It fits me as if it were a bespoke gun fitted by a Dale Tate! It’s always seemed incongruous to me that a typical best sidelock has smoothly rounded barrels, forend and stock, but flat plates and sharp edges on the receiver and plates. Once you deal with boxlock’s awkward vertical juncture of receiver and stock head by a heavy rounding of the flow into the top tang (like the A&S), you have something of real beauty. "The Boxlock has a more compact action where the major works are contained "literally in the box of the action". The names Boxlock and Sidelock are like most gun terminology, they are exactly as the name suggests. The sidelock is considered the “upper end” gun because it offers more room for engraving, is more traditional and requires slightly more work. All sorts of things like cutting points into the wood behind the sidelocks have been tried to make the transition more aesthetic. Enquire. If a boxlock and a sidelock were the same price from the same maker, I’d pick the boxlock under the assumption that it had more labor in the details to make up for the less complex design. The boxlock has proven it’s durability to be superior in the O/U, so that’s why they use it when there’s money and prestige on the line. If you have a specific opinion about them, I would love to hear it. Would I pick a $1500 AyA boxlock over a $3,500 AyA sidelock?

It doesn’t have the detail work as it was built to a far lower price than a sidelock best.One of my other complaints about many sidelocks is that they are irritating to carry amidships in one hand. I do agree that a poorly made side lock is inferior to a box lock. Beretta 12 gauge 692 Sporting £2095. Investigating a second-hand AYA shotgun. The ownership of an AYA shotgun makes one part of a special and exclusive community. SIDELOCK vs BOXLOCK.

The names Boxlock and Sidelock are like most gun terminology, they are exactly as the name suggests. It’s all a marketing decision and a question of where they put the man-hours.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Beretta 12 gauge 680 £795.

My current little love, the AyA 12 bore XXV boxlock that I just got shoots so good it's scary. Baikal 12 gauge Single Barrel £25. The Wesley Richards drop lock is sort of a boxlock and is well made. The hammers are just moved inside, but the fragile “four horns” of the stock heading still remain. AYA make double barrelled shotguns in both side-by-side and over-and-under versions, in boxlock and sidelock versions, as well a double rifles, and all models share a common denominator: their exceptional quality. I don't agree that a box lock is more durable than a side lock. ... AYA 12 gauge #4 Boxlock £295. Sanders 16 gauge Boxlock Ejector £595. There are a gazillion ways to balance a gun. Many of the new Spanish sidelocks are offered in a “rounded action”.

However, if we apply this logic to an Over and Under shotgun, which have striker holes along the centre of the action, then a Sidelock mechanism becomes less efficient.

You’ll remember the quality of the gun long after you have forgotten what you paid for it. Though not exactly a boxlock, I’ll stack the smooth lines of a old Dickson or a newer A&S Famars round action against any sidelock Purdey or Holland every made. This is because it is a simpler gun to build, so the extra time could be invested to further improve quality.I have a 1926 Webley & Scott 500 boxlock which balances and handles as well as any of the Purdeys or Hollands I have shot. The Sidelock has more solid steel across the action as the Locks are further back which offers additional strength.The geometry of a Sidelock generally gives a crisper trigger pull and the mechanism normally houses an interceptor sear which is a safety device in the event of a component malfunction or the gun receiving a severe blow for example being dropped (both of which are extremely rare).Irrespective of being a Sidelock or Boxlock the Hammer (or tumbler) axis is in line with the striker and therefore the energy of the "blow" is transferred most effectively to the cartridge. It’s a small thing, but it’s a consideration that you come up with when you actually use the gun, rather than just look at it.All sorts of twaddle has been written about the potential trigger superiority of the sidelock due to its trigger geometry. Enquire. No way. Below is a Computer Aided Design (CAD) image of the inside of a Boxlock and an actual Boxlock, in this case a Sideplated Boxlock.A Sidelock also has an explanatory name as the Lockwork sits on the Side of the action as shown below. Good condition 12 Bore AYA Best Quality Boxlock side by side shotgun. A Piotti Piuma boxlock is as well made a gun as any around. Again, with rare exception, you get what you pay for. This is due to the Tumblers being positioned on the Sideplates of the Action where they, as well as the striker holes, must be at an angle to supply enough force to detonate the cartridge.Boxlocks and Sidelocks are British gun masterpieces and it is a great comfort to know that the fundamentals of these tried and tested designs remain in truly British shotguns.

Better a well-made boxlock than a cheap sidelock. A well made English side lock is every bit as solid and durable as a box lock. I’ve also heard the argument that the sidelock is inherently better balanced in a game gun as it pulls slightly more weight rearward. It was $750-1000 less than equivalent used sidelock model XXV AyA guns. The same guy made the gun. If you want Spanish, you have to be aware that the Spanish sidelocks of today and yesterday are of better quality than their boxlocks, even if the design isn’t inherently superior in practical terms. Without going into more details, it should suffice to point out that, although they look very similar, a side-plated gun is not a sidelock. Some of the terminology used by clock makers still remains for example Tumbler, Sear and Bridle.A gun lock is notoriously difficult to assemble with only a handful of craftsman in the UK still working as professional "lock makers".

Beretta 12 gauge 687 EELL Classic £4495.

To explain the difference between the two the "Lock" of a gun must first be considered.

He just spent half the time on the boxlock. Yes, the sidelock SO Berettas are used in competition, but not in very large numbers.

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