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Conqueror of targets

I recently shot at West Midlands Shooting Ground in Shropshire where I met Scott Barnett of Mickley Hall, another splendid shooting ground across the county border in Cheshire.

While chatting to Scott about the targets at West Midlands, I asked him jokingly how his Caesar Guerini was and if it had fallen apart. Yes, we shooters do tend to take the mickey out of each other’s guns, be it an inexpensive auto like my Beretta A400 or a Krieghoff at the opposite end of the scale.

Scott explained, with a big smile on his face, that the gun he was using had seen the better part of 15,000 rounds. He then proceeded to thrust it into

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