggest names in the sport competiting for the top prize at one of the biggest clay busting events of the summer. To see the results of the action packed first day, just click here The post Clay Shooting Classic 2021: day two results first appeared on Clay Shooting magazine ..read more

The first day of the 2021 Clay Shooting Classic was a much welcome return for one of the biggest clay busting events of the summer. To see the results of the action packed first day, just click here The post Clay Shooting Classic 2021: Day one results first appeared on Clay Shooting magazine ..read more

The 2021 Clay Shooting Classic is right around the corner. With less than two weeks to go, we cannot wait for one of the biggest clay shooting competitions of the summer to begin! If you’re wondering how you can get on the road to the Classic, then you can’t miss our latest instalment, in which we discuss making the jump to bigger competitions! The foray into the world of competitive shooting is a natural progression for some and a forced leap for others. Many club shooters are perfectly content and fully embrace the social aspects of the sport in their local area, yet others will always ..read more

We’re going all the way back to this throwback clip from 2015, in which Mark Winser gave an interview after winning that year’s Clay Shooting Classic.  For anybody looking for useful hints and tips on improving clay shooting scores, this is a can’t-miss video from one of the top shots in the country! You can watch the video in full below: The 2021 Clay Shooting Classic is right around the corner. It will kick off at Orston Shooting Ground on 28th May and conclude May 30th. We cannot wait for the event, and if you still need to sign up or want to know all the latest info, you can do so b ..read more

A Winchester 6500 brings back happy memories while a sparkling new ATA impresses Becky McKenzie. I started shooting back in 2005, using my husband John’s Winchester 6500, a 12 gauge 30in fixed choke Sporter. This one was also left handed! I had only shot once before, many many years before with my dad.  John took me down to our local ground at Sawley in Derbyshire, now known as East Midlands Clay Sports. Back in the day we knew it as ‘Bob’s’; then it was taken over by our good friend Glenn Buckley, and it’s now run by Clive Bramley of Doveridge Clay Sports. It’s a very small ground ..read more

Four grand and upwards buys you a podium-ready Sporter that will steal envious glances, and hopefully a few wins, from your clubmates. Back in our November 2020 issue we featured ‘Sporters under £4,000’, which successfully demonstrated that, even on a limited budget, you can buy a gun more capable than many of us will ever need.  But, as those of us with burgeoning gun collections will testify, need and want are two very different things. The £4,000 mark is, at the time of writing, roughly the level at which the big guns in the market start rolling out their premium models for us to drool ..read more