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E.J. Churchill Hercules shotgun review

This E.J. Churchill Hercules shotgun is the over-under version of the side-by-side, made in association with a French firm.

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ShootingUK 13 June 2011

EJ Churchill Hercules shotgun.
It is one of several new guns bearing the Churchill name. The dynamic firm has also launched another stack-barrel made in association with Perazzi ? the first time the great Italian maker has entered into such an arrangement with another gunmaker.

It will be available in both 30in and 32in form. The test gun, though, has been built in association with Demas, a respected French firm, and is very definitely a model grande de luxe.

First impressions are excellent. It is a sideplated hunting gun of classic modern form, brush polished with fine London-style rose-and-scroll engraving on its sides and belly (with a touch of something a little more florid at the fences).

“E.J. Churchill” is set in subtly highlighted gold letters on either sideplate.

></img> <br /> <br /> And the full but fairly open-radiused pistol grip is steel capped. The serial number is set in gold on the extended trigger guard. <br /> <br /> The fore-end iron is also extended and elaborate, in similar fashion to some London and Italian best over-unders, and extensively engraved. <br /> <br /> Barrels are monobloc, 30in, and fitted with a ventilated 7mm rib with metal bead and solid joining ribs. <br /> <br /> The quality of finish is excellent in all departments. <br /> <br /> Wood-to-metal and metal-to-metal fit are impeccable. My only criticisms are that the barrels could have benefited from a little more surface preparation before blacking (internally, they pass muster well), and, why not use a solid sighting rib which would be less prone to damage? <br /> <br /> The figuring of the stock wood is exceptional, with good, strong, straight grain through the grip. <br /> <br /> <img width=

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