Description
BROWNING MEDALLIST 12G OVER AND UNDER SHOTGUN.
12G Over and Under Box Lock Single Trigger Medallist Shotgun from Browning. 29 ¾” (755mm) Multi Choke Barrels with standard 2 ¾” (70mm) Chambers. Fully Ventilated side and 3/8” (10mm) Rib, file cut with a double sight bead. Single selective Trigger so easily swapped over to whichever barrel to shoot first. The action is Bright Finished and Fully Engraved with Scroll work decoration throughout. I do have a set of after-market chokes but they are ever so slightly long so do not finish perfectly flush. Its NOT much though and its not a 5 figure gun.
14 ¾” (375mm) WELL Figured Maple Walnut Stock… Certainly one of the prettiest I have seen on one of these guns with some Very nice Grain and Contrast. I suspect this may well be an older gun / early example given the obviously higher grade timber to normal you usually see. Not a great deal of cast so could well shoot from either shoulder. Overall length measures to 47 ½” (1205mm) with a weight of 7 Lbs 11 oz. (3.394 Kg). Even the Gold Washed Trigger still has a fare amount of colour so the gun simply cannot have seen that much use. It never takes that long for this area to show signs of wear. The Classic Schnabel Forend just finishes things off on what is a nice gun.
These were actually made for Browning under license in Italy. Never actually ‘branded’ as a Browning so they could cater for a less affluent section of the market place but still a basic Browning regardless. There is a LOT of gun here for this money.
£649.99
NOW, ENJOY THE JOURNEY THROUGH WHAT ELSE YOU CAN HAVE!
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.
