Description
BRADDELL & SON 12G SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.
J. Braddell and Son. Mayfair, Arthur Square, Belfast. All Hand Engraved to the Rib of the 30” (760mm) barrels. They are actually 1/16” short if you want 100% accuracy. Standard 2 ½” (65mm) English Game Chambers and fixed chokes at ¼ and a loose Full. Bores and walls are EXCELLENT. At 14” down the minimum wall is 43,000 with the lowest anywhere at 37. The strangest part is the left barrel is lower than the right. Usually it’s the right as this tends to get used more. Surprising really as the gun IS beginning to look just a little tired. Barrel blueing is faded. The original colour to the action has only the feintest trace left and the WELL FIGURED R/H stock could also benefit from a re-finish. The action has a three point lock up with a cross bolt on top of the usual lower two.
Given ALL the basics are here this may well be a prime candidate for a total refurbishment. With the Dublin / Irish / EIRE connection HOPEFULLY this will find its way back across the puddle. Anyone over there with interest by all means get in touch. HOWEVER, DO remember it is FAR from cheap to get a gun over. By the time import, export paperwork and transport is done there is a small fortune to factor in. The alternative is to travel to a dealer in the North and take it home from there!
£549.99
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.
