It is a fair bet that somebody who was brought up in the countryside would be interested in guns. This is certainly true of Rachel Draper. Her path less travelled was eschewing university, despite academic achievement, to pursue this love of guns, although unrequited at the time.
So, Rachel started work instead. Her first job was at Orvis, the country clothing retailer, but her career path changed significantly when her father encouraged her to apply for a job at William Evans in St James’s, London, a long-standing figure in the London Gun Trade, established in 1883.
It was not the first time her father, Simon, a livestock auctioneer, had been an instrumental influence on Rachel’s shooting life and now career.
Best laid plans
Rachel had accompanied her father, a keen…
