LETTERS

SAFETY FIRST

I found myself nodding in agreement with most of Simon Reinhold’s views, most especially his criticism of the use of back-guns (This modern role is no walk in the park, 30 March). While he mentioned the bad habits exhibited by some Guns regarding safety, he failed to say how to rectify the issue. It’s a bad, but sadly common, habit for excited Guns to snap the gun shut, leaving the muzzles pointing at whoever or whatever might be standing before them.

I was never fortunate enough to have a professional shooting lesson but, in the late 1980s, I bought Shooting Times/Holland & Holland