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FROM THE EDITOR

Following a close season that seems to have lasted nigh on a decade, grouse shooting will begin in August on what is sure to be a Glorious Twelfth like no other. At the time of writing, travel restrictions and social-distancing measures are still in place, diluting the camaraderie so many Guns from across the globe enjoy at close quarters on the moors. On a more positive note, at least grouse shooting can still take place, the moors will look resplendent in their summer palate, friends will be reunited and you can be sure estates hosting days will be delighted to welcome parties through their gates. If you are out on the Twelfth or any day between then and 10 December, all I can say is enjoy yourselves. The wait will…

FROM THE EDITOR

The importance of gamekeepers in helping the country’s birds of prey has been reiterated by a newly-published study, writes Matt Cross. The experts, who included RSPB and GWCT scientists, examined the connection between hen harrier and merlin numbers and gamekeeping on Langholm moor in South-West Scotland. Populations of the birds were studied at times when the moor was being managed for grouse and when it was not. The scientists found that: “Ground-nesting raptors, namely the hen harrier and the merlin, increased during periods of grouse-moor management and had a higher proportion of successful nesting attempts.” Fox and crow numbers were significantly reduced on the moor by the work of gamekeepers, however, the number of small birds such as meadow pipit did not increase. This allowed the scientists to work out…

Environmentally friendly shotgun cartridges come to market

Two new shotgun cartridges, one featuring a fully biodegradable case and wad, the other featuring a wad made from recycled cardboard, are now on sale through wholesaler Shooting Star. The first cartridges, from the Spanish company BioAmmo, feature cases and wads manufactured using a certified biopolymer of vegetable origin. The cartridges are available in lead and steel shot for game and clay guns. Guns can buy cartridges for 12-bore in a 70mm case from 24gram to 34gram loads. Cartridges with 3in cases and 20-bore will be released at a later date. The second cartridge, from French company Jocker, features an environmentally friendly wad made of recycled cardboard. The cartridges are available in lead, steel and alternative shot for game and clay guns. Cartridges come in 12-bore with case lengths currently…

Environmentally friendly shotgun cartridges come to market

NEW BLOG SEEKS TO HIGHLIGHT LICENSING CRISIS

The NGO has launched a blog that will highlight the damage predatory birds cause on wildlife sites owing to the lack of licences being issued by Natural England. Natural England has granted just 6% of licence applications made by gamekeepers and other land managers to control predators, including crows and rooks, and the NGO believes this has had a detrimental effect on rare, vulnerable birds and young livestock. The blog will feature images and videos sent in by NGO members to highlight the level of damage caused by predators in uncontrolled areas. Gamekeepers, farmers and land managers across the country who are able to share their experiences are asked to email images and videos to: info@nationalgamekeepers.org. uk, via the NGO’s social media pages or through the NGO blog. The NGO…

NEW BLOG SEEKS TO HIGHLIGHT LICENSING CRISIS

Readers’ letters

LETTER OF THE MONTH Keeping the countryside’s spirits up At the time of writing, myself and two other Guns in my syndicate are carrying out extensive work on our small shoot near Warminster, in Wiltshire, where last year we reared 280 birds and shot 91 head. We shot almost as many squirrels. This year, we have been offered 280 seven- to 10-week-old poults. Usually we have the benefit of a number of ex-layers – which are virtually on the doorstep – but I believe the poults will be more reliable than the ex-layers, which have a tendency to stray. This season the syndicate includes a new Gun, whom I got via GunsOnPegs, and all Guns have said they will pay their subs for the coming season, even if we are…

Readers’ letters

Shooting gallery

COMPETITION WINNER Back in the April issue, we gave you the chance to see your gundog featured on the front cover of Shooting Gazette. An imaginary front cover, that is. We had a number of entries, and after some careful consideration decided that Nellie the black lab had won it by a wet nose. The winning image and cover lines were sent in by Tori Reilly who, we understand, presented it to her father - Nellie’s owner - as a gift on Father’s Day.…

