MENTION best quality London made guns and the average sportsman immediately conjures up an image of an elegant sidelock ejector built by one of the ‘Big Three,’ Boss, Holland & Holland and James Purdey.
Gamekeeper
The original Gamekeeper magazine was first established in 1896 and became a part of Countryman's Weekly in the 1990's.
Every week we publish news, views and reports that are essential reading if you are involved with any aspect of gamekeeping. Within the section our authorative features and reviews of guns and articles on shooting are written by the Country's top experts.
Below is a small selection of articles from our archive.
IN the old, some would say golden days of game rearing, the location of the rearing field was a major consideration involving some careful planning at this time of year.
I SOMETIMES wonder what it would be like to work as a keeper on a big shoot with a big budget and simply be able to pick up the phone and order whatever equipment was needed secure in the knowledge that someone else would be paying for it.
I POSED the question in this column last August as to how many 20-gauge shotguns were likely to be out on the moors for the opening day of the grouse shooting season. Of course, this is impossible to calculate without a costly and time-consuming survey which would really serve no purpose.
CHRISTIE’S sale of exceptional and fine sporting guns, held on Wednesday November 14, included a .375 H&H double-barrelled sidelock ejector rifle by Joseph Lang & Sons. This had originally been built by Lang in 1923 as a .280 calibre and later re-barrelled by an unknown maker as a .375 calibre.
I SOMETIMES wonder how we used to manage on the shoot before the advent of the two-way radio.
IT is traditional at this time of year to pour oneself an alcoholic drink, put another log on the fire and sit in its flickering glow whilst reflecting on times past.
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