Description
A.J. RUSSEL 12 GAUGE SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.
12 G Side by Side Boxlock Ejector detailed from A. J. Russell, Maidstone, Kent.
This may well be somewhat unknown to most but it is still a VERY nice little gun and the quality stands out over a lot of other side by side examples out there.
Classic English Game gun with 30″ (760mm) fixed choke barrels at 1/4 and 1/2, ideal for Grouse. The colour case hardened action which still retains much of the original finish sits very well onto a reasonably well figured 14 1/2″ (368mm) almost straight hand stock. The 3/4″ (19mm) hard butt plate is included in that length too.
It CERTAINLY is a gun with that little bit extra feel about it…. Maybe not a top or even mid-range London maker but certainly not far behind, if at all, in the English game shooters shotgun range.
£799.99
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.
