The day I fell in love with a side by side 

I am American and hunt with a SxS. The guy teaching tiny John how to use it is spot on. A SxS is about the gun being an appendix of your body. There is no controlling. There is only a natural bond. SxS needs a come back asap!

Simon is such a great communicator. He conveys a lot of complicated information quickly, fluidly but clearly. And you both naturally work together, great video

I don't hunt. I don't shoot clay. I don't even own a shotgun (yet). But somehow I enjoyed every minute of this.

I love the English style of trap/skeet shooting. Living in the USA, I would love to see more of this style of shooting. I am a big fan of the SxS shotgun. I really wish I had access to some of these wonderful, vintage classics found in the UK.

When I was a student in the early ‘90s I used to call into John Dickson gun shop on rose street..... well on the corner and stare at the Dickson Round actions they had in there...... in those days £20k would get you a good one ( still untouchable as a debt ridden student) but it was nice to dream......

I shoot game with a 25” sxs, clays with a 26” ou and enjoy considerable success with both. Friends are shooting clays with 30 and 32’ barrels and mercilessly mocked my 26” until my shot to kill ratio wiped the smile away. The 25” will bring down a 40 yard plus pheasant equally as well as any other gun, providing the barrels are pointing in the right direction and that is the key. To fund my shooting I won’t use anything longer than a 14” ou for post offices, banks and security vans.

Very much enjoyed. More of Simon and you discussing these sxs shotguns. Even the field grade types the common man can afford. Thank you both for your insite .

I really like these videos with Simon, his philosophies on shooting are very insightful!

You two are a pleasure to watch please make more content.

I have been saying for years that the SXS is the forgotten gun. How many times have you been in a gunshop and there are basically no side by sides on the racks ? They are dismissed as being old fashioned and fuddy-duddy, when they are a design designed and refined in the extremely competitive world of the British guntrade in Victorian times. I have a couple and love them. An OU feels heavy and cumbersome to me now.

Man, coming from an American, I am very jealous of the elegant and gentleman like shotgun shooting culture in the UK. These types of firearms are often dismissed as fudd junk in the US but I think they are actually quite beautiful and an art. This video just confirmed my decision to buy a side by side soon ;)

Your love is understanding a fine shotgun . I've had over and under shotguns ,but then I quit listening to the people with one eye on their forehead and one eye on their chin . The big difference that I noticed right away is they crack open shorter and load easier. . A nice practical vintage gun is an LC Smith. It's a work horse . My boy almost took state in trap competition and was our top gun but only after stopping with an over under . If you can find a Barretta 626 onyx buy it . It's again a work horse and it throws slugs very nice. Right on at 30 yards and 4" easy at about 60 yards . Mine is 26" barrels . The LC is 30" with full and full . It would've helped my boy to open it but he loved it so much he didn't want to touch it ,I have the same love. 😎

Slightly bias because a lifetime friend sadly no longer with us owned a 30' Damascus barrelled Round Action Dixon.I shot the gun now some 40 years ago.It was I recall to use a more modern analogy like ''skywalkers light sabre''. Unfortunately very much a case of if only I knew then what I know now. Very enjoyable TGS episode Jonny.Really informative.

Great video. You & Simon make the shooting & the talking seem so effortless.

I almost skipped past this video but really glad I didn’t. Fascinating!

Wonderful stuff. Great to see some footage of Simon’s effortless style in action. Interesting discussion points and some great photography from Sash on the clay shots. Great content, gentleman.

In the US and I love SxS been shooting one since age 12 I'm now 65, and have 20,16 and 12 bore. Have loved them, the splinter forearm is more graceful would love to see a comeback.

Mindless and utterly concentrated Love that! Same dichotomy can be found in judo, to be a Good training partner you need to stand straight/stiff but at the same time relaxed

I love SXS shotguns. I won my state sporting clays SXS class championship a few years back with a nice old beretta SXS. (also won the pump gun class). Have finally got the SXS i always wanted (expensive). A model 21 Winchester. Its wonderful

Jon, just like to say how much I enjoyed watching this video, as a lover of side X sides of which I have 3 in my collection but nothing to compare with the quality of the ones you were using, but I really enjoy using them all both in the field and at our clay club, more of the same please. Regards and stay safe.

Always great content on this channel. I would love some more text in the description about the firearms shown/used in these videos. I always look forward to an upload.

I was 15 with my first double barrel 12 bore. I put a lot of birds on the dinner table back in the day. It was an LC Smith . Johnny you just made me go back in time with my thoughts thanks mate

Thank you for another great video. Between this one and the upcoming hammer gun video, I'm quite excited about things to arrive in the coming weeks. 😉

I only own one sxs, but I absolutely love shooting it. I tend to hunt upland with it quite a bit as well.

Best video of yours yet, talking proper opinions on guns instead of the usual marketing shpeel (not that you normally do that), more of this! Excellent filming and editing too!

Beretta 486 Parallelo is a modern interpretation of the Dixon round action.They do handle very well.See you did a review on the crossover.Maybe time to check out the straight stock options.

