I love listening to you talk By the way , I’m a straight away side by side guy . I love the old ways and could care less about game limits

Just bought a side by side and I really like it. Like you seem to point at, it's the romance of it. I keep saying it's the gun of old European farmers; they grab it in the morning and go and maybe shoot a few birds for dinner. I love that idea. Mine even has sling swivels which strikes me as Old World, lol.

David thanks for the content! I haven't hunted in years just due to time etc but when I did I more often than not went out with either a little 16 or 28 gauge sxs. That lead me into shooting more clay targets with the sxs which lead me to picking up a well setup Winchester model 21 with 32 inch barrels for clay target use. I really appreciate what your and several other channels put out for enjoyable videos with good information!

Here in Virginia, I have a half dozen side by sides that I use for EVERYTHING. I have a pair that I use for Whitetail and Wild turkey. And a pair that I Only use for Small game. We use side by side Scatter guns in the Mountains and fields.( And most homes here keep one behind the door too) I say Traditional S×S All the way! To Each there own but you English have the right idea. I don't think I've been on a present, Quail or chucker hunt here Where everyone isn't wearing blaze Orange And shooting autos that's puking out shells out the side of it. We have a good thing going here across the pond But tradition is something that people here have left behind.

I bought a Spanish SxS a few months ago an Elgoibar 28". Lovely gun to shoot the first couple of shoots were difficult but took it out today and hit 78% on clays. Absolutely love it and glad I bought it. Thanks to this Chanel it gave me the confidence to try them out. Keep up the good work Dave! Cheers

In my opinion each bird taken with a side by side is twice as sweet as game taken other ways.

good video, it was the presentment to the aya no2 in the late sixties that rocked the english gun makers , likened to the 750 honda motorcycle arriving at triumph , quality, style , and attractive , then there was the gun !,

I wanted a SxS, so that’s what I got. It’s very simple, fast, and elegant.

I like them both!!

I've like the videos you and your father do, Thank you. Sadly the camera work showing the clays being shot was poor. I have been shooting shotguns since 1967, starting with a cheap spanish 410, going onto an AYA side by side. On arriving in New Zealand I bought a OU Baikal, industrial I know, but all I had to do was look at a target and it was hit! It just fitted me. I had been interested in black powder since 1970 and eventualy had a single barrel muzzle loading 12g made. I gave the gunsmith my Baikal and he made the percussion shotgun with the same fit and I shot the NZ record for most clay broken without a miss. But on wet game drives I use a SxS Husqvarna hammer 12g, but on walk up's I use a Sauer SxS hammer shotgun, mainly for safety. I get more pleasure shooting less birds/game with a traditional firearm than with high tech modern ones. But at the end of the day, if you want to shoot well, it's all about the shotgun fit!

Great video, never take a sbs pigeon shooting tho, the barrels get as hot as hell, I was shooting over fallen wheat, and reloading as fast I could shoot, I gave up in the end, to much heat haze coming off the barrels

King Henry VIII shot a side by side shotgun ! 🤣

Good show ole boy

Look I just split the difference and use a Chippa Triple Crown 20G. It handles like a side by side but has the sight plane of a over and under. Plus you get three shots.

To be honest my sxs from suhl 1953 fits me better then o/u. Right pipe more open. Left slighty tight. Easy to operate. And gives me more hits! Long hands. 195cm. Ps: probably for my 44 in 2022 I will go with fair racing gun because feeling is better whem I hold it then others. But it still depend on wallet.

I really like your video shoot s/s every chance I get.

You need a nice SxS, a nice OU, a nice coach shotgun amd a nice straight pull style hunting tactical shotgun. All bases covered in Australia😉

Get to the Oxford gun club and purchase your new SxS now !.

It’s very in-expensive to buy a side by side to try out shooting with one . I bought a Spanish Essex 12g 27 inch with 1/4 and 1/2 fixed chokes . The first time I took it for a round of clays I hit around half of what I shot at . The recoil was not pleasant at all and length of pull a tad short for me but I enjoyed it non the less . After adding to the length of pull with a recoil pad , slicking up the action , re-finishing the wood and re-bluing the barrels it not only looked good but more importantly fitted me . I took it to my local club and practiced . After a few visits I developed my own style that works for me and now shoot as well with it as my over / unders . Now when I go for a round or two my hand will want to reach in the boot of my car for that cheap sidey rather than the over / under . There’s something special about a sidey that a over / under doesn’t have . Maybe it’s style , maybe it’s tradition . I don’t know but it gives me a satisfaction after a round that over / unders don’t . I have run steel through it and usually shoot 28g cartridges too . The barrels have not been damaged or scored . The only issue is it has loosened ever so slightly after a few thousand rounds but what do I expect , I paid £45 for it . I am looking for the right sidey now that will last me and have my eye on one that a fellow shooter is thinking of selling and fits me , a AYA No 1. Buy one , try it and see . If you like it you can invest in a decent one but most importantly enjoy your shooting no matter what you shoot with 😁👍

Unfortunately for the average blue collar workers. A decent entry level SXS is around a $1000.00. US dollars then jump to around $5,000.00. Very few SxS new guns in between. I love both O/U’s and SxS’s I’m fortunate to have a couple of each.

Dear Sir, I LOVE your instructional videos ! I live an hour West of Savannah, Ga., u.s.a.. It is hard to find a shooting school of the caliber you mention around here. Regardless, if you are ever in this region of the u.s.a., than please contact me, and i will give you a personal tour of Historic Savannah. Warmly, john

Thank you David one thing though cut that tree on the right hand side and maybe we will see you hitting the clays.

