Servicing your gun: how the pros do it

03/20/24 • 27 min

It’s the job that many of us put off, sometimes for weeks, a few for months, a handful for several seasons. John Spary and Joe Hocking are gunsmiths: the ones who get to clean, check, repair and occasionally pick up the pieces of our guns. They explain what goes into a gun service, plus how to treat your gun throughout the year in order to reduce your service bill.

John and Joe run Duchy Gunsmith in Cornwall. Visit DuchyGunsmith.co.uk

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John and Joe run Duchy Gunsmith in Cornwall. Visit DuchyGunsmith.co.uk

For more ways to listen to this, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast90

This podcast is brought to you by the British Shooting Show, the UK largest gun show, held at the NEC, Birmingham

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