Latest News from Longthorne

We are excited to announce our collaboration with Nill-Griffe of Germany, the renowned manufacturers of the 'Ergosign' stocking systems.

Since 2019, Longthorne has been working closely with Wilfried Nill of Ergosign, whose fully adjustable stocks are celebrated having been known for their exceptiona ...

Introducing our new website page, Longthorne Used Approved, where we offer a premium selection of second-hand guns that have been meticulously factory reconditioned.

Each firearm undergoes rigorous inspection and refurbishment to ensure it meets our high standards of quality and performance. To prov ...

This week we have Fife joing us for some work experience, Fife attends a local Northampton school and is sampling some of the various departments we have here at Longthorne to help him decide where he wants to be in the future. Welcome Fife, we hope you enjoy your week with us!!

If you would like to have it checked, visit us at The Game Fair with your gun where we will be offering free gun fit and eye dominance checks this year, just book by emailing sales@longthorneguns.com with your name, email and telephone number and we will give you a 20 minute time slot.

Checks will be ...

We are thrilled to announce that Longthorne-sponsored shooter and all-around great guy, Todd Hitch, achieved remarkable success at the USA 2024 North West Regionals this weekend. Todd secured the overall win in the True Pair Long Range competition. Additionally, he triumphed in the Junior Beretta Pr ...

We are thrilled to share the success of our recent Pacific Arms open house and demonstration at LA Clays this past weekend. As our first dealer in the USA, Pacific Arms has been a cornerstone in bringing Longthorne's exceptional shotguns to American enthusiasts, and this event was a testament to our ...

Longthorne USA LLC: Enhancing Dealer Support and Customer Experience

We are excited to announce the formation of Longthorne USA LLC, a significant milestone in our commitment to better serve our dealers and customers in the United States. This strategic move will allow us to provide more localized su ...

A great day was had by all despite the rain which did not dampent spirits at E J Churchill, thank you to the Field Magazine their kind invitation and to Ian Andrews for being there.

And.....................Congratulations to our MD Jim Stewart for coming 3rd in this event (much to his amazement!!) ag ...

We have been super excited to have been featured in the latest  'Best of British' edition of the iconic Field Magazine.  Including stunning  pictures by Andy Hook Photography, If you would like to see more pick up the latest July copy in WH Smiths (UK)

Congratulations to all the participants for their tremendous efforts! A special shoutout to Longthorne USA shooter Todd Hitch, who excelled by winning the Junior Five Stand and securing 1st place in the Masterclass for FITASC. He also tied for HOA, although he unfortunately lost in the shoot-off.

Las ...

We are delighted to welcome Target Shotguns Inc into the Longthorne fold.

Target are based in NC, USA and carry a great range of shooting products, they also have an on site gunsmith!!

Owner Bob Shultz, Manager Matt and the team will be very happy to assist you with your requirements. ...

We are filled with pride, joy, and gratitude to be featured in the esteemed book authored by John & Annie Robinson, celebrating the unwavering commitment of the community shaping the essence of game shooting and stalking in Great Britain. This remarkable publication, personally signed by the aut ...

We recently launched our new baby action trigger plate models at DSC in Dallas -  We believe them to be the World's lightest 20/28g shotguns.  These have  fully machined  billet steel barrels, steel action, steel triger guard with 14.7/8" stock, the 20g weighing in at circa 2.6kg ...

If you havent read this yet there is a review of our Longthorne Vanguard Model, in Jan/Feb edition of Shooting Sportsman by Greg Carpiniello

For everyone eagerly anticipating the arrival of our pistol range, we are thrilled to announce that we have now been cleared to import these into the USA, so our first production run is imminant and we anticipate them being available from around June this year.  In addition, we have some fabulo ...

We were amazed and honoured to recently discover that the renowned British rap duo Pete & Bas incorporated 'Longthorne' into their latest hit, which premiered on YouTube a month ago and has already amassed over 400 thousand views.  We have a link to  their video on our video page.

In a ...

We are thrilled to announce our sponsorship of top US shooter, Todd Hitch.  Amongst his other accolades Todd won the King's Cup in Spain recently and last week came 3rd in Masterclass in the US Nationals, coming 1st in the junior section.  We are excited to have Todd join the team.Text ...

