When you have a good gun slip in your possession you hardly notice the potential flaws a bad slip can cause you. Aching shoulders, weak leather or worst of all – a wet gun. (You might also like to read The Field’s guide to the best shooting coats.) Your current…
Choosing the best shooting coat is an important decision for any sportsman but The Field is here to help. However, before plunging into our look at shooting coats, be sure to check out other must-read guides to essential kit, including sporting gilets, hearing protection and gumboots. The shooting coat There’s…
Cartridge bags are somewhat of a necessity in driven shooting and indeed some forms of walked-up days when you are alone on a hill chasing grouse and don’t have the luxury of filling up your pockets after a drive. The Field presents its guide to the best cartridge bags. BEST…
The Field, in association with Westley Richards and Delaney & Sons, challenges you to bag a Macnab between 12 August and 10 November 2025 THE 2025 MACNAB CHALLENGE Any sporting sort knows what a challenge it is to undertake a proper Macnab, by which we mean the modern classic iteration,…
Pigeon shoooting kit: 12 items to keep in the car A pair of binoculars for checking out the flightlines before you set up shop. A score of flock-covered shell decoys with the white neckband accentuated. Pigeon see in ultra violet and this makes the decoys really stand out. A…
The choice between over and under or side by side shotgun will be forever open for debate. While tradition has favoured side by sides, an over and under will not receive the snide comments on a shoot as it once did thirty years ago. In fact, many guns find they…
The featured gun this month is a Chapuis Armes Super Orion Artisan C140 sideplate, a fairly recent model from the firm and the sideplated version of the C135 (also an extra-finish gun). Chapuis has been owned by Beretta since 2019 and its guns are distributed here by GMK. The C140…
The last thing anyone needs on a day in the field is for their kit to let them down. Fortunately there’s the ever-reliable, quietly stylish accessories range from Parker-Hale, a firm whose expertise was forged in the late 19th century heyday of Birmingham’s gun-making quarter and continues to burn bright. Today…
The best caps for shooting are well-cut and never out of place. The big decision is deciding which style to go for. “Peaky Blinders started a penchant for the eight-piece cap that is gaining on popularity on the traditional, close-fitting tweed,” says Alexandra Henton, Editor of The Field. “It’s a…
So the pheasant season has started and one’s mind turns to the best shooting ties. (Read our pheasant shooting tips here.) Patterned or plain is a personal choice. Most likely this is driven by how sartorially conservative one is. However, it is always best to avoid anything too shiny that…
