2" English Game Guns

[Ken Hill]

A 2” 12 is something you don’t see often as few were made in the 1930s. The Brit gunmakers made these light weight guns with great handling qualities. You basically have a 12 gauge proportional gun in the 5.5 lb weight class; lighter than a smaller proportioned 20 gauge. They aren’t an all purpose gun, but something made to support a passing light weight fad in the 1930s. Charles Lancaster came out with 2” pigmy cartridges in the late 1890s and advertised you could carry more cartridges than the normal 2.5” cartridge.

Ken

[C.O.B.]

I'm not a 12 ga fan but I love my Purdey light game gun. 28 inch barrels choked IC/M. I use RST 2 inch 15/16 load and it patterns very well with no gaps. A great light (6 LBS ) gun perfect for all the upland hunting I do.

[James L. Martin]

Rich ,a 6lb 12ga Purdey with 28" barrels sounds about perfect to me for grouse and woodcock shooting, I find 5 1/2 lbs too light but 6 to 6 1/2 lbs just about right.

[C.O.B.]

It is about as perfect as a gun can be. It's the only 12 I hunt with