We feel honoured to have been included in the latest release by Pete & Bas, It's a true privilege and made us all smile too!!

To view this go to our 'Video Page'

We are pleased to announce that the Longthorne LHP Pistol has received official approval for importation into the United States. This milestone marks a significant step in Longthorne’ s commitment to delivering exceptional firearms to discerning shooters and collectors in the U.S. market.

The ...

Thank you for visiting us at The Game Fair last weekend.

Your presence made our event truly special and memorable. We were delighted to have the opportunity to showcase our products and services, and your enthusiastic response was genuinely uplifting.

Thank you for taking the time to engage with our t ...

We are happy to announce that our new USA Sales Manager is visiting the Longthorne factory this week, and we couldn't be more excited to have him on board! To celebrate his arrival and to showcase our latest products, we are delighted to inform you that he will be joining us at the Game Fair this we ...

For several years, Reid Bryant has hosted The Orvis Hunting and Shooting Podcast. His goal is to examine the people, places, and tools that provide detail to the experience of wingshooting. This pursuit has led him to discuss the finer points of guns and shooting, species, destination travel, gundog ...

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our new USA Sales Manager, Jimmy Kern, to our dynamic and talented team. 

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Jimmy as he steps into this pivotal role, driving our USA sales efforts to new heights and ushering in a prosperous era for Longthorn ...

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Ian Andrews of The Sporting Consultancy.Ian is England’s leading fine sporting gun specialist and a most trusted independent advisor in the field to British and International clients and will be focussing on Longthorne's business devel ...

With deep sadness we had to say 'goodbye' to Longthorne puppy 'Prada' on 24.4.23.  Prada was nearly 13 and had had a very varied life with lots of travelling, mainly up and down the M6 motorway (UK) with  the occasional jaunt to Wales and France thrown in.

Prada was a little character and a ...

We have recently launched our latest titanium model.  Weighing in at only 5lb 2oz this shooting phenomenom comes into its own when shooting walked up grouse or quail, with it's light and stable attributes, this gun makes a shoot day a breeze!!

Having recently had the priviledge of visiting the s ...

A few weeks ago, we were very fortunate to visit this stunning estate in Andover, New Jersey USA.  This is a facility like no other we have seen and offering a vast array of shooting disciplines, fishing, and archery. 

Everything they do is with perfection in mind. Along with their sp ...

Thank you very much to Jonny Carter and the Members of TGS Outdoors who visited us for a factory tour on 9th September, it was a great pleasure to meet you all, we very much enjoyed your visit and appreciate your interest in Longthorne.

If you would like a small insight into how we service your Longthorne trigger plate gun to keep in tip top condition watch the video

When your gun is ready for servicing, we recommend annually, ideally after the end of the season, just contact us to book it/them in.  


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The 'Venturer' has been developed with game shooting in mind, although any of our models can be supplied in a 'game configuration' the 'Venturer' has more of a traditional appearance often favoured by hunters.

At a starting price of £14,875 including UK Vat this comes with our fully machined ba ...

Many congratulations to Tweedl winner Mr. Owens who recently won a Longthorne Vanguard model.  It was a pleasure to meet Mr. Owens yesterday when he visited for his gun fit and we look forward to handing over his gun in the near future.

At this very sad time our condolencies go to The Royal Family on the loss of Queen Elizabeth II, our thoughts are with you.

Longthorne  will be closed on (bank holiday) 19th September to pay respects to Her Majesty.

We are looking forward to being at The National Shooting Complex in San Antonio 26th-30th October, at Pacific Sporting Arms shop on campus.

Jonny Carter along with Sash Novakovic from TGS outdoors will be joining us there to do some TGS filming. ...

We have some excellent new videos on YouTube thanks to Jonny Carter and  TGS Outdoors, the latest, released yesterday is on the subject of maintenance, you can watch this and  'Longthorne Game Gun' video on our 'Video' page.

We have had a few changes with our pricing structure this month (June 16th 2022) and as such we now have a new Price List.  If you would like a copy please contact:  sales@longthorneguns.com.   We will honour any prices quoted within the past 30 days and greatly appreciate your b ...

We are delighted to announce in The Saints Shooting Day returns for 2022!

You can join Northampton Saints’ finest on the shooting range this spring, with the Club’s Shooting Day set to return on Wednesday 27 April.  The men in Black, Green and Gold will be taking aim at Hon ...

