This month Mike Yardley tests one of a pair of AyA No.1s in 20 bore and fitted with upgraded wood
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Michael Yardley reviews the classically styled AyA Round Action No 2 model in 12 bore
continue reading >The AYA Yeoman is a true classic and has been around for quite a while. Bruce Potts takes a look…
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Mark Stone goes all perestroika as he reacquaints himself with one of Russia’s Baikal over-unders – the 27-EM-M-IC…
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Jules Whicker finds a gun that’s suitable for almost every ‘keepering’ occasion – the Baikal IZH MP-94 Sever Combination Shotgun Rifle in 20g/22WMR
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Michael Yardley takes a look at a Baikal MP210, a 20 bore side by side at a bargain price
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Mark Stone notes that buying the original can save you a good few bob, as he looks at the cost effective, Baikal Model 27 O/U shotgun
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Mark Stone gets to grips with Baikal’s latest sideby- side 410 – a genuine old school shotgun…
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Mark Stone gets his hands on yet another Baikal shotgun and maintains his belief that these guns perform way beyond what might be expected of the name and price
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Pete Moore discovers you can do a lot with some plastic and aluminium in turning an old wood-stocked Baikal 410 into a covert, pest control tool
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Mike Yardley looks at a very different form of shotgun this month and one you might not think he would like; but he’s smitten by this ugly duckling
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Mike Yardley takes a look at a 20 bore O/U gun from Batista Rizzini
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It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for a good semi-auto, I have always believed them to be much under-rated guns and others seem to be catching on now. Some of my dealer friends tell me they are accounting for an ever greater proportion of their mid-market sales these days! For the record and because I can’t resist a digression into firearms history, the first successful semi-automatic, was the Browning A5 (AUTO FIVE) which appeared about 1900. It used long-recoil action where the barrel and bolt stay locked together and recoil into the receiver for the length of the cartridge. Next came a modification of this - short recoil and doubtless inspired by the gas-operated rifles of WWII, gas/piston-operated shotguns soon arrived on the scene. The Remington 1100 set the standard; well-engineered and soft-recoiling, the baton was taken up by many others including Beretta with their excellent 300 series guns, which regular readers will know I greatly admire.
continue reading >Jules Whicker admires Benelli’s 828U, an over-and-under that defies convention
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Michael Yardley tries the Benelli Montefeltro inertia action semi-automatic.
continue reading >Bruce Potts smashes some clays with the new Benelli Ethos SuperSport
continue reading >They say that you get what you pay for; however, Bruce Potts discovers that with the Benelli M2, you get rather more than expected…
continue reading >Andrew Johnson gets misty eyed over his old and bold Benelli M1 shotgun
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Bruce Potts says ‘ciao bella’ to a very classy Italian, the Benelli M2 12g semi-auto shotgun…
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