One of the best videos you have produced over the years. Brilliant content. Thank you.

Informative, interesting and very enjoyable. Brilliant.

Never a truer statement `A Dickson Round Action is a fine dining gun` up there and beyond the Holland & Hollands / Purdeys. Extremely informative video.

Really enjoyed that. Sasha, you are absolutely brilliant at your "trade" :-) TGS videos really stand out from all the rest.

Fantastic, so much knowledge covered and amazing imagery. This is a clip I'll show to other's outside of the sport.

Unfortunately, (or fortunately?) SXS's are becoming more popular in the US. I would see maybe 1 a week come through the trap range, but now there's at least 10 a week. The prices in Pawnshops/Gun stores/GunBroker have doubled.

Been shooting English guns all my life and the Dickson is a gun I hope to have one day a, a thing if beauty,I bought an over and under last year after 41 years of shooting just needed to give one a chance, the love story lasted a couple of months.

Great video; lots of excellent insights here.

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Brilliant stuff.

I really enjoy this sxs content, great job😉

Its Golf! It's not the club its the swing! On the other hand, That side by side seems to have a lesson built in! But if one could own that gun, maybe I'd care less about shooting. Forgive the praise, but this was a spectacular video on four levels, art, shooting, flow. conversation. Thank You. Herman Meilinger

It is more enjoyable to discuss shotguns at shooting range than in gun room. Beautiful discussion very informative practically.

I enjoyed the story on the Dickson shotgun. I note that you mention it is a Damascus barrelled gun and am curious to know your thoughts on shooting damascus guns with modern cartridges. My family owns a Henry Atkin ejector from late 19th century that is in nice condition with 2 1/2 in chambers. It's an heirloom but I believe guns were built to shoot not to look at. 65mm shells are not all that common "down under"

Greetings from Nova Scotia! Did he say - 30 degrees? I didnt know it got that cold there. Loved the video!

I’ve been researching shotgun’s for upland hunting for months now… I simply can not turn away from a side by side… As I am on a fairly tight budget, I’ve decided on the CZ Sharptail 20 gauge.

Great video really enjoyed

What a beautiful piece ! Another completely absorbing video, I could listen to Simon talk about shooting all day. "You're living proof that we're not getting any shorter as a species, Jonny" :D :D :D

The Brits tend to shoot guns with barrels that are too long. Part of the Dixon's revelation for you was its 28" barrels. I'm almost your height and remember well my first day with 28 inchers and then began to wonder what one of Mr. Churchill's 25"s felt like. I still don't know despite sitting here in my den looking at 5 SXS's and knowing that there are 6 or 7 more in the safe. Very good video. It's fun to see the enthusiasm of young people.

Sxs are coming back! Specially with young traditionalists like me and my friends. By the way I'm from the southeast USA

Great video that shows the beauty of a SBS, I have a simple AYA yeoman which just feels right both in handling and in my shoulder not to say of the smile it brings compared to my O/U. Thank you for such a great insight

i never liked shotguns. When i went to obtain my first gun permit in my country(finland) i went with shotgun because of regulation(its an easily obtainable a gateway gun). In the gunshop i tried many baikals and other over unders and cheap single barrels within my 200 euro budget. Until as an afterthought they handed me an old husqvarna SxS. The moment i shouldered it i fel in love. side by side is such an elegant intuitive gun, it has nothing awkward or clumsy about it. And nowadays some brands like bioammo even make affordable non toxic shot for it.

A nice Video, like some others. I´ve got an over under and now I think, I will buy a side by side at my local gun store. Very nice. Thank´s a lot!

The shot at 2:30 has always given me trouble. Either in clays or live birds.

Excellent video so far, I was wondering what cartridges you were putting through it

Fantastic conversation. To plumb the depths of wisdom therein is the challenge! Mr. Reinhold rocks on steady feet.

That is and absolutely sexy gun!

I have a Dickson, made 1943.

More people should own one - many used ones aren't v expensive. And double trigger does have its advantages. V fond of my 70s Beretta 426e - my go to game gun.

Excellent video really interesting, learned to shoot with an Aya yeoman 45 years ago and shot it till it rattled in my hands. After many years of o/u went back to an English boxlock ejector this year and love it, great instructor could do with a lesson.

Simon knows his stuff

I love rough hunting my Webley and Scott 2020K 26". I saw you guys had a 3020K in the shop, I know its not a Miroku but its too bad you never did a review on it.

Just thinking who is Percy Stanbury because I am also a Stanbury

I have been on the sxs kick for while now. i have beautiful triumph. ( it was a junk gun. i have restored it) im now looking for a sxs miroku. to match the twin mk70s. but i now have the local gun shop calling me to let me know about any sxs

Think I could listen to Simon all day, and I'm old probably enough to be his dad. Does he give lesson's? Another Great Video Thanks Jonny & TGS Team.

So insightfull on many levels. Thank you for this enjoyable gem.