We were pleased to welcome William Hewitt as our new Business Development Manager in September.  William has excellent technical knowledge and a pragmatic approach having formerly been employed as an Armoury Manager.

William has slotted into Longthorne team seamlessly and we are delighted to hav ...

For the past year we have been working on several pistol designs for the USA and International markets, this first model, inspired by a classic 1935 9mm Browning High Power, the latest of which was a Mark 3, has been completed just in time for The Dallas Safari Convention in January 2022.

We have imp ...

It was our absolute pleasure to hand over a Longthorne 'Vanguard' model to the lucky winner of The Winter Countryside Alliance Draw today, 23rd December 2021.  

Mr. Lindley was delighted to receive this early Christmas surprise and we wish him very happy shooting.

As you may know, Longthorne are renowned for our innovative shotgun barrels which are fully machined, sculptured even, from a single piece of high specification steel.  Our latest creation is a set of barrels fully sculptured from titanium, not the easiest substance to sculpt! The first set, ha ...

Congratulations to Mr. Lindley for winning this draw.  We look forward to handing over your gun very soon.

Continuing on with our game meat theme.......another fabulous Longthorne owners runs 'Deerbox', a company specialising in the retail of all types of wild deer meat which they harvest and cull themselves.

All their wild deer are harvested by trained hunters who take food safety very seriously. Only &l ...

We are delighted to be sponsoring this event with The Northampton Saints Rugby Team for a great cause.  Join us and Northampton Saints finest on the range at their inaugural Saints Shooting Day on 7th September at Honesberie Shooting School aiming to raise funds for the Saints Rugby Academy.

As part of our effort to encourage a sustainable route for game meat to enter the food chain, we would like to introduce this company to anyone looking for a reputable route to market.  One of our Longthorne 'parents' is involved with Willogame.

“Although Willogame was founded over 26 year ...

We will be attending this event at the fabulous Orston Shooting Ground near Nottingham 28-30th May, it is anticipated that this will be spectacular this year as shooters take the opportunty to reconnect with their sport and with many top names in attendance at this world class shooting ground.

MD Jam ...

Another momentus occasion today for Longthorne when MD James Stewart met the new London Proof Master (left) and his team.  AND proofed our first damascus barrels for steel shot, a scary moment, and we don't mind admitting, it took us a while to psych ourselves up for this, but...BOOM!! Thank yo ...

The following UK shops now have Longthorne demonstration models:

Coomb Farm Sporting, Crewkern - Model 3003
Mickley Hall Shooting, Nantwich - Model 3003
Northallerton Shooting and Countrywear, Thirsk  - Model 3003
Simpson Brothers Gunshop, Peterborough - Model 3003
Orston Shooting Ground, Nottingham ...

We now have a 'Section 5 Authority' and currently developing a number of exciting new projects to be shared with you in due course.

We are now making barrels in different gauges to fit our low profile 12 bore sidelock o/u or trigger plate o/u action, these can accommodate barrels 12,16,20,28 and .410.

We are able to maintain the same sleek appearance because of the action being such low profile and because of  the minimal ce ...

Exciting times ahead!! and hope you like our new range of sideplated trigger plate models.

We are now manufacturing our own chokes for our boxlock range.  These are available in either flush or extended. 

We will continue to use Teague chokes in our sidelock guns for the forseeble future.

I think we can safely say that 2020 has been a year like no other!!  For ourselves, like many other  businesses it's not been an easiest of years and we sincerely thank those of you who have supported us, customers, staff and friends especially in such troubled times , this is very much ap ...

Longthorne stock pads are now available.  These are made in house at the Northampton factory from an impact resistent polymer and have a solid walnut backing plate.  They come with fixings.  We would recommend professional fitting of these for best results.

We are pleased to say that we have added several more models to our boxlock range, for more information visit 'The Range' pages.

We were thrilled to say goodbye to our first and second side x sides recently.  The development of this has certainly taken some time but judging by the very positive reaction we have had so far, it's been worth waiting for.  The lead time for these is around 12-18 months  but we ...

We welcome Jacob who has been with us about a month now.  Jacob is Owen's brother (you will probably see the family resemblence), he is working with us until he decides on a career path, maybe even with us ?

