The Game Book

28 May 2020

Spanish Partridge Shooting

by Alastair Bowles Back in February, when life was less complicated and the current global pandemic was barely in the…

28 May 2020

My Early Years at Audley House

by David Emanuel It was 12th February 1990 when I joined the Purdey family in South Audley Street, having previously…

28 May 2020

GIFTS FOR THE HOST

by Dominic Savia-Roscoe A successful shoot requires countless hours of behind the scenes work, from breeding the birds to maintaining…

28 May 2020

GOING OFF WITH A BANG!

By Dr. Nicholas Harlow Purdey double rifles have an air of mystique; always built in far smaller numbers than shotguns,…

28 May 2020

The Gun Behind the Name

By Dr. Nicholas Harlow To think of Purdey is to think of the quintessential English side-by-side – a self-opening hammerless…

28 May 2020

The 150th Imperial Meeting of the National Rifle Association

By Dr. Nicholas Harlow In July 1860, on Wimbledon Common, the inaugural shot of the first Imperial Meeting was fired…

28 May 2020

Purdey and D-Day

Although Purdey has had many notable clients in Audley House, perhaps one of the most important of the last century…

28 May 2020

Make the most of simulated game days

Written by Will Hetherington, Contributing Editor Over the last 10 years, simulated game days have become increasingly popular and rightly…

28 May 2020

Purdey Awards 2018 Winners Announced

The sixteen-strong judging panel that was chaired by the Duke of Wellington, presented their decision at the awards ceremony recently…