About 35 years ago I ran an ad in our local Buy&Sell for an English shotgun.A fellow came over and out of a raggedy soft guncase produced a Thomas Horsley 12 ga. SLE 30" Whitworth chopperlump steel barrels in nice condition,unfortunately with a cracked stock at the wrist. After listening to me moan about the cracked stock for a while he said,"If you don't want to buy it, maybe we can trade for something", as he was an avid sport fisherman, 15 minutes later, he left with a used Hardy Silex salmon reel and a big grin, and I had the Horsley with the same grin. I guess it was a classic win,win for both of us.I had the gun re-stocked to fit,with a nice piece of French walnut, and it was my go to pheasant gun for a number of years.