Congratulations to Owen in our Gunroom,  Owen has been with us for over three years and has recently finished his BTEC & PEO Level 2 & 3.  Owen has a real love  and understanding of hands-on mechanics, it's very rewarding to see how he has flourished over the past few yea ...

We are sorry to say that  this draw had to be cancelled by The Countryside Alliance.  We understand that this was due to a rule regarding purchasing and payment of the tickets and  any monies paid have  now been refunded.  We hope that at some point this will be resumed and ...

Fur, feathers, food & features Talking Game, celebrating the best of game shooting   Established in 2018, the mission of Talking Game is to encourage all, but especially those within the shooting fraternity, to eat more game as part of the process of ensuring that game shooting continues to ...

We love having visitors, but this month we have had a very special visitor, 'Dixie'.   Dixie belongs to one of our gunsmiths, she was rescued in Spain just as the breeder was about to dispose of her with her sister and mother in a ditch.  She is the most adorable little dog and gets a ...

I am sure you won't think this is the most exciting thing in the world, however, in keeping with the theme, we are now making our own 'English Made' adjustable comb kit, we just did not consider it 'proper' to put anything but an English made kit in an English gun and as our boxlocks come with an ad ...

For those of you who were unable to see us on the Channel 4 'Made In Britain' series last year.  We are delighted that the producers have now kindly granted us a licence allowing this to appear on our website and our social media.

The series aims to give an insight into various UK ...

We have several shops in the UK lined up to stock our boxlock shotguns and would be interested to hear from shops in Europe/Australia/New Zealand who may be interested in stocking Longthorne products.

We are looking for shops with passion for not only traditional skills but also innovation ...

Sadly tthere wont be a Northern Shooting Show or Game Fair this year due to the current situation, but we  look forward to supporting these two great events next year.  However we will be participating in 'The Virtual World Gunmakers Evening'  in September and will be publishing detai ...

In order to reassure visitors to the factory we would like to inform you of the measures in place to protect you and our staff.

General visitors are currently restricted to 'Urgent' only.

All visitors will be offered a face mask and gloves.

Hand sterilsing gel is available on ...

We hope you are all healthy and managing to keep fit and well during these difficult times.  It makes us very sad indeed to think that many of you will have lost loved ones or may have been sick yourselves, if this is the case, we hope you make a full recovery very soon and our thoughts and con ...

These are difficult times for us all and we hope you all stay safe and well.

In an effort to assist key manufacturers and processes, we would like to offer our exensive  engineering facilities  to make spare machine parts, medical equipment, or anything else required to keep our country fun ...

We have decided, in view of the Corona Virus risk, to greet you with a smile rather than a hand shake or a cheek kiss.  We also have antibacterial gel available for staff and visitors should this be required.  As part of our policy to limit risk we are also issuing a small questionnaire to ...

We are delighted to announce the 'birth' of our very first boxlock, this model is our mid-range model, we are also currently making a model with less engraving and a side plated version which will have more ebellishment.  There, are more exciting models to come in due course. These all incorpor ...

Our new hats have arrived, available in burgundy or grey and are now available from the web site shop

Our Meols Hall day was marred this year with the passing of our dear friend and customer Phil Watson (fondly known as Number A043) a couple of days earlier.  Phil had been joining us each year with his Wife Carole and dog 'Bracken' despite having had pancreatic cancer for the past three years.

P ...

If you would like to see our latest review by Jonny Carter, Jonny speaks to Longthorne Sales Manager, Alex Black, click on the link below:

Gun Review by Jonny Carter

Thanks to Irwin Greenstein for a great write-up after having visited us recently.

https://www.shotgunlife.com/longthorne-shotguns-pacific-sporting-arms.html?fbclid=IwAR0f_wt-dRfRlPqwH5ID9fK2JFkUPZI4kjZ5Mh2XWYj0eK8wb8XbGc0D48Y ...

Our new boxlock is well on its way to reality and will be with selected dealers, very soon to be announced!!

This brand new sporting boxlock shotgun is to be available in 12 gauge initially, with the option of 30” or 32” barrels, with either a sporting or raised tapered rib and multi chok ...

Our Christmas shutdown starts on Friday 20th December  until 2nd January 2020.  May we wish you all a very happy, healthy and safe Christmas and thank you for your custom.

