If you've just started shooting registered rounds, you'll quickly run into a letter next to your name on the scoreboard — C, B, A, AA, or AAA. That's your classification, and it exists for the same reason a golf handicap does: so you're competing against people of a similar standard, not getting outshot by someone who's been doing this for twenty years. How the classes work CPSA classifications run from C Class (newer or less experienced shooters) up through B, A, AA, and AAA

Shotgun certificate renewals in the UK have always asked for a reason you hold the certificate — sporting use, pest control, or both. What's changed is how much scrutiny that reason now gets, and how long it takes to get through. Some Firearms Licensing Departments are reportedly taking over a year to process applications, and there's ongoing Home Office review of whether shotgun controls should move closer to the stricter Section 1 regime. What licensing departments actually

Peg allocation is one of those small logistical jobs that can make or break a shoot day. Get it right and nobody thinks twice about it. Get it wrong — or even just look like you got it wrong — and it's all anyone talks about at lunch. Why fair peg allocation matters Every peg on a drive offers a different picture. Some sit under the main flightline and see birds all morning; others, at the end of the line or facing into the sun, see very little. Over a full day of several dri