Ticking all the right boxes
Mar 09, 2022
5 minutes
A fine example of an Army & Navy 12-bore boxlock
“Anson and Deeley’s boxlock design has arguably been the foundation of all others”
On a delightful game day towards the end of last season, I was pegged next to a charming gentleman who was a good Shot. The rather annoying sort who seems to take each bird in slow motion, making it all look effortless. Naturally, we got talking and started discussing the guns we were shooting.
This was a fairly traditional, reasonably high-end day with the majority of Guns using English side-by-sides, such as older Purdeys and Hollands, so I was surprised when he showed me his modest William Ford boxlock. When I asked what his dream gun would be, he said that he would not swap his William
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