This month’s test explores the new 20-bore Blaser F16 Game. Our specimen – weighing 7lb 6oz – has 30in barrels and fleur-de-lys steel proof for 3in chambers. The single selective trigger is mechanical with a selector positioned forward of the trigger-blade (as on the Blaser F3). The ventilated sighting rib…
Dame Jilly Cooper grew up in the countryside of Yorkshire. Apart from a brief spell in Camberley during the war, where she amused herself feeding “wartime carrots” to the Staff College horses and learning the names of wild flowers with her mother, she grew up around Ilkley, where her family…
This month we look at two special rifles: one old and rare, the other relatively new and frequently seen. They are the Sako VL63 Finnwolf deluxe lever action and the still current Mauser Model 12. Both are chambered in .308 Winchester. The Sako weighs in at a mid-weight 9½lb with…
Pumpkin is not just for pies. The autumn favourite is versatile, as shown in this recipe for pumpkin, venison and bean chilli. (Read more of The Field’s autumnal recipes here.) Ingredients 1kg wild British venison stewing steak, cut into 2cm cubes 4 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil 3 medium yellow…
This month’s test gun is a Beretta DT11 Sport Black: one of the most popular high-level competition guns and used by both trap shooter Nathan Hales, who won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, and skeet silver medallist Amber Rutter. The latter almost secured gold too but was denied…
This month we look at two Italian-made Rizzini over-and-unders: the RB EM and Regal from Anglo Spanish Imports. The latter is sideplated but the RB EM features a round-bar. Both guns under our spotlight are 30in 12-bores with 3in chambers, multichokes, steel shot proof, and inertia-operated single triggers. The guns…
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 at a hefty 7lb 14oz with barrels that are superior steel proofed, 3in chambered and multichoked (five arrive with the…
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 steel-proofed barrel, the gun weighs in at 7lb 11oz. Its comprehensive specification also includes an extended bolt handle, an oversized…
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 as an 8mm sighting rib with fine cross-hatched surface, and vented side ribs. The mattblacked monobloc barrels are steel shot…
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 just over 8lb 2oz. The action has a colour case-hardened-effect finish, hence CCH, and there is an adjustable comb atop…
