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Simon Garnham attempts to apply lessons learned during his time in the Royal Marines to his Christmas driven shoot — with mixed results

From over-and-unders to semi-automatics, Simon Reinhold breaks down the pros and cons of and weighs up the best shotgun for wildfowling

In 1999 and 2000, I was fortunate to spend many months in the jungles of Brunei and Belize as part of my Royal Marine training. Both were wonderful environments in which to soldier. For the previous two years, I’d spent most of my time wet and cold — on Dartmoor, the Brecon Beacons and in Scotland. Now, at least, I was only wet; it’s rarely cold in a tropical rainforest and I was never thirsty. With movement beneath the canopy very limited, it was also a welcome opportunity to catch up on sleep and I found a hammock to be a comfortable place to recoup after the rigours of the commando co...