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Boxall & Edmiston 12-bore shotgun review

Boxall & Edmiston 12-bore shotgun review: It’s exciting to find a new English side-by-side sideplated boxlock costing £16,000 and made by a veritable Who’s-Who of top-flight craftsmen.

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ShootingUK 6 January 2011

Boxall & Edmiston 12-bore shotgun review.
It is always a great pleasure to use and write about a new English gun, all the more so when two respected figures of the gun trade are behind it.

Boxall & Edmiston ? a partnership of engineer Peter Boxall, late of Jaguar, W&C Scott and Holland & Holland, and James Edmiston, who once owned Sterling Armament ? was formed last year and the firm has already brought its first guns to the market.

This, in itself, is quite an achievement. The project is all the more interesting because the Boxall & Edmiston is made with the aid of the latest technology by a company which has begun with a philosophy of preserving and encouraging traditional skills wherever possible.

></img> <br /> <br /> This apparent contradiction is explained when you explore the new gun. It is a 12-bore, 28in, 6lb 13oz gamegun with sideplates and quite profuse engraving. <br /> <br /> It is based on an Anson and Deeley action (albeit one with some interesting new features) and has been made with machinery combined with the named work of some of the country?s most respected artisans. <br /> <br /> First impressions are good. I liked the basic form of the gun and the obvious integrity of its manufacture. <br /> <br /> It may be predominantly machine made, and the engraving may be applied by a new laser process (which allows for custom embellishment), but there is a lot of handwork evident ? far more than the norm. <br /> <br /> Stock and barrel shapes and balance also impressed. <br /> <br /> <img width=

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