This year we have decided to make a donation to our charity VSF  (http://www.vsf.org.uk/) in luie of sending Chris ...

The brand new Longthorne Rifle is now complete and ready for engraving and stock fitting. This rifle is a 30-06 and will be available in .243, 30-06, .308 bolt action and .375 H&H double rifle.  This is one of the many new exciting projects we have been working on.

We are delighted to welcome Pacific Sporting Arms as 'Longthorne' dealers.  Well respected throughout the USA, Pacific Sporting Arms have locations in California and Michigan, they recently took delivery of their first Longthorne 'demonstration model' and have sold it already!! and we are thril ...

Thank you to you all for watching us on 'Made in Britain' last Wednesday 23rd October on ITV4, the support we have had has been amazing!! If you haven't seen it and would like to you can see it on: https://www.itv.com/hub/made-in-britain/2a5692a0016 There are some other fantastic British b ...

Marketing Director, Elaine Stewart was interviewed by Kate Hill of 'Make it British' recently,when we had the opportunity to show her how we do things at Longthorne, if you would like to hear it please click the link, we hope you like it

http://makeitbritish.co.uk/podcast/longthorne-guns-the-ultimate ...

After having held our prices firm for quite some time now we now have to advise that due to increased manufacturing costs they will be increasing on 01.01.2020.

We are delighted to advise that we have appointed several shops/shooting grounds as 'Dealers' within the UK and will publish these in the coming weeks.

We concede, our Side x side has taken longer than we would have liked to create, as a British SME  striving to manufacture everything in house so that we can keep our products 'British' as well as breaking the mould when it comes to technology and innovation,  it's a fine balance juggling ...

Over the past few months we have taken on several new members of staff, qualified engineers Arren and Ian, trainee Simon and time served gunsmith Stakke from Belgium have slotted in perfectly, we are currently looking for more engineering trainees so if you know of anyone we would love to receive th ...

In September, we again joined a contingent of other British Brands when we exhibited and this show for the second year running.

Marketing Director, Elaine Stewart and Sales Manager Alex Black really enjoyed this event last Friday (28th June 2019)organised by Louise Farmer from BASC on at the fabulous Shuckbrough Hall, the stunning home of Sir James Shuckbrough and his family, great weather, great company and generally a very ...

It gave us great pleasure today when we handed over our very first 28 bore to a very happy client.  This first is a Celtic design, with 30" barrels  and 3/4, 3/4 fixed chokes and weighs just 6lb!!   This guage has been a long time coming, new models always take time to perfect bu ...

We all enjoyed a very pleasant day last Friday (14th June) when a group of Guns-on-Pegs Premier members visited the Longthorne factory, we always take great pride in showing how we make every part of our guns in house at the factory, combining traditional methods with state of the art technology, it ...

Thanks go to 'The Yorkshire Gent' for a terrific interview with our MD at this year's  Northern Shooting Show.  James discusses our beginnings, staff, Longthorne's phylosophy and much more.  The interview is about 1 hour long and commences about half way through after a very interesti ...

We recently installed two manual lathes and a manual mill to compliment our range of high tech CNC equipment, we believe in building the basics as far as training is concerned, and decided that we needed to further enhance the manual skills being learnt at college by our apprentices, practice makes ...

Recently launched at The Northern Shooting Show in Harrogate, England..... an 'off the shelf' model, aimed at the sporting market, this sleek and sophisticated 'Black Edition' model comes with standard stock dimensions, 30 or 32" barrels. Fixed choke as standard choked 1/2-1/2 (30") 3/4-3/4 (32") - ...

We are delighted to announce Vital Signs Foundation as our official charity for the next two years. Any charitable donations we recieve will be going to them.

VSF is a smaller charity, as such they dont have huge overheads like some larger charities so all the money raised goes exactly where it shoul ...

We like to make different things at Longthorne, here's a butt plate with a difference, the butt plate is polished buffalo horn surrounded by an engraved steel butt plate.

We have pleasure in hosting a visit by Silverstone UTC today.  The team from Silverstone UTC received the winning bid from a recent on-line charity auction supporting 'Nikki's Helping Hands', the bid being a Longthorne workshop tour with buffet lunch.

Nikki's Helping Hands is a charity cons ...