Shooting gallery

Shots from the shires

Life is forever full of plusses and minuses and the past weeks have produced their fair share of both. It’s been good for the little elves of Wild Justice who have persuaded the judiciary to review their action mounted to force Defra and its administrative lovechild, Natural England, to ban release of gamebirds on and around protected sites in England, but bad for the wildfowlers who cull sustainably on the Humber Estuary and Morecambe Bay. Defra is vigorously defending the status quo for gamebird release, supported by BASC, the NGO, Countryside Alliance and the Game Farmers’ Association, but Natural England has become so tangled up in the many consents that it had previously issued to wildfowling clubs that it apparently lacks the clarity of thought to understand the bigger picture…

Shots from the shires

Game recipe of the month

PREP TIME: 20 minutes COOK TIME: 1 hour 35 minutes EQUIPMENT: Large, flameproof casserole dish Ingredients • 2x whole grouse• Small knob butter• 1tbsp olive oil• 2x ¼ lemon• 2x bay leaves• 2x thyme sprig• 300g chorizo ring, thickly sliced• 700g new potatoes, halved (or quartered if really large)• 12 garlic cloves, left whole and unpeeled• Large splash dry sherry• 150ml chicken stock• Handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped SERVES 2 PEOPLE Method 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan/Gas Mark 4 and season the grouse all over. 2. In a large, flameproof casserole dish with a lid, heat the butter and some of the oil until sizzling, then spend a good 15 minutes browning the grouse well all over. Remove from the dish, and pop the lemon, 1 bay leaf…

Game recipe of the month

Dear Uncle Giles…

Dear Uncle Giles, I’ve been put in charge of refreshments for our day on driven grouse in late August. We are a team of eight Guns and their guests and there will be a couple of dozen assorted gamekeepers, beaters and pickers-up. There are no special dietary requirements, but I am aware of both time pressures and getting everything up to the bothy in good order. I will have an assistant, but want to make sure they aren’t under undue pressure either. Any tips? TDA, by email Uncle Giles writes Unless the weather is cruelly unkind you should be able to serve a cold collation without worry. Which means that much of what you will dish up can be made well in advance. Track down a sound local bakery and…

Dear Uncle Giles…

TALK OF THE TRADE

Train hard, shoot easy: Your first day in the field should not be the first time you get your guns out. Work over the summer to iron out any technical issues on clays and to get your timing going so you can hit the ground running. ES Respect your retinas: Vision and shooting are intrinsically linked – by optimising your sight picture you can only improve your performance in the field. It only takes one stray pellet to cause irreparable damage so in addition to enhancing your acuity, ensuring one’s eyes are adequately protected is a must going into the season. EL No half measures: We are only just starting our business journey here, but our joint view is if you are going to do something, do it properly. Take…

TALK OF THE TRADE

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The Hunter GTX Evo Extreme from Lowa is the boot of choice for Guns and keepers who demand strength and comfort when out in the field. Handcrafted in Germany using the finest leather, SPS midsole technology and Vibram outsoles, these boots will look stylish and your feet will be well supported, while the Primaloft insulation and Gore-Tex waterproof lining will keep them warm and dry. For more information, visit lowa.co.uk. To win a pair, find the 11 words listed and send the completed entry form to: Wordsearch, Shooting Gazette, Future PLC, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough GU14 7BF. Entries to arrive no later than 31 August. The first correct entry to be drawn will win. Note: June’s winner will be drawn at a later date due to lockdown. • Shooting…

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Have you ever thought about…

The Glorious Twelfth always raises the ire of those who don’t like shooting and think gamekeepers are devils incarnate. Just wait for the twittering to start on social media; ignoring it is the best bet, as we’ll never change the mind of those who stick with superglue-like stubbornness to their ill-informed views. However, as Sapiens has said before, the shooting community can do more to spread the benefits of shooting – conservation, environmental, economic and social – to open-minded folk who are happy to listen. August is obviously a good month to raise the profile of grouse moor management and the role of gamekeepers in general, and a new publication by the GWCT will help. Moorland Conservationists: the Untold Story, by Joe Dimbleby, looks into the keepers and the conservation…

We will be shooting deep in West Wales on a beautiful piece of ground in the bend of an estuary, and woodcock, snipe and teal will be the main quarry. There will have been hard frost and snow across southern Britain over Christmas and we will gather before New Year to stories of the coverts being full of 'cock and duck flocking into the ponds. To continue the fictional theme there will be no arguments over which way to beat the woods, the beaters’ dogs won’t disappear en masse chasing the local fox, and no one will wander off from the critical corner of the best wood just as half a dozen woodcock slip out. The snipe will be in the marsh, the teal will flight when there is still…

