The Purdey Post

At Purdey, shooting is very much part of our foundations, a way of life that’s shaped our heritage from the start and still informs our purpose and what we create...

Step into the Purdey boutique at Audley House or run your hand along the barrel of one of our handcrafted guns, and you’ll sense it instantly: history is never far...

Ahead of the Glorious Twelfth, now’s the time to get your sporting kit in order — and discover the latest additions to the Purdey Sporting Collection. There’s anticipation in the...

We’re delighted to announce the first in a new series of Purdey House tweeds, inspired by Tom Purdey. In last week’s article we introduced you to this legendary character in...

A man whose reputation precedes him, we’d like to take the time to properly introduce you to one of the most magnetic characters in Purdey history: Mr Tom Purdey. Tom...

For the past year, the Purdey team has been working on a special new gun to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Purdey-Woodward – which launched discreetly at The World...

This summer there’s lots going on at Purdey at the Royal Berkshire: new challenges, competitions, and the exciting refurbishment of the grounds and lodge, building on our foundations to create...

An exclusive set of Purdey Trigger Plate Over-and-Under 28-bore game guns, to celebrate 210 years of Purdey.

The British countryside through spring and summer is nothing if not a study in contrast — soft light and sharp showers, quiet hedgerows and raucous rookeries, stillness punctuated by activity....

Celebrating craftsmanship and sharing skills is integral to Purdey and has been from the start; even James Purdey the Younger joined as an apprentice stockmaker in 1843, before inheriting the...

Following on from last week's pearls of wisdom from Tom and Jim Purdey (pictured above in the Long Room at Audley House in the early 1950s), here's the second instalment....

In 1934, Tom (pictured above) and Jim Purdey were approached by the publisher Philip Allan & Co. to contribute a volume to ‘The Sportsman’s Library’. The Shot Gun was published in...