Purdey Unveils 20 Bore Sporter

PURDEY 20-BORE SPORTER


PRESS RELEASE
News, 13thMay 2009
PURDEY UNVEILS 20-BORE SPORTER

Following the successful launch of the Purdey 12-bore Sporter in October 2008, James Purdey & Sons, the London gun and rifle maker, has today announced the addition of a 20-bore over and under gun to its Sporter range.

The 20-bore Sporter is available with interchangeable 28-bore barrels or as a 28-bore gun built on the 20-bore action. As with the 12-bore Sporter the key components of the 20-bore i.e. action body, barrel monobloc, trigger, locks and forend are manufactured in Purdey’s high tech CNC machine shop, in Hammersmith, with Perugni & Visini undertaking assembly in Brescia before the guns return to London for proofing and hand finishing.

Both Sporters come with a single trigger and 30” barrels as standard. Purdey also offer double triggers and 28” or 32” barrels as an option. The 20-bore Sporter has the added benefit of optional extra barrels and forend in 28-bore or as a 28-bore on the 20-bore action.

Stocks are of high grade oil finished walnut with pistol grip. The guns are available with standard or custom measurements. Engraving is Sporter pattern large scroll, and the price inclusive of VAT, is £31,625. Optional extra barrels and forend is £5,750, inclusive of VAT. Delivery times vary from ex stock to six months for the 12-bore and from six to eight months for the 20-bore.

Nigel Beaumont, Purdey Chairman, who has led the Sporter project says, ‘We have put a lot of effort into ensuring that every aspect of the Sporter meets our exacting standards, and shoots as well as it looks. Though it is early days we are delighted with the reaction of both the shooting press and potential customers.’


15/05/2009
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This Sporting Life: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art

Art's role in our hunting heritage is an all too often overlooked subject deserving of more attention. Paul Mellon understood that and The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has produced a wonderful video series detailing the Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art.

Part 1: Introduction to Sporting Art




Part2: Early Sporting Art



Part3: George Stubbs



Part4: Painting Outside



Part5: Fox Hunting



Part 6: Coaching



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Montana Takes A Bold Step On Gun Rights

Montana's Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer has signed legislation declaring firearms made, sold and owned in Montana exempt from federal gun laws, including background checks. Enactment of the law, House Bill 246, sets the stage for a confrontation with federal gun-control advocates who risk losing face if they do not act. Utah is now considering following Montana's lead and so is Tennessee .

Montana's initiative proves to me just how extreme the national conversation over gun ownership has become. How did we reach this point? I can't help but feel that anti-gun groups like the Brady Campaign and Handgun Control Inc. have driven us to this absurd place by relentlessly pushing an all or nothing agenda and backing America's 80 million law abiding gun owners into a corner.

Policy positions like banning "assault weapons" and closing the "gun show loophole" may sound reasonable to some people until we examine the details and see assault weapons include shotguns used by waterfowlers, along with many hunting rifles, and the so called loophole is also what allows heirloom firearms to be passed on from generation to generation. Groups like the Brady Campaign and Handgun Control Inc. know this and because their real agenda is ending the private ownership of all firearms, they want this. They just don't like to talk about the reality of what they support because doing so would cost them political support that nevertheless seems to be rapidly eroding.

Gun control activists like to position themselves as crime fighters and safety advocates. If that is their real agenda they should stop working with Congress to ban guns and instead work with law enforcement and gun owners to find ways to improve implementation of existing gun laws and improve gun safety. Doing so would bring Americans together instead of polarizing them and help lead us away from extremes that only hurt our country.

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President's Budget Supports Hunter Recruitment

Recognizing the important role hunter's play in society, President Obama has called for increased funding for hunter and angler education programs, with an additional $28 million in spending proposed for FY2010. Making clear the president's views on the importance of hunters and anglers, the budget summary states:

"Hunting and fishing have helped forge conservation values for years. This has led to a strong environmental ethic today. A number of changes, however, threaten our Nation’s hunting and fishing legacy. With Americans’ move to urban areas, loss of small family farms, and more indoor recreational pursuits, many of the Nation’s youth have lost touch with traditional outdoor recreational activities. There is a widening gap in knowledge about natural resources including the role of hunting and fishing in resource management and the importance of these
activities in sustaining natural populations and keeping them in check. This knowledge gap poses a serious threat to the future of natural resource conservation."

Increasing funding for hunter education is a step in the right direction towards eliminating this threat. Every year over than 70,000 volunteer hunter safety education instructors, working under the direction of state agencies, help hundreds of thousands of students learn the basics of wildlife conservation, landowner appreciation and safe firearms handling. Most of these programs are underfunded and adoption of the President's proposal will help to improve their quality and level of participation. Increased funding for hunter education is also supportive of the goals for educating, recruiting and retaining hunters identified in the Department of Interior, Sporting Conservation Council's, 10 Year Wildlife Conservation and Hunting Heritage Action Plan, developed last year.

With his budget President Obama has made it clear that he shares some of the priorities of the hunting community. Now its up to us to let Congress know what he proposes would be money well spent.

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