Sporting Gun

Mixing it up

Like a lot of people, I enjoy many different areas of fieldsports, which is reflected in the contents of my gun cabinet. My gun collection includes a variety of different guns for different purposes, even if there is a little overlap. I hear all the time that one should try to stick to one gun, or as minimum a number as possible, if one hopes to be a good shot. I don’t fully believe this. I would say that it probably does make a difference for some of the competitive shooters out there at a high level, but I do not fall into

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