Mine's A Triple!

Mike puts this impressive, yet slightly unconventional gun through its paces, finding it not only fun to shoot but well made too.

- Mike Yardley

We’ve something rather novel this month – a three-barrel Akkar 28-bore. I first saw a 12-bore version at IWA (the great trade show in Nuremberg) a few years back. Not much fuss was made of it then, but it surprised me in the ingenuity of its design, the straightforward but apparently good-quality CNC engineering, the high standard of finish, and not least the comparatively reasonable price tag. Made in Istanbul, Turkey, by a relatively new firm, the gun came to the shoulder quite well with 28" tubes, though it felt distinctly front heavy. The all-up weight was over 8½ pounds, with most of it forward of the hinge pin. It wasn’t quite the thing for walking up, but it aroused a lot of interest.

I was delighted, moreover, when Edgar Brothers – who became the British importers – sent me one over for testing. Although I harboured doubts about practicality, closer inspection and shooting revealed few real defects. I even managed to break three following clays with the Akkar 12, once I had adapted to its considerable forward weight. It brought a smile to my face doing so, but took significant muscular effort to keep the big gun swinging (more than the average heavy clay buster). My conclusion was that it was a well-made and shootable piece of kit, but bring on the 20- and 28-bore versions! The design was clearly going to be more useful as a smaller bore.