Michael Yardley

Michael Yardley

Mike Yardley, the author of a dozen books and more than two million words of journalism, is one of the world’s best known writers on sporting guns and shooting technique. He’s a graduate of London University and Sandhurst. His books include: Positive Shooting, The Shotgun: An Instructor’s Handbook & Backing Into the Limelight and a biography of T.E.Lawrence. He has broadcast much on terror, made films on JFK and RFK for the Discovery Channel, and was a main contributor to the Oxford History of the British Army. He has 70,000+ Twitter followers. He is also on Facebook and Linked in.

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Caesar Guerini Maxum Game Hybrid

This month we examine a new model in the Maxum range: the Caesar Guerini Maxum Game Hybrid, imported by Anglo Italian Arms. The gun is a 32in 20-bore weighing in…

Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus

The test gun this month is the latest Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus 12-bore semi-automatic with a distinctive green Cerakote stock, action and barrel finish. Boasting a 3½in chamber and 28in…

Browning 525 Composite

This month’s test looks at a new Browning 525 Composite distinguished by a polymer stock with adjustable comb and sparse, modernistic engraving. There is an adjustable trigger too, as well…

Yildiz Pro CCH 12-bore

This month’s test gun is a Yildiz Pro CCH with 3in chambers, steel proof marks and 32in fixed-choke barrels equipped with a 9mm-7mm tapered sighting rib. It weighs in at…

Rizzini BR550 side-by-side 16-bore

This test features a Rizzini BR550 side-by-side 16-bore. Weighing a handy 6lb 5oz, it has 30in barrels, a single selective trigger, concave rib, multichokes and an open radius pistol grip…

Sako 90 Hunter Stainless .308

This month’s test spotlights a Sako 90 Hunter Stainless bolt-action rifle imported by GMK. The 90 was launched last year in a range of styles (seven are listed by GMK)…

Rizzini Artemis Light

This month we look at a Rizzini Artemis Light, a 30in over-and-under built around a sideplated, Ergal alloy-bodied, triggerplate action. It has a single selective trigger, is steel shot proofed…

Browning Exquisite

This month’s test features a Browning Exquisite 20-bore. Tipping the scales at 6lb 12oz, it is a 30in-barrelled over-and-under with a single selective trigger, solid 6mm top rib and open-radius…

expert shot

Shooting well increases satisfaction and pays due respect to the quarry. It is, moreover, a waste to perform badly when almost anyone may, with just a little effort, shoot proficiently.…

beretta silver pigeon V field

This month spotlights the new Beretta 687 Silver Pigeon V Field imported by GMK, the well-known firm that also brings in Benelli, Franchi, Chapuis, Sako and Tikka firearms. The latest…