If you only invest properly in one piece of shooting kit, make it your coat. A shooting jacket has to keep out rain and wind on an exposed peg, carry cartridges where you can reach them quickly and move with you through every mount and swing. It also sets the tone of your outfit, whether that is traditional tweed on a formal driven day or a technical shell for a wet walked-up morning.
What Makes a Good Shooting Jacket
Freedom of movement comes first. Look for a bellows or pleated back and articulated sleeves that let the gun come up cleanly without the jacket riding up or pulling across the shoulders. Large bellowed cartridge pockets, often with fleece-lined hand warmers behind them, make loading at the peg quick and easy. Adjustable cuffs, a storm collar and a length that covers your seat when you sit on a shooting stick all add comfort over a long day. A two-way front zip also makes sitting and walking easier.
Tweed Shooting Jackets
A tweed shooting jacket remains the traditional choice for driven pheasant, partridge and grouse. Modern tweed shooting jackets combine the look and warmth of woven wool with waterproof, breathable membranes, so you no longer have to choose between tradition and staying dry. Tweed is naturally quiet and warm too, which suits long waits at the peg. Browse our tweed shooting jackets collection for a wide choice of patterns and weights, many with matching breeks and waistcoats.
Waterproof Shooting Jackets
For the wettest days, a waterproof shooting jacket with taped seams and a quiet outer fabric is the answer. Our waterproof shooting jackets include fully sealed GORE-TEX shooting jackets, which many shooters consider the best waterproof shooting jacket option for sustained rain. Brands such as Musto, Harkila, Seeland, Deerhunter and Hoggs of Fife lead the way. For pigeon shooting and wildfowling, camouflage shooting jackets help keep you hidden. Shop fit-specific styles in shooting jackets for men and shooting jackets for women.
Shop Shooting Jackets at ArdMoor
Browse our full range of shooting jackets below and complete your kit with shooting trousers, shooting boots, shooting fleeces and the shooting equipment you need for the season ahead. Whichever style you choose, a well-made shooting jacket should give you many seasons of use.