Description
ARTHUR HILL & SON 12G SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.
Box Lock Ejector 12g Side by Side Arthur Hill and Son Shotgun. 26 ½” (664mm) barrels choked IC and ½. Standard Traditional 2 ½” (65mm) English Game chambers. The gun weighs in at a lightweight 6 Lbs 5 oz (2.863 Kg) and finishes an overall length of 42 3/8” (1075mm). Length of Pull to the stock at 14 3/8” (365mm) with very little cast.
This IS actually a VERY nice gun in generally VERY nice to excellent condition throughout. Blueing is still great. The stock is Very Well Figured with some nice grain pattern and a Straight hand grip. As detailed there is minimal cast so this may well suite a LEFT or RIGHT handed shot. Chequering is still good too.
The action is the main highlight for me on this gun. Profuse and Heavy Scroll work all around with a large Single Oak Leaf detail to each bolster or shoulder. All done by hand way back when. The top lever is still not centred on the action tang either. This COULD be due to a replacement spring but the general overall condition suggest not. More likely just minimal use so far. Barrels have a tapering concave rib with a singe front sight bead.
A GOOD all round example of an equally GOOD English Side by Side Boxlock Ejector. Oh yes…. Still PLENTY of life in it too. The bores are as original proof stamps at .729 with minimal walls anywhere still at 36,000 plus. Basically as new.
£799.99
THE STEEL SHOT DEBACLE?
FIRST THING: Given lead is SO dangerous, can we ask about getting every lead water main replaced? After all, ANYONE with one of those still supplying water has zero choice. LETS PUT THAT QUESTION TO HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT.
That is every child’s grazed knee washed out with lead infested water (direct into their blood stream. Every glass of juice. Every cup of tea or coffee, Vegetables washed and cooked in the stuff. ALL that DELICIOUS Gravy. Cloths washed in it. Then we bath in the sodding lead infested stuff!
HOW DO THEY DEFEND THIS FACT?
THEN THERE ARE more and more Non-Toxic Shot alternatives being produced. WITH near matching performances to traditional lead and close to, if not matching pressures. Take a look at Horton Gunmakers for their own entry into this debacle of modern-day shooting. APPARENTLY so lethally deadly to shooters and game eaters? How is it every old lead water main supply pipe is not getting ripped out and replaced? To my mind it’s a DISGRACE that the shooting industry did not simply ask that one simple question. NO, they saw an excuse to charge a fortune and that mainly to the detriment of the quarry. Just my opinion …..for what its worth?
Anyway, take a look for yourself:
NOW, TRY and help speed up availability. I WILL suggest that YOU pass on details to everyone you know who shoots. Then ask whoever we buy from WHY they are not DEMANDING cartridges made in this material? Basically VOTE with your WALLET.
YES, it will take a little time for everything to filter through, but patience IS a virtue. It also allows everyone who wants to keep hold of their ‘old favourite’ for the rest of their lives. Even pass it on to the next generation and hopefully beyond!
On that note I AM looking into the possibility of stocking some direct from Steve at Hortons. RING for an update and keep checking the web site.
