This section is currently under construction. Please bear with me whilst I organise my favourite shooting links for publication.
Gun make/s & models
ASI Gamo – rifles and pistols
Gun shops
Sadly, All Sports in Eastgate Street, Gloucester, has closed down after owner Ron Meadows called time due to ill health after fifty years’ trading (GloucestershireLive). His colleagues, who are all in their 70s or 80s and have worked with him for decades, also felt unable to take over the running of the store due to personal circumstances. A sad loss to shooters in the area.
Bagnall and Kirkwood, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Hull Cartridge – Weihrauch agents
Ronnie Sunshine’s, Berkhamsted
Shooting accessories
Hawke Optics – main UK site, including the HK3017 3-9×50 AO Mil Dot IR telescopic sight and the LRF400 Pro Laser Range Finder which I’ve been using very happily for a few years.
March Scopes (UK) – including Zoom grips.
PrintTargets.net – create and save/download printable shooting range targets in PDF format.
Online gun marketplaces
Discussion forums
Night vision
ATN – premium range of night vision optics (with dedicated video channel)
Outdoors shops
Army & Outdoor Store, Fromes Hill
Spares & repairs
Best Fittings, Gillingham, Dorset
John Knibbs International, Shustoke, Warwickshire
Ballistics
JBM Ballistics – an excellent online ballistics calculator
Shooting organisations
British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC) – link to Airgunning page
Glevum Target and Sports Club (TSC) – includes airgun shooting
Gloucestershire Association of Small-bore Rifle & Pistol Clubs (GASRPC) – includes airgun shooting
YouTube channels
AirgunGearShow – news and reviews
FBI (2020) – mainly ratting
Forget Being Infested – mainly ratting (original channel)
Horne250 – hunting
HuntersVermin – hunting
Rabbits & rabbit recipes
Skinning, cleaning and cooking a rabbit, Part 1 and Part 2 (YouTube videos by HuntersVermin)
Paunching and skinning a rabbit (YouTube video by Horne250) – this is the method I use
(can also be used for squirrels although they’re slightly tougher than rabbits!)
www.theguardian.com – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
www.theguardian.com – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
www.independent.co.uk – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Pigeons & pigeon recipes
Preparing A Wood Pigeon For The Table (YouTube video by HuntersVermin)
Preparing And Cooking A Wood Pigeon (YouTube video by HuntersVermin)
Other recipes
www.answers.yahoo.com (squirrel)
www.honest-food.net (rabbit/hare/squirrel)
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