Introducing the November Issue

Welcome to The Vintage Gun Journal, your free-to-view monthly magazine for all things British gun and rifle.

What better way to begin November than with a visit to Twickenham, England's home of Rugby, to see them take on the NZ All Blacks?

Following that outing on the first weekend, we turn our attention to the shooting season here in Shropshire and the maintenance of our little shooting syndicate.

We may only shoot a handful of birds each time we venture out but the dogs love the walk-and-stand format, as it gives them plenty to do, and it really does represent the soul of driven shooting in this country.

Last weekend, we bagged a grant total of nine pheasants but I killed a good bird over the tree tops with the first shot from my latest acquisition; a 12-bore by Thomas Bissell, which pleased me no end, as did the behaviour of my little three year old vizsla, Worm, who is growing into a super gundog and exhibited no fear of the gun shots or the beating and ignored the other dogs nicely.

On a more sobering note - it is almost time to start thinking about buying Christmas presents! Holt's and Gavin Gardiner both have sales in the next few weeks, so be sure to take a look - you are worth it!

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