New to shooting sports. I bought a CZ Teal OU as my first multi purpose gun. It’s a 20 gauge. I love the traditional look of the CZ Hammer Classic and would like to buy one of those in 12 gauge to be used more in the field.

Good video Chief

I love a good Browning semi atomic.

Henry the 8th going out with a SXS that was the 1500s 🤦

As a Canadian watching the videos that show “sporting “ individuals lined up in a row in a gully with their helper loading shells in quick fashion makes me wonder why this question of using a sxs for game is asked by this gentleman. As I can see, all of the shooters in this driven shoot, are decked to the nines in what I would call as “traditional gentry” attire so why not carry a traditional English double. I suppose this event attracts many of the shooters involved in competitive trap and skeet so they use their day to day shotgun. This event probably can only be attended by those of deep pockets or invited by another attendee. I will never know, here in Canada we don’t partake in “live target” events. The only time I have experienced anything close to that is running my Spaniels in competition field trials. Long story short, carry whatever you prefer and I prefer a Webley & Scott 16 bore. Sorry for the rant.

I need some Tweed!!

Can u use modern shells in a sxs 12 gauge

Hi mate peter from Australia could u review a br rizzini 550 round body side by side let us know what u think of them thanks

Did he just say that Henry 8th was shooting a sbs? In the 1550s or something like that yes? Nah, no shotguns then dude, bow for the deer though. Don't think driven bird shooting was much of a thing until 1800s or thereabouts. 🤷🏻‍♂️

King Henry with a SxS ;)

I bet a Baikal SxS would shoot as good as any AYA or English .I had a 410 single trigger loved it also miss it!

King Henry VIII ?!! Did you mean to say that?

What about the challenge of a lighter cartridge load for a sbs vs a heavier gauge shot?

in US i shoot game with SBS and Semi auto and pump. I only shoot OU on skeet and trap. I shoot sporting with semi auto. I have 2 28 a 20 a 16 a 12 in sbs Each has a particular use from quail to pheasant and turkey. I use semi for waterfowl I use semi for sporting for recoil control but more so its about the single choke tube.

Did he say Henry VIII? I’m not much of an Anglophile but I’d have guessed he meant Edward VII 🤷🏽‍♂️😁

Hi Dave hope your well?? Now I am no historian however the double barrelled shotgun was invented Circa late 1800s and as far as I am aware King Henry VIII died in 1547 so some 332 years before the double barrelled shotgun was invented so how did he mange to go driven game shooting with one? as stated here in the latest instalment of the TSC?? Cant wait for the next video of knowledge and information from the TSC.😂🤣🤣

Not sure Henry the 8th had shotguns at his disposal in the 16th century?

Is there the possibility of subtitles in Italian?

King Henry the Eight shooting a shotgun? More like a longbow

Nice video as always, but there’s a problem, most sbs are heavily choked, game dealers are insisting no Lead. What happens to SBS when Lead is banned all together. What happens when the rest of the world shoots Lead in world championships and UK shooters aren’t allowed Lead to practise.

Henry viii used a double bow and arrow.

If you pay big money for the day take your over and under shot gun 👍

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Nothing. Wrong. With a side by side. Once you get used to one

As a llay man a pheasent mine you today in America i have my own clay course david loves to push his beliefs on others if your older and your joints hurt then shoot a 20 gauge auto on game day why not its to me more sporting than a twelve and to turn up driving a Japanese tin box car o no a wolsey a jaj minimum a mg then you can have the clothers to fit the mood heres my car 1927 jag im in my camo and tody shooting my spainish over and under from the 60tys with little skeeters for 20 gauge shells normally i take my charles daily 20 auto so if your going to be historicall turn up in a old english motor and of course your not all snobs the semi is the best gun for a lady that doesdent want to be kicked have good shooting god save the queen

This is the tail of 2 guns david in the buiness of selling guns hes a nice guy i like him but hes like a second hand car salesman or anybody thats good at sales if you want to shoot well you need one gun i am a rich hobbo i have my own land and shooting course with automatic clay machines i have many Buitifull guns doubles and over and unders pumps and autos if i want to shoot well i shoot my tristar silver in 20 gauge if i want to look the part at a driven shoot which ill never pay 500 pounds to do idd shoot my double gun or would i no id shoot something thats very easy to shot and light to carry shooting a 20 instead of a twelve should show my sporting abillity and id only have 2 shells in the gun but yes the truth is allways be scared of a guy that shoots one gun ha ha its supposed to be fun

The gun trade has a problem getting rid of 1000’s of guns that are now no more than of novelty value. The trite expression that they bring a smile to your face is a little disingenuous. There is a reason these guns are up for sale at rock bottom prices even if they were once valuable/prestigious sporting weapons. 50 years ago I shot SxS for everything. I’ve not shot one for decades but on the odd occasion I pick one up in a gun shop I immediately realise why I could never go back. The gun trade can wax lyrical all it likes in an attempt to sell nostalgia to me but I couldn’t seriously consider spending money and wasting time and cartridges on a sporting firearm that has long since had its day - in my opinion - others will of course disagree which is fine. It’s perhaps the heavy marketing of “novelty value” that I’m uncomfortable with.

Laughing my head off ....Henry the eight didn't shoot let alone use a side by side ...they didn't exist hundreds of year ago

Il stick to my over and under thanks most side by sides are like looking up a hill most shoot high totally different to my style of shooting and on a proper shoot when bigger cartridges are needed they will not handle them utter rubbish move on with times