A king among kings
“Foreign Guns couldn’t compete when it came to bringing down high pheasants”
Probably the best ever royal Shot of all time, King George V ranked joint-fourth among the 12 best game Shots in Great Britain in a list published in Baily’s Magazine in September 1903.
The second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Prince George was born at Marlborough House in London on 3 June 1865. He began to shoot at the tender age of 10, using a small single-barrelled muzzle-loading gun. After embarking upon a full-time career in the Royal Navy in 1877, he was prevented from participating in the sport on a regular basis until after
