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An as new 12g Sidelock Side by Side Ejector Shotgun from Arizaga in Spain. This is a LOT of gun for no more than an inexpensive box lock and all because the makers name is not that well known. Barrels are 27 3/16” (690mm) with 2 ¾” (70mm) chambers and fixed chokes at ½ and Full. File cut tapering narrow rib from 7 to 4mm.
The action and locks retain 100% of the original Case Hardened Colour. The locks even have cocking indicators.
The stock is admittedly rather plain but does have a good straight grain as well as a patch of darker contrast. It measures up to 14 5/8” (377mm) and brings the overall length to 44 ¼”. Weight tips in at 6Lbs 15oz (3.153 Kg).
For anyone who dreamed of owning and shooting a True Sidelock but for whatever reason thinks they would never be able to this might just make things come true. As sad, many box locks are this money and a lot more in much worse condition.
Proofed 1350 / 900. An unusual gun these days being a relatively new example of a true Sidelock but None Ejector.
OK, a none ejector but WHY everyone thinks they want or needs one confuses me. 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.
Sat in a hide? Generally you set a hide 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 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 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!
NOW, ENJOY THE JOURNEY THROUGH WHAT YOU CAN HAVE!
