George Osbourne

[Grand Fromage]

Shoots with an over-and-under. Can't find a link but there was a rather funny letter in The Observer this Sunday from someone who had also noticed this in the previous Sunday's paper. I too raised an eyebrow.
To the point: can anyone link me to it?

[Zod]

Oh great, obscure snobbery!

[Pupp]

No 7 - Bloody good job none of the new romantics round our way had Berettas

[TheEnd]

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

[Vixpy1]

TheEnd said:

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

Any decent chap of the proper breeding would of coarse be using a side by side. Its just the done thing

[anonymous-user]

Everybody knows that pump-action is the daddy.

[Grand Fromage]

Symbolica said:

Everybody knows that pump-action is the daddy.

I've just reported you to the mods

[Chrispy Porker]

Does it not depend on what one is shooting at?

[Olf]

Chrispy Porker said:

Does it not depend on what one is shooting at?

One always uses a side by side for shooting peasants.

BTW I've got a lovely Beretta Silver Pigeon so I'm on the peasants side.

Edited by Olf on Monday 10th November 22:30

[Grand Fromage]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/30...

Quite funny but not what I was after.

[sleep envy]

Vixpy1 said:

TheEnd said:

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

Any decent chap of the proper breeding would of coarse be using a side by side. Its just the done thing

what happens if you have one of each?

[TimJMS]

TheEnd said:

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

Has been for many years. U/O considered by some to be very noov. As are guns with ejectors for the even more elitist - somehow its cheating

However many arrivistes, having done a 'little' research know this, so pop out to the shops and buy a pair of side by sides, plus fours, Aigle wellies, Holland cartridges, new canvas sided Landy - the works - and then proceed to miss everything. Chortle.

[Olf]

sleep envy said:

Vixpy1 said:

TheEnd said:

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

Any decent chap of the proper breeding would of coarse be using a side by side. Its just the done thing

what happens if you have one of each?

ACDC?

[sleep envy]

Olf said:

sleep envy said:

Vixpy1 said:

TheEnd said:

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

Any decent chap of the proper breeding would of coarse be using a side by side. Its just the done thing

what happens if you have one of each?

ACDC?

sorry, I don't like rock

[Vixpy1]

sleep envy said:

Vixpy1 said:

TheEnd said:

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

Any decent chap of the proper breeding would of coarse be using a side by side. Its just the done thing

what happens if you have one of each?

You use one for clay shooting and one for peasants and grouse of coarse, tsk, don't you know anything

[TimJMS]

sleep envy said:

Vixpy1 said:

TheEnd said:

Can some one explain the significance?
Is there a big side by side / under/over argument going on or something?

Any decent chap of the proper breeding would of coarse be using a side by side. Its just the done thing

what happens if you have one of each?

I would send you home!

[Poledriver]

GF uses anAmerican Police issue pump-action with extended barrel (to make it UK legal).
I don't argue with her often!

Edited by Poledriver on Monday 10th November 22:35

[Olf]

My old man used to roll up at shoots with his denison smock on brandishing a Browning A5 semi firing magnum shells. No-one laughed at him (to his face).

[sleep envy]

Vixpy1 said:

You use one for clay shooting and one for peasants and grouse of coarse, tsk, don't you know anything

take my sidelock through a spinney

never

[sleep envy]

Olf said:

brandishing a Browning A5 semi firing magnum shells

did he leave much of the countryside intact?