HOLLAND AND HOLLAND 12G SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.

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HOLLAND AND HOLLAND 12G SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.

Holland and Holland 12g Side Lock None Ejector, Double Trigger Side by Side Shotgun. Yes, SLEEVED 28” (710mm) Barrels BUT they are done by another BEST Quality and Equally Respected Gun Maker, Westley Richards.

Also to bear in mind is the costs of doing this work today which is into a few £Thousand. The last quotation I had was around 4 plus VAT! THINK ABOUT THAT AGAINST THE ASKING PRICE.

ALSO, what you get: Basically, a new gun / set of barrels as far as physically shooting it is concerned. No more worrying about thin walls and wondering IF they will see the latest season out without splitting! Will I still have all my fingers?

Quite WHY anyone prefers to buy and use a gun with borderline barrel walls AND pay a relative fortune. Just because its still ‘original’ escapes me. It’s the equivalent of a car with major oil leeks from and ¼ million miles OR a Brand-New Engine. Plus, the second option is less than 20% of the money. PLUS, no one will know unless you tell them!

As above, 28” (710mm) Sleeved Barrels still with Traditional English Game 2 ½” (65mm) Chambers. Fixed Chokes at ½ and Full. Stock length measures 14 1/4” (363mm) with an Overall length of 44 7/8” (1140mm). Scales tip at 6 Lb 11 ½ oz (3.047 Kg). As for bores a .729 plug gauge WILL slide, a .735 will not. Walls at 14” in (Max Pressure point) are 35 thou with the thinnest reading anywhere still in excess of 30+.

LETS ALSO ADDRESS NONE EJECTORS:

Quite WHY anyone thinks they NEED an ejector has always puzzled me. Possibly OK if you are shooting on high volume estates and moors. With the funds to pay for serious numbers of birds where people follow on to tidy and pick up after you. However, the bulk of normal mortals never get to those heights.

Clay shooting: Get set, call ‘PULL’, bang, … bang. Then break the gun and put your hand over the action / chambers to STOP the sodding ejectors.

Walked up, maybe with a dog or two working cover? You get chance of a shot, possibly both barrels. Do you REALLY just open the gun and let the empties ‘fly’. I certainly don’t. To save scrabbling about in mud and undergrowth I too stop the cases, pick them out and into a pocket. ESPECIALLY when I SHOULD be concentrating on downed birds and my dog/s.

Even sat in a hide. That is usually with a nice Hawthorne or Holly bush at your back. Have a good day on pigeons and when finished spend two hours and more trying to pick out the empties. Go home looking like you spent the same two hours fighting a pair of cats in a sack. Two or four legged!

IF you can’t SEE the sense by all means continue with features to make a fool of yourself with.

A Rounded Action with Bright finish. Fully Hand Engraved with Fine Scroll Work all over. The Lock Plates detailed with Maker’s name. ‘Climax Safety Hammerless’ Engraved to the Left side of the Action. Westley Richards to each Chamber area.  Automatic Safety to the top of the Tang / Grip.

Nice enough Straight Hand Stock with Good Pattern and Contrast. For ANYONE who ever dreamed of owning a shotgun from THE most Iconic and Famous Gun maker in the world….

Without the depth of pocket to allow….

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY AND CHANCE.

£1299.99

As for the Lead Sh-t ‘FIASCO’? READ ON:

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 None 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. Given its supposedly 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:

https://www.hortonguns.com/?page_id=819

NOW, to TRY and help speed up availability I WILL also suggest that YOU pass on details to everyone you know who shoots. Then ALL of us start to ask whoever we buy from why they are not DEMANDING these cartridges? 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.