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Percy Stanbury's Webley & Scott

THE FIELD tests Percy Stanbury's own 12-bore Webley & Scott shotgun, silver ovals recording Stanbury's many championship wins crowd the gun's stock

Watson Bros. Over-and-Under Pair

A pair of London guns made by Watson Bros for Ray Ward without the help of CNC machine tools

Browning 725

Improved trigger pulls and a clever choke system makes this Browning 725 over-and-under shotgun a hit for Mike Yardley

AYA De Luxe No 1 20-bore

An exceptionally attractive pair of side-by-side 20-bore shotguns, finished in England for AyA

A Pair of Ray Ward 20-bore sidelocks

This new pair of best London guns, the first to bear the Ray Ward name, are beautiful. Everything about the shotguns is in proportion and good taste

William Powell Marquis

For a shade under £3,000 you can have a new sidelock ejector, a not unattractive gun that shoots as well as some of its higher-priced rivals

Anderson Wheeler 20 bore sidelock

This specification of this side-by-side could not be much better for a 20-bore, and the aesthetics are to British taste. To get so much right with a new gun is a rare achievement and one worthy of praise

Shotguns at the CLA Game Fair 2011

Aim for Gunmaker's Row at Blenheim, the guns available at the CLA Game Fair this year are a group not to be missed.

William & Son Sidelock 12-bore side-by-side

The best craftsmen have worked on this William & Son 12-bore Sidelock, making a beautiful and effective game gun

Longthorne Hesketh Over-and-Under

An English over-and-under sidelock with barrels made from a single piece of steel for less than £13,000

Hercules Over-and-Under

When Mike Yardley reviewed EJ Churchill’s Hercules side-by-side he referred to it as “Anglo-Spanish best”. He’s even more enthusiastic about the stack-barrel version made in association with a French firm

The New browning 525

If you want to buy a Browning 525, go for the revised version. It’s a major improvement on the manufacturer’s Japanese-made range

Boxall & Edmiston 12-bore shotgun

A new English side-by-side sideplated boxlock costing £16,000 and made by top-flight craftsmen

Guns for less than £5000

With less than £5000 to spend you can buy an excellent sporting shotgun

Rizzini BR552 “Custom”

An avowed fan of side-by-sides, Mike Yardley finds this extra-finish round-bar gun instinctive to shoot. It’s a corker but, at £12,000, it is not cheap

Guerini round action

A new round action 20 bore over-and-under shot gun from Guerini

FAMARS Poseidon Gun Review

Mike Yardley reviews a 30in, 12-bore, single trigger FAMARS Poseidon and reflects upon its finish, style and design.

Benelli Vinci

An ergonimic semi-automatic with official uses.

Rizzini RB EL 20-bore gun review: technical data and shooting impressions

Rizzini RB EL 20-bore gun review

Rizzini RB EL 20-bore gun review. The round-bar action has improved the gun significantly. The overall impression is a stylish over-and-under gun which does not look flash but is refined.

Fausti style side-by-side gun review

The Fausti style side-by-side shoots as well as some shotguns costing 20 times as much.

Fausti style side-by-side gun review | shotgun review

The Fausti style side-by-side shoots as well as some shotguns costing 20 times as much.

Grulla 215 12-bore gun review | shotgun review

The Spanish Grulla 215 12-bore is a true sidelock, offering more individuality and better value than some of the opposition.

Grulla 215 12-bore gun review | shotgun review

The Spanish Grulla 215 12-bore is a true sidelock, offering more individuality and better value than some of the opposition.

Damon Petrick 20-bore: Technical data and shooting impressions

Testing the Darne Damon Petrick 20-bore

Darne damon petrick

The more he looks at it, the more Mike Yardley is impressed by a French gun made in the time-honoured way though with an intriguing bolt mechanism

Hushpower .410 gun review | shotgun review

Testing the Hushpower .410 sound-moderated pumpgun

Hushpower .410 gun review | shotgun review

The Hushpower .410 sound-moderated pumpgun...perfet for rabbit shooting

William & Son 20-bore gun review | shotgun review

William & Son 20-bore gun review: technical data and shooting impressions

William & Son 20-bore gun review | shotgun review

Mike Yardley is impressed by the quality and form of the William & Son 20-bore

Gun review Kennedy Beretta | Shotgun review

The famed reliability of a Beretta, bespoke measurements, the looks of a best Italian and an affordable price. What's not to like, asks Mike Yardley

Kennedy Beretta gun review technical data and shooting impressions

Gun review Holland & Holland Royal | Shotgun review

The Holland & Holland Royal shoots well and Mike Yardley would like to buy the 12-bore side-by-side. There is just the minor matter of the £55,000-plus price tag

Gun review Holland & Holland Royal technical data and shooting impressions

Holland & Holland Royal gun review technical data and shooting impressions

Gun review William Powell Pegasus technical data and shooting impressions

William Powell Pegasus technical data and shooting impressions

Gun review William Powell Pegasus 12-bore | The Field

The William Powell Pegasus 12-bore is attractive, well made and good value

Mike Yardley tries out a Westley Richards boxlock shotgun

Mike Yardley test a hand-detachable lock boxlock shotgun in the form of a best 12-bore side-by-side and finds that, finances permitting, he'd order two

AYA No 2 Round Body - technical data and sporting impressions

The technical data and sporting impressions of the AyA No 2 Round Body

AYA No 2 Round Body shotgun review

Mike Yardley finds AyA's variation on a classic gun pleasing both aesthetically and in its handling, but it fails to impress him in quite the same manner as the square-bodied version

Guns - why use big artillery?

Heavy guns are in. Have they always been? Mike Yardley investigates