This site was launched in March 2017 and we will be adding more content on a regular basis including:
Films on gun modification and repair topics
Training tips from top shooters & club coaches
Sessions with sports coaching experts
Match info
Equipment tests and impartial reviews
Reloading info
Moving target designs
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Review of The Three Cricles by Jon Axe Background Its not a good sign when a new author admits to writing a book in their shed because they had nothing better to do in the face of a world-wide pandemic. Written by a bored newbie in a hut at the bottom of the garden is not the kind of...
Essential Guide to Practical Shotgun Shooting: Training Programmes and Techniques Authors: Pavel Orlov and Maksim Skopin Background There is a...
New product preview – carbon telescopic mag tube This new product has been developed by Pavel Orlov from the Orlov Shooting Team and it will be...
A tidy workplace is important for safety and it is highly beneficial to keep the shooting area free from trip hazards. With this in mind a good stage...
Understanding Practical Shotgun: Ammunition by Brian Nelson When it comes time to buy ammunition for a 3-Gun or Practical Shotgun match, the process...
The embargo has been lifted and it’s finally time to raise the veil on the production version of the new Beretta 1301 Comp! Working with Gunroom.tv...
The sport of Practical shotgun has been around since the 1980s (nobody can agree on exactly when) but it saw a considerable growth when competitors...
Practical shooting is a dynamic shooting sport where competitors strive to find the perfect balance of accuracy, power and speed - mastering this combination makes it a highly challenging sport. Practical Shotgun adds the additional element of using 3 different ammunition types - birdshot, buckshot & slugs - which are used on courses of fire with multiple targets including moving targets, targets that react when hit and penalty targets. Sounds like fun? Then please get involved, here are some New Competitor FAQs to help you get started.
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was established to promote, maintain, improve and advance the sport of IPSC shooting, to safeguard its principles and to regulate its conduct worldwide in order to cultivate the safe, recreational use of firearms by persons of good character. Competitive IPSC-style shooting developed in southern California in the late 1950's and quickly spread throughout the shooting world to Australia, Central and South America, Europe, and Southern Africa. You can find out more by clicking the link to IPSC below:
