Having written the Rough Rovers articles for Sporting Shooter over past five years I was initially disappointed to hear it was no longer going to exist in its own right. However, as a keen reader of Sporting Gun I was delighted to hear that the magazines were joining forces to produce a bigger, better and wider-reaching publication. For those of you not familiar with the Rough Rovers and the articles I write, we are a syndicate or club (I’m still not sure which) that was set up 10 years ago to seek out varied, affordable and down-to-earth shooting all over the country. Having lived and worked abroad for a good few years I was lucky enough to get back into shooting through joining our local DIY clay club, the odd invitation to a driven day from my father in law, and a very good friend’s father who ran a brilliant small shoot I got involved in. Being self employed with a young family, a mortgage and a house to renovate, there was never any money spare to spend on shooting. Then at th
Specialist magazine publisher Fieldsports Press has made its second acquisition in just over a week, now buying a series of shooting brands from Future. The…