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Un-named Belgian Proof / Made Boxlock None Ejector 12g Side by Side Shotgun and a GREAT example of Quality gun making. 26” (660mm) Fixed choke barrels at ¼ and ¾ Restrictions and 2 ¾” (70mm) Chambers. Overall the gun finishes at 42 5/8” (1083mm) long and bare weight tipping scales at 6 Lbs 14 oz (3.126 Kg).
As detailed this actually IS a Beautifully Well Made Gun. Machined Tapering Concave Sight Rib with a Single Brass Front Sight Bead. Very Possibly a Maple Walnut 14 ½” (368mm) Stock with some Fare Grain and Contrast. Nice Strong and Straight Grain right through the grip running on to decent pattern to the butt. Chequering is still clean, generally crisp and well defined other than a couple of VERY minor and light blemishes.
Bright Finished Action that IS good enough to compete with most of anything around today. Clipped Fences which are ALWAYS a tell-tale sign of a quality gun. Fitting barrels to the face as well as each side takes a LOT more craftsmanship than a standard set. It also features an exceptionally Strong THREE Way lock up. Double bite to the bottom with a cross bolt mechanism to the top. Hand Cut Oak Leaf Engraving surrounding a Red Stag to the Left and matching Red Hind on the Right.
Right Hand Cast.
OK, YES, a none ejector! Quite WHY everyone thinks they want or needs one confuses me.
Sat in a hide? Generally you set it up with a good background of a nice thick Holly or Hawthorne bush. Have a ‘red letter’ day and go through several boxes of cartridges. Get your 100 plus birds. FANTASTIC! A GREAT DAY! WELL DONE YOU! Then spend the next two hours trying to pick your cartridge cases up that have been ejecting so beautifully. ….Straight into that thick SPIKEY bush that hid you so well. Go home looking like you went three 10 minute rounds with two wildcats (4 or 2 legged variety) in a cloth sack.
A day on a driven shoot? Are you lucky enough to have that many birds coming over AND someone to gather up your mess after each drive? If so then an ejector MIGHT be justified. Even on walked up they are nothing more than a distraction! Even shooting clays the vast majority of people call pull. They mount the gun. They take their shots. THEN they put their hand over the action as it breaks to stop the ejectors ejecting the spent cases! Pull the cases out and drop them into a bin or pocket.