Under the coverts with… Steve Frampton

So what were the main motivating factors that led you to set up Wild & Game? My business partner Michael Cannon and I were aware that there was a big imbalance between the amount of game that is shot in the UK, and the amount that is consumed. We felt this needed to be addressed, not only to avoid wasting excellent produce but also to introduce more people to the pleasures of eating game. Our solution was to create Wild & Game to boost game consumption in the UK. Our ultimate aim is to see a wide range of game readily available in supermarkets. Where does your game come from and which chefs do you collaborate with when creating your products? All of our game comes from leading UK game…

Under the coverts with… Steve Frampton

Dalmagarry INVERNESS - SHIRE

I’d been really looking forward to my day out on Dalmagarry. Since being snapped up by its new owner, Niklas Lundberg, in 2012, bags had been consistently improving and he had made infrastructure investments on top of ongoing moor management. What’s more, the list of Guns sounded quite entertaining. You’ll be waiting for the ‘but’ now, won’t you, because most grouse invitations come with the caveat of good final counts in July. The email which arrived was still an unwelcome surprise – never mind our two days, the whole 2017 season was cancelled, wiped out by the arrival of an unwelcome guest: the heather beetle. It wasn’t just a few acres that the birds can live with and can regenerate quickly, but on biblical proportions. The polite translation was that…

Dalmagarry INVERNESS - SHIRE

The unsung heroes of the Twelfth

The Twelfth of August is a glorious moment in the sporting calendar, but how often is attention focused solely upon the red grouse? As the first coveys begin to race above the butts, shooting folk are inclined to tremble with excitement – and many forget that another season opens on that famous day. Here in Galloway, snipe represent something of a sporting staple. Large numbers breed on the mosses and hill ground of southern Scotland, and their fantastic mating displays ring across the landscape from April until June. Broods of young birds can be found on my farm all summer, and it’s interesting to note that while many other waders are facing terrible declines in our uplands, snipe remain astonishingly buoyant. Even at Otterburn in Northumberland, where wader declines were…

OUR OWN SLICE OF PARADISE

Having been born and raised ‘down South’, I have not had the chance to get involved with the world of grouse shooting on the moors in the north of England and Scotland. Shooting Gazette has other photographers and writers considerably closer to the action, so my season kicks off on 1 September with partridge. What with loading, writing and snapping away, the chance to get away to the other end of the country has never presented itself. Until last year. On 12 August 2019, I found myself in deepest Northumbria recording the first of two back-to-back days of grouse shooting. It was completely eye opening. I ‘get’ completely why this is looked on by many as the ultimate game shooting experience, quite unlike any sort of lowland shooting. And we…

OUR OWN SLICE OF PARADISE

Confessions of a grouse addict

I remember my first day’s grouse shooting as clearly as if it had occurred last week, even though it was more than three decades ago. As regular readers will know, I have shot since I was a boy, but I was born and brought up in East Anglia, so my shooting experiences were founded on the way things were done there. So while my own shooting was confined to pigeons and rabbits for the most part, when I went beating, the bag was mostly made up of partridges through the autumn, and pheasants and hares in the winter months either side of Christmas. Grouse mystique As I grew in age and experience and began to read magazines like Shooting Gazette it dawned on me there was a whole world of sport being…

Confessions of a grouse addict

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DON’T LEAVE IT TO BEAVER!

It was Marcus Tullius Cicero who said that if you have a garden and a library you have everything you need, though some readers might add that ownership of a grouse moor would also be handy. The world in lockdown may just have proved him correct. One advantage, possibly the only advantage, that The Back Gun has found in recent weeks has been the time available between the breakfast Buck’s Fizz and the bringing-up snifter taken before retiring for planting the parterre with box and implanting the mind with box sets. Knowledge by toil and study to steady the mind you might say, and unless the best malts had really taken hold, the last things you might expect to see wandering across the croquet lawn would be beaver, lynx, wolf…

DON’T LEAVE IT TO BEAVER!

