Old guns keeping pace

If I had a box of bismuth cartridges for every time someone has told me that vintage guns are nice, but for the amount of shooting they do “you need something modern because vintage guns won’t cope with the work”, I’d face the lead-free future with enough shells to see me out.

Time and again, I hear the same thing. Vintage guns are fine for Boxing Day or the odd special event, but not good enough for day in, day out ‘proper shooting’. Experience tells me this is not the case.

I decided that the best place to demonstrate some vintage guns in action might be a simulated day, being a strong believer that regular trigger time keeps the reflexes and muscle memory in fine tune. Being given the opportunity by Criddle Fieldsports to try