Here is a lovely example of a pinless sidelock we recently made for a Client in Canada, we thought it would be a shame to interrupt the vignette with pins, we love it, hope you do too!!

Thank you to Stoneycairn Sporting for featuring 'Longthorne' in their new 'shoot book'. Longthorne Sales Manager, Alex Black is featured on the front cover with a Celtic model, the Celtic is also featured inside the book.

Stoneycairn meticulously source the very best shoots which offers their clients ...

Introducing the brand new Longthorne Deluxe Round Action. This new Round Action shotgun is a true sidelock mechanism and is the latest model to enter the ever growing Longthorne stable of finest English made shotguns and rifles. This particular model is a 16 gauge and features the round body, seamle ...

So, for all of you asking, we are NOT attending the British Shooting Show next week, instead we are having OPEN DAYS at the factory.  We will be opening our doors to you all on Friday 15th (8am until 5pm) and Saturday 16th (8am until 12 noon).  You can visit and see how we manufacture what ...

A very pleasant evening was had by all on our seasonal night out, as last year, at The Hopping Hare in Northampton.  Excellent food and good company, what more can you ask for?  Happy Christmas Team!!

Pictures to follow

Directors James and Elaine Stewart were delighted to attend this momentous occasion on 4th December hosted by Editor Jonathan Young, who has himself been at the helm for several decades despite his youthful appearance!!, Congratulations to 'The Field' for having stood the test of time, well deserved ...

It is always disappointing and sad to hear of yet another British gunmaker going into liquidation as one did last week, however, we wish to reassure you that at Longthorne it is business as usual and if there is anything we can do to help you with your requirments we would be very happy to do s ...

We were saddened today to hear of the passing of one of our Clients, Mr Story, Our sincere condolencies go to his family. 

This is an excellent opportunity to come and meet some Longthorne owners if you are considering a Longthorne purchase or for just a frendly day out.  If you would like to try a Longthorne please advise when booking and we will check  availability of guns.

To be held on 25th Januar ...

We were delighted to have attended  this event as part of an inaugural 'British' Contingent, organised by The Game Fair in partnership with the Katara exhibition organisers.  The event was  in Doha, Qatar and this was their second year.  Longthorne w ...

It's always a pleasure to host this lovely group of distinguished gentlemen and one lady, and what a contrast it was for them as the last time they visited, around 5 years ago, we were in our former workshops in Lancashire, where we served a bbq breakfast, this time it was afternoon tea in much ...

Sponsored shooter, Jack Halsall, along with the rest of the serior England team won the Home Internationsls last month, great result guys!!

Well done to Brett Winstanley who won the competition to shoot the highest number of clays in one minute at this year's Game Fair, although Brett didn't achieve the world record he was only 5 short of it!!    Longthorne MD James Longthorne Stewart did a great job of loading for h ...

This month saw the completion of our new style forend clip, this will be available as an option on all of the range.

Welcome Sean,our latest apprentice, who started with us this week.  Sean will be studying towards a HND in Mechanical Engineering.

Huge congratulations to Richard Bunning who became overall winner of The CPSA World English Shooting Championships on Sunday after a very close sudden death shoot off .

As headline sponsor of the event Longthorne will offer sponsorship or a cash prize to Richard.

The ‘CPSA World Sporting Championship is recognised as being the most prestigious event in the clay shooting calendar, enhanced by the magnificent setting of EJ Churchill  Shooting Ground,  Longthorne are delighted to be the main sponsor of this event .  ...

For those of you who havent seen this, we spent a lovely day with great company at powis Castle in February last year, we hope to organise some more days like this this year, if you would like to be kept informed please subscribe to our news letter, on the web site and we'll keep you up to date with ...

Directors and staff would like to congratulate The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their second son!!

We are delighted to say that our Directors James and Elaine Stewart  became liverymen of The Worshipful Company of Gunmakers this week.

Congratulations go to Mr. Holloway of York (England) for winning our British Shooting Show  raffle, Mr. Holloway wins a  Longthorne goodie bag including polo shirt, 2 english bone china mugs, english silk tie, shotgun wallet, cap and bottle of stock oil.

Many congratulations to one of our sponsored shooters Jack Halsall who, after coming joint first overall on the first day (shooting with his 'Longthorne'....of course!!) ended up coming  5th overall, 5th in AA class, and 4th in seniors at the end of the competition in the first round of th ...