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

‘‘Since personal publicity has become so much a feature of everyday life, grouse and grouse shooters have been much in the public eye. The daily papers still publish with creditable buoyancy their accounts of the crack of the rifle being heard on the moors at dawn, and so on… And the opening day is, of course, always the ‘Glorious Twelfth’. A great deal of nonsense is written, but I do not suppose it does much harm.” One might easily suppose that the above was written in 2020. It was, however, penned by Martin Stephens – the author of Grouse Shooting – in 1939. From his comment, it seems that nothing much has really changed in the ensuing 81 years, at least as far as public perception is concerned. However, unlike…

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

A sporting landscape

Certain fields regularly seem to attract pigeons if the cropping is right, and one such field has become my overall favourite over the years. This is not just for the pigeons, but for the sheer beauty of the landscape which, as an artist, is an added bonus and has become the stage for good days’ decoying and the subject for several paintings. Andrew the farmer jests that I make more from painting than he does from farming the poor, sandy soil. I probably get more pleasure from his pigeons and my painting. Last summer, when on our annual holiday, the winter barley was combined and straw baled while we were there. After four or five days a number of pigeons had found it when I looked on the Sunday evening…

IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

When you’ve stumbled across an issue, however difficult to discuss, you can’t ignore it. The issue is mental health. It was only brought home to me so forcibly because I had agreed to do a spread of photographs on the first Gregor Rutherford Memorial clay shoot as a favour for organiser Steve Toft, a gamekeeper friend. One of the first people I met was Gregor Rutherford’s mother, Rachel. Now Steve’s request was good enough to get me there anyway, but seeing the dozens of people supporting the appeal and talking to Rachel afterwards about her son, who had taken his own life 12 months previously, stopped me in my tracks. I saw that what they were fundraising for – the Gamekeeper’s Welfare Trust 24/7 helpline – was possibly the most…

IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

A BEATER’S BAPTISM

I was nothing if not blunt in criticising my lackluster performance as we reached the halfway point of the drive: ‘What were you thinking?’ I shouted in my own private echo chamber, my hands on my knees. ‘This was a bad idea, one of your worst. You have never been in this much pain and discomfort, have you? Why is that elderly beater 100… no 200yds ahead of you? I know your ankles feel like concrete, your quads are about to spasm and your stomach is tight, but at this rate you’ll be dead last. This won’t reflect well on the magazine, you know. They’ll all be waiting for you in the beaters’ wagon tutting and whispering. Look! They’re off again. Pick yourself up, there’s a good lad. And don’t forget…

A BEATER’S BAPTISM

The keeper’s view

Like many people living in either the town or countryside, I love wildlife programmes, particularly when they are presented by the icon that is Sir David Attenborough. For most of us, it is the only way we will ever get to see some of the many living wonders in countries that will ever be but a place name. As a gamekeeper, I am fortunate to witness amazing sights at home on a daily basis, something to a greater or lesser extent we can all appreciate, even in high-rise tower blocks in city centres. Take the swift, for example. Even city dwellers may be lucky enough to enjoy their screaming gatherings as they flit around at breakneck speed. Sadly, most people will not take notice or give them a second glance,…

The keeper’s view

Grouse versus woodpigeons

Driven grouse shooting is known as the sport of kings, and rightly so - many kings have been passionate about their days out in the heather. The speed of a covey of grouse flying downwind over the open moor at head height is a spectacle that has to be seen to be believed. Pigeon shooting, meanwhile, is thought by some to be a pastime for ‘camo clad’ working-class chaps who can only dream of shooting grouse. But on a windy day, the agility of a woodpigeon and the speed at which they can change direction beggars belief. The shooting community is a broad church and, in my opinion, all the better for that. I’ve met many people from all walks of life who are passionate about and great advocates for…

Grouse versus woodpigeons

Community spirit

I was scrolling through our Twitter feed the other day (we’re @ShootingGazette in case you were wondering) and I saw a post that made my heart sink a little. It was written by the owner of a farm shop, one of the many that had been so instrumental in keeping people in the countryside fed and watered at the beginning of lockdown, as well as being an important point of social contact in the new era of social distancing. The reason my heart sank? The poster was airing a polite frustration, namely that since more and more ‘larger’ shops had begun to reopen in their locality, so the services they had been providing to the deluge of newer customers were seemingly no longer required. A picture below the post showed…

