Sporting Gun

A Gun to inspire

ean-Paul Gaudin, or JP, is a force of nature. He has a lust for life and a passion for game shooting. He follows his passions. A motorcycle accident in 1988, when he was in his twenties, resulted in devastating spinal injuries – he was dragged behind a horse box for nine miles along a main road – but it was never going to define him. If you learn that following this he was ‘jump-started’ by medics three times, you get a glimpse of the man’s fortitude. His rehabilitation took almost three years.

Fast forward a few years and JP’s wife, Katy, declared that she was keen to have a go at clay-pigeon shooting. JP had been a keen rough shooter during his teens in his native France and Katy’s suggestion was the catalyst for

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