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The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2026 took effect on 29 September for every firearm and shotgun certificate in Great Britain. Here is the sector overview: the new duties, the new Form 201, the 29 October form deadline and ...

The London Proof House has opened a secure, climate-controlled armoury to certificate holders, gunmakers and dealers, proof master David Miles has told Gun Trade Insider. The sector reading for visitors and exhibitors, a...

Visitors to the British Shooting Show can buy two-day and three-day tickets for the first time in 2027. A three-day adult ticket works out at £21.65 a day, against £34.95 for a single day

The British Shooting Show adds dedicated rifle and airgun stages alongside its main stage at the NEC Birmingham in February 2027. Mike Tindall, James Haskell and Alex Payne take over the main stage on the Friday afternoo...

The British Shooting Show moves into Halls 17, 18, 19 and 20 at the NEC Birmingham for 12 to 14 February 2027. The switch gives visitors 25% more floor space, with three stages and Airgun City’s 38 lanes

The trio behind The Good, The Bad and The Rugby will take over the British Shooting Show main stage on Friday 12 February 2027. They will also host the Great British Shooting Awards at the NEC Birmingham

Free Countryside Alliance guidance gives the shooting community a plan for disruption: the drill, the offence and the police powers, in one downloadable sheet

The largest annual survey of the shooting community reveals a sport holding its nerve – and gives the whole sector a set of figures to argue from

Performance has fallen for a fourth quarter running, permits are up 83% over five quarters, and new applications are finally counted separately. The sector read for visitors and exhibitors

William Powell Sporting has launched its Ultimate Fieldsports Giveaway 2026, and the prize for one winner is a peg on two days’ driven partridge at Spain’s El Crespo Estate with everything from cartridges to ...