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Carlo Gussalli Beretta – son of the Italian gunmaker’s president, Franco – has called Great Britain’s Nathan Hales’s gold medal in Paris a “splendid result”.  Shooting with a Beretta DT11 competition shotgun, Nathan not only won gold, but he also set a new Olympic Games record in the men’s Trap shooting final (News, 7 August)…

Beretta has created the unique 486 Copernicus side-by-side shotgun in celebration of the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. The gun required 800 hours of work from Beretta’s master engravers, stock-makers and artisans and includes a body that has been embellished with coloured depictions of the sun, moon and stars. Jonathan Carter, manager…

The Beretta 694 Pro is essentially a 694 with a TSK stock on it. The TSK is a fully adjustable stock, and when I say fully, I mean completely. Many shooters buy a standard walnut stock with an adjustable comb. Some shooters might even get themselves a custom-made stock. The TSK stock will let the…

The 687 range has been around for, well, donkey’s years. Beretta itself was established in the 16th century, in 1526. The company has a massive history, but I won’t go into that in detail, otherwise I will run out of space. But the 68 series of Beretta shotguns is very likely to be one of…

Gun reviews: Beretta DT10 shotgun: If you’re serious about breaking clays then out-and-out competition guns don’t come any more serious than the DT10.

Over the years, the Silver Pigeon has won a place in the hearts of many shooters because of its faultless reliability, and it has been the first serious shotgun for many. The gun comes in many forms. I own a Field I version, which is entry level, but for this article I am testing the…

Over the years, Shooting Times has been published by lots of different companies, large and small. In the 1990s, it was published by IPC, which was known colloquially as the Ministry of Magazines. Magazines, then, were big business, but in terms of heft, our current owner, Future PLC, is about as mighty as media companies…

FULL KIT LIST   Part A – Chris Dalton    Optics: Swarovski EL Range 10×42 Binoculars  Leica Calonux View  Steiner Ranger4  3-12×56 scope    Gun: Beretta BRX1 in .308 – GMK    Clothing:  Deerhunter Explore Smock/ Trousers Ariat Catalyst Defiant 10 inch boots    Accessories:  Stalon X Moderator – GMK  Emberleaf Custom Garron Knife Viperflex…

We are into July and with it comes the opening of the red stag season. It’s strange, though, that this date seems to drift past with little interest when compared with the buzz surrounding 1 April and the start of the roebucks. However, I have always eagerly looked forward to stalking the first of the…

Beretta has been a prolific firearms manufacturer since the 16th century and although it also produces guns for the military and law-enforcement markets, it is Sporting guns that today account for the greater part of its output. It is possible to spend a great deal of money on one of its hand-finished guns, although Beretta…