Having studied, appreciated and learnt a little about old British guns over the years, I have come to appreciate the qualities of the various types of action, mechanism and configuration.

That I have a 20-bore Purdey single trigger over/under in the gun safe, as well as perhaps a hundred and fifty other top quality guns of all types - and choose to shoot a no-name jones under-lever hammer gun almost all the time probably says more about me than it does about the guns!

Quality boxlocks are hugely under appreciated and undervalued.

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