Joseph Manton double flint

I suppose if you were asked which guns would be top of the list in your collection, you might reply: a pair of Wogdon flintlock duelling pistols; a Purdey double percussion rifle; a Purdey bar-in-wood hammer gun; a Boss over-under; a Woodward over-under; and a Dickson round action. Well, to that list, either top or pretty near, should be a Joseph Manton double flint gun. By the early decades of the 19th century, Joseph had established himself as ‘The King Of The Gunmakers’ and had achieved a worldwide reputation. He certainly deserves this accolade as he is responsible for the style and quality of the British sporting gun that we all know today. He built high-quality firearms consistently and developed the style and dimensions of the British sporting gun, which…

Joseph Manton double flint

John Manton’s V-shaped pans

One of John Manton’s great claims was that he refined the flintlock to make it mechanically more efficient, improving ignition to make it more certain and faster. As part of this process, he lodged on 21 July, 1815, patent no 3942 ‘improvements to hammers and pans’. In a conventional flintlock, pans were relatively large and incorporated much priming powder. Dampness could invade this powder and on a windy day it could blow away when the frizzen flew open. What John did was to have a far smaller pan yet with much the same area by making the pan V shaped or U shaped with steep sides and a greater depth. The frizzen was correspondingly shaped to fit tightly into the pan. By concentrating the powder like this ignition was more…

John Manton’s V-shaped pans

Joseph Manton’s gravitating stop

Like many great inventors, Joseph had the occasional failure, as he did with his patent gravitating stops of 1812. Flintlock guns had no safety devices at all save from the hammer bolts fitted to rifles and pistols. Some were fitted with trigger-guard safeties that locked the triggers, but for the majority of shotguns there was no safety at all. Joseph was concerned that a flintlock could go off accidentally when the gun was vertical and in the loading position. This was a problem on a double when one barrel was being loaded and yet the other one was fully charged. In patent no 3558 of 30 April 1812, Joseph invented a safety device to prevent this by locking the hammers when the gun was in the vertical position. A weight…

Joseph Manton’s gravitating stop

A conventional flintlock

Just to show how considerably Joseph refined the flintlock, have a look at this earlier flintlock rifle dating from 1775 by Heriot of Edinburgh. This is a magnificent rifle with a 55in Turkish barrel and encrusted gold decoration throughout. It is of the finest quality and its lock is typical of the era. Compared to the Manton gun of 1810, the lock is far bigger and cruder. There is every chance that water will permeate the pan as it is a large, flat pan, non-rainproof, with no channels cut away to drain the water. The pan is shallow and flat and when the frizzen opens there is a possibility that the powder could have moved away from the vent. There will also be considerable friction when the frizzen opens as…

Rizzini 12-bore RB Regal

Rizzinis come in a broad range of guises. This month we look at the Round Body Regal over-under with 30in barrels. Prior to the launch in 2018, round body actions were only available to special order from Rizzini. The brand has gained a reputation for building reliable, well-built guns in a wide range of price brackets, from plain workhorses to highly specified guns with all the trimmings. This gun sits somewhere in the middle where aesthetics are concerned, as opposed to the Regal Extra that I tested recently, which has pretty much all the bells and whistles. I have noticed that many well-known gun retailers are announcing that they are becoming stockists of the brand. This will help to bring the name into the mainstream of the shooting world for…

Rizzini 12-bore RB Regal

Subaru Forester e-Boxer

There has always been something appealingly honest about the Subaru Forester. While the rest of the motor industry has rushed into the sort-of-SUV market like a pack of ill-trained spaniels, frightening the pheasants with cars that are basically five-door hatchbacks with a few off-roader bits stuck on for good measure, the slab-sided Scooby has done the exact opposite, pootling on as an off-roader dressed up as a family estate car. It has always resolutely eschewed fashion, being usefully slab-sided but heroically unstylish. No one would ever give it a second glance, but that is one of this car’s great virtues. It isn’t trying to look sporty, or glamorous, or even especially nice, so it could never be accused of trying too hard. This is why Subarus, and Foresters in particular,…

