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Outlander's Sam Heughan praises Caitriona Balfe's gun skills and teases season seven

Outlander's Sam Heughan has praised Caitriona Balfe's gun skills after talking about their first action scene together and teasing season seven.

Sam, who plays Jamie Fraser, and Caitriona, who plays his wife Claire Fraser in the Starz time travelling drama, both starred in the concluding episode of Outlander season six.

In a chat with Entertainment weekly they've now revealed what it was like shooting the final episode of season six, which saw them fight for their lives

Talking about the episode, Sam said: "Claire — or Caitriona — is pretty good at loading rifles, and also a pretty damn good shot.

The was plenty of action in season six as Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) faces off against Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies) in Outlander (Starz/Sony)

"It's sort of them against the world, right?

"They're a good team, and it's fun to see them now literally fighting people off to protect their home. It's the first time we've done action together."

Caitriona also revealed she inhaled some gun smoke accidentally, which wasn't too pleasant.

She said: "It's the first time I've ever smoked a gun, unintentionally.

"Note to self: when you fire and there's a flash in the pan and you've got all this smoke going up, don't inhale at that moment because you literally will smoke the gun. "

The pair also spoke about season seven, which has already begun filming in and around Scotland.

Caitriona said: "There's a lot going on next season. We're almost done with our first block, and it's been really, really great. It's felt super positive. Everybody's really excited about it."

She added: "We have some amazing actors that have come in. I don't know what we can say. Usually we get a list of, "Don't say this and don't say that," but nobody said anything. Maybe we can just say everything right now.

Sam agreed: "It's going very well. And it feels really positive. It feels like a really strong start. So there's a lot to look forward to."

Caitriona also told fans there would definitely be a conclusion to some of this, with 'some of these threads tied up early on."

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