What a great watch 👌enjoyed this one 👊

I predict SxS are going to come back in a big way, it has already started actually.

That’s indeed a very handsome gun. Can one still find them somewhere?

Really interesting video Jonny - Simon's chat and thoughts were fascinating to listen to 😎😎

A great video

My Webley 700 s/s hand made in Birmingham, is fantastic but these look unbelievable to shoot.

My goodness what a great review. Liked & subscribed. Looks like a side by side is on my purchase order now. Wow! Fabulous, elegant & refined... Over under? Purpose built, rugged & steady

Great video, I'm loving older style / unusual rifles and shotguns. My last 'new gun' from the '00's' was for vermin control the rest date back 45 /60 years (not old by any means compared to many) allsteal and wood and my next potential purchase will be in a not so fashionable calibre. I've asked this before and would like a experts opinion in the answer. Were will be stand with older guns that are capable of taking standard steel loads (chambers size / pressure compatible) but have chokes that are too tight, for example the old bog standard 1/2 and full? The kicker to the questions is .... 'what to do if there is NO option of opening up the chokes and/or reproofing the barrels!' Are there infact options, besides the eye wateringly priced non steel shot alternatives, coming down the pipelines for guns that cannot be opened up? Looking forward to your answers.

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Fine piece Jonny. You guys did justice to what are true shooting works of art. Designed for a purpose, but created with passion. Quality will always shine through, and anyone who has the opportunity to handle one of these fine pieces while immediately feel the difference between them and a mass-produced gun.

Your best video

Just point and shoot. Damn!!

What an outstanding video with great discussion. Thanks for making it!

If we're comparing firearms to vehicles. I have a dump truck. 1980s Stevens H series. People compare it to swinging a 2x4 and blocky. But it feels more natural to me then any of my autos o/u or even pumps that I've been shooting for 25 years.

I have a Moore and Grey SBS - Love it. I don't understand why most people don't like them... Great Vid

fantastic. any chance of a film with info on sxs with sleeved barrels and steel shot

What was the OU gun that was being talked about as "a wicked gun, underrated"?

absolutely love the dickson round actions

Brilliant video, makes me want an English side by side.

Fantastic video guys - your presentation styles really complement each other. Out of interest, what was the barrel length of the Dickson? Thanks!

Absolutely loving your videos. Can't believe i haven't found your channel sooner. Excellent content feels like i know you all. Loved this video. Im a cynergy black ice owner shooter and i love it is like an extension of my arm. Keep up the good work cheers.

I'm glad you finally get sxs's. I would love to have Simon as a shooting instructor.

Just wondering off the cuff as someone's who just about to receive there license, should I be looking at cheaper second hand first guns right now or go and spend a few penny and get one fitted nicely ?

I love my sbs Bozard & Co. I often take it out more than my trusty old Browning 325. Excellent work chaps. Keep it up.

Great video once again, I have to say a few years ago I picked up a sleeved William Jeffrey’s side by side for not a lot of money at all and what fun I’ve had with it on small driven days and walked up outings, if you got a space in your cabinet I would recommend filling it with a side by side.

Where can I find that flat cap

I loved this video and I love my side by side, like Simon says, I've got a 525 as my van, but I prefer my sxs Aya no.3 I would love another side by side

Who’s on gun trader now looking for a Dixon 🤔😂 Nice review on a Special Gun

I always enjoy seeing the British side-by-sides in action. I recently migrated away from my 12 and 16 gauge Browning BPS guns for Rizzini and Beretta side-by-sides in 16 and 12 gauges, respectively. They just seem to point themselves. Can't wait to try them out on our Grouse here in northeast Wyoming. Thanks for sharing the video with us.

the double barrels in general are magnificent especially in the field , i really wish if you would consider trying a single shot 12 gauge in your upcoming videos

Friend had a beautiful W R Pape Hammer sometimes called the Purdey of the North , would have loved to have owned it but sadly not to be

Good boy and oll involved I appreciate the interesting information I wood like a Good SbS how much wood I med to spend ?

I was shooting my 119 year old JP Sauer and Sohn 16 bore cape gun today and came home to this. Thank you.

Lovely film, mostly because there on the screen was my all-time favourite SxS.. a Dickson SxS. My late grandfather used one, and as his pal and helper, as I grew older I loaded for him. I didn't get the gorgeous gun, my [then] heart's delight.. grandfather died suddenly and my scabby uncle, his son.. said not a word, and.. sold it into the trade. Nice. We have not spoken since.. Happy days.

I want a Scottish gun now I have killed a pheasant with my Dakota arms stocked Ferlib side by side

Graham Mackinlay is a man who knows a LOT, and always has a few in stock. . .

That was a fantastic one, guys !!!! What stunning guns looking to get a side by side in the next Holts auction.

An hour or two with an instructor is so helpful

I am definitely pulling the trigger and buying a 20 gauge side by side. This might be blasphemy, but I am going for a stock with a pistol grip instead of a typical English stock.