Gun game changers
Boxlock, sidelock, semi-auto or over-and-under? Most of us fit into one category or another. But how did we get here? What were the step-changes that led to the current status quo? History can point to a seminal design of each type that launched a trend, caught the public imagination and convinced millions of sportsmen to literally buy into the idea. The gun you unslip next time you arrive on the marsh, at the peg, in the hide or at the trap has an ancestor, an originator, a design that founded its success.
In this article, we are going to take a look at the great-grandfathers of our modern guns, their designers and the world into which they were launched.
In each case, the gun listed is not necessarily the first of its type, but was a