Subaru Forester e-Boxer

Expert instruction

Q I want to get better at reacting to grouse that appear suddenly over my butt after quiet periods during a drive. Do you have any advice? A It is not uncommon to be sat in your grouse butt gazing at the scenery – or chatting to your loader – when suddenly your position is overrun by a lightning-fast pack of grouse. It is in this moment you can make or break your drive: cool, calm and decisive is the mindset that is required. Let’s start with our preparation. The first thing I advise clients to do when arriving at the butt is to set out their safety sticks. Feeling safe while we are shooting is one of the most important things, and it will make us shoot better. So…

Expert instruction

Gear for the grouse moor

CUSTOM-EDITION BUFF, MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SPORTARM £16.99 sportarm.com Face coverings have never been more important and this 100% polyester buff, designed by Melissa Jay, marries safety, style and comfort. Available in grouse (pictured), pheasant and guinea fowl prints, it can be worn as a scarf, neckerchief, foulard, cap, face covering and everything in between. We expect to see a few of these in the field over the course of this season. CHAMEAU-LITE LCX® LOW 7IN BOOT BY LE CHAMEAU £249 lechameau.com These boots are lightweight, feature a Deep Forest sole developed with Michelin, and are made from environmentally friendly Terracare full-grain leather. It’s best to go one size up given the multidirectional nature of a walk on a moor but, rest assured, your feet will be protected throughout the day…

Gear for the grouse moor

REPORTS, RESULTS, COMMENT AND NEWS

A 110cm-long bronze sculpture by Dame Elisabeth Frink RA, one of the foremost British sculptors of the 20th century, was offered for sale in Bonhams’ Modern British and Irish Art sale in London in July. Dog, third in an edition of six, had an estimate of £150,000 to £200,000. Although the work, dated 1980, has never been seen at auction before, it failed to find a buyer on this occasion. For more information on the sale, visit bonhams.com…

REPORTS, RESULTS, COMMENT AND NEWS

Q I got my new puppy just before the lockdown in March and I am a bit worried that he has missed out on a lot of essential socialisation. What can I do to remedy this? A This has been a problem for many gundog owners, as any confinement can restrict the experiences a dog should be getting in the early months to ensure it develops a balanced character in later years. In saying that, the important socialisation window is between two and five months, so there should be sufficient time to expose the dog to most of them. There are also a lot of experiences you can introduce in a careful and planned way in and around the house. Ironically, being locked down may mean that this proves to…

Behind the Line

It’s been a month of doom and Zoom for me and the boys. I’ve lost a hearing aid and none of the dogs will own up to its removal. My phone has an app that can locate a mislaid hearing aid; the app shows that my left ear piece is in the yard. The problem is that the yard is covered in sandy-coloured gravel, which is a perfect match for the aid. It’s not a total disaster. My left ear is so useless that my audiologist was moved to enquire if I had ever been “exposed to prolonged periods of gunfire”. Well, of course, I had – we didn’t have ear defenders when I started shooting 60 years ago. Perhaps due to self-isolation the loss has ruffled me more than…

Gundog picture of the month

How to win For your chance to win either a Pintail Explorer II smock (top right) or a Seasons jacket (right), email high-res images to martin.puddifer@futurenet.com. Please put ‘Gundog Picture of the Month’ in the subject line. The winner will be chosen by the Shooting Gazette judging panel. Good luck! The prize will only be posted to winners with a fixed UK postal address.…

Gundog picture of the month

HOW STRIDENT SHOULD YOUR SHOOTING TWEEDS BE?

Don’t be afraid to express yourself By Ben Samuelson There are a few fibs that we allow ourselves in shooting. The first is that we need big 4x4s. I spent many years driving to shoots in a TVR that only ever went off-road when I slid into a ditch. We buy swanky new shooting kit and discuss how waterproof our new coats are, how effective our new cartridges are and how comfortable our new boots are when, in reality, the old ones did the job perfectly well. There is also a lot of fuss about the louder types of tweed. I must admit that my tweed is pretty muted but I don’t like the idea of the happiness police saying what people can and cannot wear, especially if it brings…

HOW STRIDENT SHOULD YOUR SHOOTING TWEEDS BE?

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