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Boy! This is a hard**s bunch! I grant you it's different but the round body is nice and should be comfortable to carry. The lever is different and the trigger guard fitting is just "newspeak".
A bit like having an Asian girl friend. You never know until you try it.

Trigger guard shape is yucky and i have never liked single triggers on a sbs. Don't like the shape of the hand/wrist of the stock, seems to become quite chunky; lacks the refined look of nice doubles. Think the forend could do with being a shade longer just to balance out the wood at the back a bit.

Kind of has that Darne (https://www.doublegunshop.com/darne/darne4.jpg) appeal to me. In their nature they just look a bit odd and i don't necessarily love them for it, but at the same time its not easy to think outside the box and it does have some appeal to me.

It might make the hide-bound traditionalists choke, but the lines are really good. Yeah, the top lever reminds me of the back end of a BMW Z3/4 - the rest of it was well done, but they had just ran out of steam by the time they got to the last part.

You've obviously never used a sxs for waterfowling while using heavy gloves, or used a sxs in competition. Casual upland shooters have never gotten the whole single trigger thing.

Single triggers had been around for a very long time before O'Connor and Askins.
JR

He is not French, Newson was born in Sydney, Australia. As to the design it is more modern than many purist like but that is the whole point. Doubles are 150 years old and if you are going to interest people into buying new one for big bucks you need to do something different. I hope the gun sells well so other new designs will follow. Anything to bring new guns to the game.

Other than the particulars of the engraving and the toplever, I like it.

Jay

Side by sides with double triggers have been used in competitions for many years as well as on very large bag driven bird shoots without any problem . Lets be honest its not a wildfowler so again the problem would not arise .As to the looks ,OK the safe arrangement is a gimmick but look at some photos of early guns by Lefever and Ithica , functional but not exactly what could be described as graceful classic lines.
This is merely a marketing ploy to part hard earned cash from those who buy into "designer chic" or on the other hand those with lots of money and no taste for tradition ,but thats my opinion ,others may differ .

You nailed it, Gunman.
JR

I like it but the top lever needs more work. It looks unfinished and is a jarring note in the overall design. What guages is it going to come in?

Since the Dickson round action is sometimes referred to as "The Snake" perhaps that's the reason for the engraving selection here.
Jim