This month’s test explores a classic Boss & Co single-trigger sidelock side-by-side shotgun made in 1909. It is 30in barrelled with a concave game rib, proofed for 2½in (65mm) cartridges…
Gun Reviews
687 Silver Pigeon 500 Years
This test focuses on a limited edition of the Beretta 687 built to commemorate the firearms manufacturer’s 500th anniversary (1526-2026). Just over 3,000 of the guns are being built: appropriately,…
£3,695.00
Caesar Guerini Magnus Deluxe
With the game season fully upon us and in a world where so many things, including shooting and new guns, can become prohibitively expensive, I sought out a gun this…
£4,500.00
Gallyon Holkham
This test explores a rare thing: a truly new English gun. The innovative Gallyon over-and-under is produced by the reinvigorated Cambridgeshire firm of the same name. Our test gun is…
£65,000.00
Rizzini 550 RB ‘Sporting’
Rizzini 550 RB ‘Sporting’ First impressions of the 550 RB ‘Sporting’ are of an unusually large and attractive rounded-bar side-by-side. It is no lightweight at 8lb 2oz but it is…
Mauser 25 Pure
The Mauser 25 Pure is an innovative straight-pull design combining Mauser aesthetics with modern German engineering. Cleverly conceived and accessibly priced, it will inevitably be compared with the premium Blaser…
£1,785.00
Long & Sons 20-bore
This gun represents the best of modern British gun-making. It has been built for the recently formed US firm Long & Sons, based in Texas, which commissioned it and under…
Benelli 828 Silver Progressive
The Benelli 828 Silver Progressive is a most intriguing gun. With its hinged and sprung breech face and long, streamlined aluminium receiver (the hinged face is steel), there is nothing else…
£2,442.99
HJ Hussey Imperial side-by-sides
This month our test considers a pair of 29in-barrelled HJ Hussey Imperial sidelock ejectors built by Grulla Armas, the respected and long-established Spanish maker. They have been produced for and…
£57,360.00
Holland & Holland Takedown Magazine Rifle
The spotlight is on the new Holland & Holland (H&H) Takedown Magazine Rifle in .375 H&H belted magnum – still one of the most versatile and applauded big-game cartridges ever…
£68,000.00