Description
LINSLEY BROTHERS 12G SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.
12G Side by Side Boxlock Ejector Shotgun from Linsley Brothers, Leeds. 30” (763mm) barrels with 2 ½” (65mm) English Game chambers. The chokes are fixed at IC and 3/4 . The action has a triple lock up with a hidden third bite and is still tight on the face. It features a nice hand cut scroll engraving too. Blueing is also still in good order throughout. The extra fine line cut chequering looks more clogged up than worn off. I will have to try and find time to clean it. The Well Figured Stock with some good grain pattern finishes at a pull length at 14 3/8” (365mm). It also features the always classy touch of Tear Drop details to each face too.
Everything considered this is not a half bad classic little gun from a relatively local and well sought after maker. The action is tight on the face with bores and walls still a long way to go before they would cause concern. It is not the BEST conditioned gun I have here or seen but there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with it. Take it, USE it and ENJOY it.
£899.99
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.
