Alfie Oldring started his day looking forward to a day’s pigeon shooting. He ended it in hospital, fighting for his life. His pigeon-shooting buddy accidentally shot him in the stomach. But Alfie’s problems were only just starting. His injuries were barely covered by his shooting association insurance. Fieldsports Channel reporter Alex Howell looks at this insurance and finds out where it falls short.
Meanwhile, Charlie Jacoby is in Wales looking at the history of the bolt-action rifle. There is News, and Hunting YouTube rounds up the best hunting and shooting on YouTube this week. It’s all about guns – good and bad – in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain
Here are the links:
▶ Shooting accident insurance
There is a comparison table of what shooting organisation insurance cover in their membership packages here: www.fieldsportschannel.tv/shooting-accidents-when-insurers-dont-pay-out
For Bennett Christmas, go to www.bennettchristmas.com/
For still pictures from this film, go to Flickr.com/photos/fieldsportschannel/albums/72157680570581586
▶ Historic rifles
Rifles we use (all ‘section one’ firearms): Mosin-Nagant K31 .762x54R 1952; Mauser M48 8x57JS; Lee Enfield No 4 .303 1949; AK47 Bulgarian-made Kalashnikov design .762×39; Steel Core Cyclone .308; Smith & Wesson 1522 semi-auto, copy of an AR15, .22LR
To find out more about WMS Firearms, go to www.wmsfirearmstraining.com
For our last film about this, ‘Deerhunting skills in the trenches: Sniping in France, 1915-1918’, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_sHT7QZX5E
For pictures from Hesketh-Prichard’s book Sniping in France, go to www.flickr.com/photos/fieldsportschannel/sets/72157648555463661/
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To see Hesketh-Prichard’s rifle in the IWM collection, go to www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30029793
▶ News is sponsored by Baleno www.baleno.com – here are the links:
Sabs go ‘militia’ www.fieldsportschannel.tv/sabs-go-militia-at-kent-hunt/
Chris Packham www.fieldsportschannel.tv/farmers-call-for-packham-probe/
Eagle film proves popular www.fieldsportschannel.tv/catching-hares-goes-viral/
Thieves gouged out dog microchip www.fieldsportschannel.tv/thieves-gouge-out-dog-microchip/
Dodge City poachers www.fieldsportschannel.tv/poachers-shoot-exotics-in-dodge-city/
Vegans hate the new tenner www.fieldsportschannel.tv/new-tenner-upsets-vegans/
For a full news round-up, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/fieldsportsnews
Here are the films in Hunting YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3KxM9c3T7K9E7SuCbCmlYy92CIUDZV4T