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…
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D-Day: 80th anniversary
In the grey dawn of D-Day, 6 June 1944, 20-year-old Trooper Lawrence Burn’s 35-tonne DD (duplex-drive) Sherman tank, its flotation screen raised, edged down the ramp of the landing craft…
June 2024
The Field’s June issue is a Best of British special; full to the brim with features championing this great isle, as well as our usual top-notch content. Allan Mallinson tells…
Stalker’s Pie recipe
One of our finest meats has to be wild venison. Full of flavour, it can be used in a range of recipes. Here I sauté the base of the Stalker’s…
Browning 525 Composite 12-bore
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…
May 2024
The May issue of The Field is our fishing special as John Bailey extols the sheer joy of catching super-sized brown trout, Jo Caird reveals how removing weirs is transforming waterways for…
The best picnic blankets around picked out by The Field
Picnic blankets help bring together two of the great joys of life: good food and the great outdoors. With the arrival of spring our minds turn to picnics, sports days,…
How to perk up droopy tulips
Query What can I do about droopy tulips? We are very fortunate to have a super collection of different varieties of tulips in our new garden. However, I find that…
Asparagus is the best of British
Green, white, steamed or raw, with a hint of butter or doused in hollandasie; now is the time to eat as much as possible. We love it.
Yildiz Pro CCH 12-bore review
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…