Boxall and Edmiston’s company history centers around its owners and their shared passion for both the production of British shotguns, the history behind them and the craftsman that remain true to this noble art form. Peter Boxall, formerly of Jaguar, W&C Scott and manufacturing director of Holland & Holland, and James Edmiston, former MD of the Sterling Armament Company, (the Sterling still being the most reliable SMG ever made) decided to pool their not inconsiderable experience, while also accepting counsel from friends of many years in the British Gun Trade to launch a totally British made SxS shotgun, the first for many decades. In order to make top quality guns, it is not sufficient to acquire state-of-the-art computerised machine-tools that work to tolerances of microns, but it helps. B&E has set out to make the very best quality shotguns by innovation and by more highly efficient utilisation of the skills of those specialists who ensure that the British make the finest guns in the world. Purposely, the company has not resurrected the historical remnants of some long-gone gunmaker, but has felt sufficiently confident in its own superlative product to offer something unique to the British sportsman (and woman), that doubles as a rock solid investment. This combines the finest in British engineering and traditional gunmaking skills with, quite simply, good taste. Further, B&E offers every assistance to the Gun Trade to benefit from the extensive research and development in various production techniques. It regards a resurgence of a strong united British gun industry of much more value than short-term rivalry.