Exhibitor spotlight: 3 Legged Thing
3 Legged Thing took a gamble on a stand at the NEC in 2025 and left with an entirely new business. Ahead of the company's return in 2027, we look at how a tripod maker built a range spanning airgun, rimfire and centrefire
Exhibitor spotlight: Blaser Group
Blaser Group Ltd CEO Frederic Hanner on live rifle configuration, putting retailers on his own stand, and why the Great British Shooting Show remains the biggest date in the company's UK calendar
The show Edgar Brothers never has to argue about
It is the Cheshire-based distributor's single biggest marketing expense of the year, and Graham Turner says exhibiting has never once been in doubt. He explains what a successful stand looks like for them, why the rodeo bull worked, and what the trade gets that the public does not see
Saboteur advice lands before the season: what shoots need to know
Free Countryside Alliance guidance gives the shooting community a plan for disruption: the drill, the offence and the police powers, in one downloadable sheet
Shooting by numbers: what the 2026 census reveals
The largest annual survey of the shooting community reveals a sport holding its nerve – and gives the whole sector a set of figures to argue from
Licensing figures: what they mean for certificate holders
Performance has fallen for a fourth quarter running, permits are up 83% over five quarters, and new applications are finally counted separately. The sector read for visitors and exhibitors
Swarovski Optik: backing the British Shooting Show from the very start
Adam Randall of Swarovski Optik UK on a partnership that goes back to the show's earliest years, the two launches that landed at the NEC in 2026, and the Mobile Experience unit coming in 2027
Free-entry giveaway offers €6,500 of Spanish partridge
William Powell Sporting has launched its Ultimate Fieldsports Giveaway 2026, and the prize for one winner is a peg on two days' driven partridge at Spain's El Crespo Estate with everything from cartridges to accommodation included
Exhibitor spotlight: Optics Warehouse launches Air Rifle Warehouse
Lloyd Marshall of long-standing British Shooting Show exhibitor Optics Warehouse reveals why the Devon retailer has taken the plunge into airgun sales, why the show is the biggest date in the company's calendar – and what the future holds at the NEC
Mental health and the certificate: what Wales just told holders
NHS Wales and all four Welsh police forces say seeking mental health support does not automatically cost a certificate. The sector read for holders and applicants across the show community