We now have a fabulous range of tweed caps, Clients can either purchase from stock at the factory or can choose the style, tweed and size and have one made just for them (takes around two weeks), available in a number of different styles and tweeds.  These are all manufactur ...

We have been busy busy over the past few months and have recently unveiled our new 'Nouveau' model, this is at the top end of our standard range, consisting of a very intricate scroll design inspired by the 'art nouveau' movement with birds (swifts) and flowers (including orchids) entwined within th ...

We will be visitng Wim and Daisy Sonck at Worldclass Guns & Ammunition again on 2nd/3rd June 2017 for the opening of their new showroom on 2nd and a demonstration day on 3rd, details will be published when available.  if you are interested in attending please contact 'Worldclass' see Dealer ...

After having spent many months of design we are now making a 'Woodwood' inspired action based on the original but improved to encompass modern engineering standards and  made with modern materials, enhancing the longevity and reliabilty and supplied with Longthorne patented barrels.&n ...

We were delighted with our new shotgun display stands, banners and brochures used for the first time at IWA last week.

We recommend your Longthorne gun is serviced annually to keep in tip top condition, we charge £250.00 including vat plus freight costs.

Included in your service:
Disassembly of action and lockplates
Inspect for signs of wear and tear and replacement if considered necessary
Thorough clean ...

Watch top shooting/game photographer Jonathan McGee shooting with a Longthorne 16 bore this season at The Pennyholme Estate in the North Yorkshire Moors (England)  and also with a Longthorne 20b at Newton Rigg College.

We have held our prices for  over two years  but Alas, we have to advise that from 1st February 2018 our prices will be increased. 


We will of course honour our current prices for any deposits received prior to 1st February  2018.

At Longthorne we work hard and play hard, and this month we decided to take the Guys shooting, although we all contribute towards making our  guns, a couple of the guys hadn't shot before and were keen to have a go.  So after a brunch of pheasant burgers, carefully prepared by our MD James ...

Besides being our MD, James Longthorne Stewart loves cooking, and what is better to cook than freshly prepared free range game, particularly at this time of year when there is an abundance of it, James shows you how he does this with pheasant and game.


Pheasant prepared by James Longthorne Stewa ...

Alex Black has recently joined us from Eley Hawk, and has slotted in perfectly.  Alex hails from Yorkshire,  is a family man, keen shooter, BASC qualified Instructor and very 'snazzy' dresser, and it hardly feels like he's worked elsewhere!!  He looks forward to me ...

We had a great time on sunday, weather held out and it was a pleasure meeting many of the locals at Holdenby House, Northamptonshire, England at BBC Northamptonshire Day.  If you'd like to hear our interview with John Griff tune into  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05jkbh0 ...

We were absolutely thrilled to  have been awarded 'Highly Commended' in two categories (Innovation and Employer)at The Rural Business Awards' this month.  Thank you to all who considered us worthy of these honours.

We are absolutely delighted to welcome our new sponsee,  Lucy Marsden.  Lucy has been shooting since I was 8 years old and lives and breathes shooting whether it be game or competition shooting. She  was one of the original BASC Youngshot Ambassadors and is also a ...

It was our pleasure for the fourth year running to welcome some of the servicemen from the Shooting for Heroes program to Longthorne last month.  As is the tradition, the morning started with a 'Longthorne breakfast' followed by a workshop tour and then off to shoot some clays and have som ...

This day was another great success, , all Guests shot with Longthorne guns and we had some excellent feedback.  Thank you to all who attended and  especailly Wim and Daisy Sonck from Worldclass Guns & Ammunition for organising the event.

The video shows 3 guests all shoot ...

This past  month has been a bit manic at Longthorne,  we have a lot of guns to get out befor the end of September for this year's UK game season, but right on queue our latest machine arrives!! We have had to compensate for several production issues in recent years due to machine ...

We are delighted to have reached the finals of two categories in The Rural business Awards, Rural Innovation of the Year and the Rural Employer of the Year categories of the Rural Business Awards 2017!
 As a manufacturer of innovative and bespoke English sporting shotguns, a product which typifi ...

Anyone listing to BBC Northampton's(radio) Breakfast with Stuart Linnell this morning will have heard us being interviewed.  You can listen to what went out on  iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0592jfp
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