conners
ceo
Magload Founder and CEO – Conners has been shooting for 15 years. Grand Master in Standard Manual Shotgun taking 1st place in the 2020 British Masters. Conners is a regular on the international competition circuit, competing at renowned matches such as the French Nationals and CESO. He is currently in training for the 2025 IPSC Mini Rifle World Shoot in the Czech Republic.
callum
coo
Magload COO – Callum joined Magload bringing his marketing and creative experience from his YouTube channel EnglishShooting and co-founding Gunroom.tv. Callum has a variety of shooting experience but focuses on 3 Gun and IPSC, placing in several international multi gun and national IPSC matches. He has now set his sights on the international IPSC circuit.
paul
junior design engineer
Magload Design Engineer – Paul has been shooting Airsoft for 8 years starting on the skirmish scene. Paul quickly found a love for everything IPSC. Since then he has continued to shoot for his club in the UK and overseas. He has gained himself grandmaster ranking as well as multiple podium positions including 2nd place Standard Junior at the Action Air World Shoot in 2018.
Jarkko Laukia
Jarkko is a gun dealer and competitive shooter from Finland who started shooting in 2002 competing in national 3 gun competitions. He is the current IPSC Standard Shotgun World Champion and IPSC Semi-Auto Open Rifle World Champion. His list of National and European wins are simply too long to list. Alongside Team Magload, Jarkko is also a member of the Official Beretta Shotgun Team, Team Kahles and Team DED.
ben ducker
Ben currently holds Grand Master grade in IPSC shotgun and Mini Rifle. Ben competes regularly in 3 Gun, IPSC and NRA practical matches across the world. He was on the GB Team at the IPSC Rifle World Shoot II in Sweden and was the highest ranking GB competitor. Ben also represented GB at the IPSC Shotgun World Shoot II in France. That year also saw Ben winning the NRA UK Shotgun League Open Division and finishing in 3rd place in the UKPSA Shotgun Championship Open Division.
Sami Hautamäki
Sami is a competitive shooter from Finland who has been competing in IPSC and national 3-gun competitions since 2008. In 2013 he started to focus mainly on rifle and shotgun shooting. He is the current IPSC Semi-Auto Standard Rifle World Champion and got silver medal in the 2018 Shotgun World Championship in Modified Division. He also has numerous National and Nordic titles in Semi-Auto Standard rifle. His main goals are the next World Championship matches both in rifle and shotgun.
vegard fredriksen
Vegard is a Norwegian shooter who has been competing in IPSC since 2009 with both rifle and pistol. He joined the National Rifle Team in 2012 and started to focus on rifle shooting and was elected captain of the National Open Team in 2016. Vegard also competes in Norwegian reservist (NROF) competitions, a military-style practical shooting discipline. In 2017 Vegard became the Norwegian National rifle champion in open devision. He is the Nordic Mini rifle champion 2016 and National Mini Rifle champion 2019.
Jenny Koskimäki
Jenny is the current Finnish Lady Champion in PCC, Action Air and is NR1 Lady in Finnish Military 3-Gun. Her love for shooting started in 2012 in the Finnish Army and is an active reservist today. In 2018 Jenny started to compete in Finnish Military 3-Gun SRA. She found IPSC in the summer of 2019 and very quickly got immersed in the sport. Promoting ladies’ sport shooting is an important cause for Jenny, organising ladies training and shares her shooting on social media to increase openness and visibility. Visit @jenkarolina for her content.
lucas roth
Lucas Roth de Oliveira, from Brazil, started competing in IPSC Handgun and soon after in IPSC Shotgun competitions in 2017, falling in love with the sport. Today IPSC Shotgun is his main activity. In his second year competing, Lucas participated in Shotgun World Shoot III, achieving 2nd place Junior and 2nd place team Family. In 2018 and 2019 Lucas was the champion of the Brazilian championship. He has stated to us that since using the MagLoad Nexus, Lucas has greatly improved in competition, obtaining his best results.
Lukasz Borkowski
Łukasz started IPSC handgun competitions in 2006. Enjoying handgun so much he also started shooting IPSC Rifle, Shotgun, Mini Rifle and various 3GUN competitions. Łukasz is the current Polish Champion in IPSC standard manual Shotgun, standard Mini Rifle, former Polish champion in the IPSC standard Rifle and the Polish champion in 3 GUN (iron). He is also a proud member of Team Tanfoglio and BePassion Benelli Team. For 5 years Łukasz was also the Regional Director for IPSC Polska. He has been using the Nexus Pro for over a year and simply loves it!
vitaly pedchenko
Vitaly Pedchenko is a competitive shooter from Ukraine. He has blog and forum about Remington 870 shotgun where he shares information, tips, photos, and advices about this pump-action shotgun. He is also firearms instructor and Range Officer. Vitaly has won many of Ukrainian competitions, got silver medal on Central European Shotgun Open 2019 and was in Top-10 shooters during the last World Shoot in France.
Vitezslav Bures
Vitezslav took part in his first IPSC match in 2015, falling in love with the sport immediately. In 2019 he took private classes with Max Leograndis which led to success for Vitezslav winning his first IPSC match the same year. He has since achieved the titles of Czech IPSC Rifle Champion in 2019 and 2023, Czech IPSC PCC Champion in 2023, and Czech IPSC Modified Shotgun Champion in 2023. He is now focused on the Shotgun World Shoot in Thailand, aiming to bring home individual and team medals. “To know how to train effectively is the key to success”
alex florance
Alex has been shooting practical shotgun for five years, and practical pistol for three years. He has previously won the NRA Handgun League in Standard division, and in the first year shooting through the UKPSA he achieved an A class ranking. Alex has also begun competing in Action Air over the last 12 months.
Jon Jennings
JJ Has been shooting for about 15 years in total, starting with clay pigeon shooting and later got introduced to practical shotgun about 6 years ago at Shield Shooting Centre. Since then he has been shooting in NRA, IPSC and 3 Gun matches around the world. He attended the Northern Ireland, French and Canadian nationals and had finished top 10 in each of those matches, he also represented the GB modified team in the world Shotgun Practical shoot 2018 in Chateauroux, France. He received Grand Master grading in 2017/18 for the UKPSA finishing 2nd in the UK in both years.
michelle lumley
Michelle started practical shooting in 1994, two short years later she shot as part of the UK Ladies Pistol Team at the World Shoot XI. With the 1997 pistol ban, Michelle dedicated her time to developing a new discipline, Mini Rifle. After a short while in practical shotgun Michelle was chosen for the GB Ladies Shotgun Team and has been enjoying the challenges of shotgun ever since. Michelle says whether you are a new shooter or at the top of your game, you can rely on Magload products when it counts.