This new pair of best London guns, the first to bear the Ray Ward name, are beautiful. Everything about the shotguns is in proportion and good taste
Reviews
William Powell Marquis sidelock
For a shade under £3,000 you can have a new sidelock ejector, a not unattractive gun that shoots as well as some of its higher-priced rivals
Anderson Wheeler 20 bore sidelock
This specification of this side-by-side could not be much better for a 20-bore, and the aesthetics are to British taste. To get so much right with a new gun is…
Shotguns at the CLA Game Fair 2011
Aim for Gunmaker's Row at Blenheim, the guns available at the CLA Game Fair this year are a group not to be missed.
William & Son Sidelock 12-bore side-by-side
The best craftsmen have worked on this William & Son 12-bore Sidelock, making a beautiful and effective game gun
Longthorne Hesketh Over-and-Under Sidelock
An English over-and-under sidelock with barrels made from a single piece of steel for less than £13,000
Hercules Over-and-Under
When Mike Yardley reviewed EJ Churchill’s Hercules side-by-side he referred to it as “Anglo-Spanish best”. He’s even more enthusiastic about the stack-barrel version made in association with a French firm…
Browning 525 review
If you want to buy a Browning 525, go for the revised version. It’s a major improvement on the manufacturer’s Japanese-made range
£1,500.00
Boxall & Edmiston 12-bore
A new English side-by-side sideplated boxlock costing £16,000 and made by top-flight craftsmen
Rizzini BR552 “Custom” 20-bore side-by-side
An avowed fan of side-by-sides, Mike Yardley finds this extra-finish round-bar gun instinctive to shoot. It’s a corker but, at £12,000, it is not cheap