It is no secret that running shows and game fairs, in the shooting sector, is a difficult thing to get right. Over the past 20 years, a number of events have struggled and sadly a few have closed. However, the Great British Shooting Show, which was launched just over a decade ago, has bucked that trend remarkably, with 47 new exhibitors this year.
Some weeks ago, I was out rabbiting with our ferreting writer, Simon Whitehead, who told me that he thinks that, in terms of clothing and kit, it’s a essentially a one-stop-shop. Tom Payne, our pigeon shooter-in-chief, says “the British Shooting Show is about catching up with people after the season’s finished. It’s almost a debrief for our community.”
Luke Davison, who works at the Beretta Gallery in…