Thread: English & Spanish side by sides

Anyone heard of these guns ? Hartmann and Weiss from Hamburg.

Had an interesting read from a chap as follows about Purdey design guns ....As lovely a gun as Purdey makes, they are middle to late 19th Century technology in design. Obviously the steel has markedly improved but they whole design concept is inherently weak, notably about the wrist. With the same or less outlay, one could have had a McKay Brown with the Dickson design action, (or even a new back action side lock). Nobody is going to be as pissed as the owner if the thing breaks.I suppose the point is that the old and well established London makers have managed to pull an increadable amount of wool over the shooting public's eyes. Of such things are myths born. The English have done this with all manner of their home produced commodities for two centuries. If the new and enthusiastic well heeled sportsman really wants to splash out and acquire a fine sporting gun to be proud of, he could order a Hartmann and Weiss from Hamburg. However, makers like H & W don't bother to put themselves out there. The newly monied merely go for what they know or what their associates know, which is not necessarily a whole lot. Not a poke at their character but a comment that one can only know what he knows.