Essencia 20 Sidelock Side-by-Side Shotgun

    Sidelock Side-by-Side Shotgun

    • Gauge: 20/76; barrel length: 68 cm (27"), 71 cm (28"), 76 cm (30")
    • Gauge: 16/70; barrel length: 71 cm (28")
    • Gauge: 16/70; barrel length: 76 cm (30")
    • Gauge: 28/76; barrel length: 71 cm (28"), 76 cm (30")

    The Krieghoff Essencia

    The Krieghoff Essencia

    The Essencia series’ sidelock shotguns are a highlight for traditionalists, internationally successful. With their pure elegance, first-class craftsmanship and proven technology, these masterpieces of the art of gunmaking fall into the same category as the highly coveted "best" English or Italian guns. The genuine back action sidelocks and triggers are gold plated, while the color-case hardened receiver is engraved with English scrolls. The elegant round body action and the Holland & Holland style ejectors ensure responsiveness and easy handling. The Essencia is available as side-by-side shotgun or single shot rifle.

    • Round-bodied steel receiver
    • Sidelocks
    • Internal lock parts gold plated
    • Double barrel-hook lock-up
    • Barrel length: 60 cm (24“)
    • Octagonal barrel
    • Color case-hardened finish
    • Fine English scroll engraving with gold accented inlays
    • Stock with cheeckpiece
    • Wood category 003
    • Traditional Tru-Oil finish
    • Supplied in an exclusive leather hard case

    Pure elegance, first-class craftsmanship, perfected technology
    • General Options

      Matched Pairs

      Upcharge of 10% with any order of a matching pair. This includes consecutive numbers and Stocks matching in colour, figure and weight. Both guns are identically balanced.

    • Barrels & Accessories
      Gauge:
      • 16/70
      • 20/76
      • 28/76
      Barrel length:
      • 68 cm traditionally soldered
      • 71 cm traditionally soldered
      • 76 cm traditionally soldered

      Interchangeable Barrel Sets

      • Gauge: 20/76; barrel length: 68 cm (27"), 71 cm (28"), 76 cm (30")
      • Gauge: 16/70; barrel length: 71 cm (28")
      • Gauge: 16/70; barrel length: 76 cm (30")
      • Gauge: 28/76; barrel length: 71 cm (28"), 76 cm (30")
    • Systemvarianten & Gravuren
      Surface finish:
      • Nitrated surface finish
    • Stocks & Woodwork

      Woodstock category
      • Category 003 (Essencia standard)
      • Category 004
      • Category C1
      • Category C2
      • Category C3

      All Essencias are hand-crafted to standard dimensions. On request, also according to your very individual dimensions. Hand-crafted means the predominantly manual production (only partial mechanical pre-processing) of the stock (buttstock/forearm) from the full stock blank. Special wishes in the stock design (special stock form, deviation from the standard length etc.) usually require a hand-crafted stock shape or a custom stock. More information on request.

      Exclusive wood categorys as stock blanks (hand-crafted)

      Due to the high cost of raw materials, wood grades higher than 004 require a custom made stock. The exclusive C-categories are limited. Therfore the availability of them can not be guaranteed. 

      Stock Styles
      • English stock with wooden buttstock
      • "Prince of Wales" with wooden buttstock
      Hand-crafted stock
      • Buttstock with standard dimensions
      • Buttstock with special dimensions, made to customer’s specifications
      • Forearm with standard dimensions
      • Forearm with special dimensions, made to customer’s specifications, beavertail or semi-beavertail forearm
      Monogram plate
      • Inlet into pistol grip cap
      • Steel pistol grip cap fully covering
      • Oval inlay Silver
      • Oval inlay Gold
      Monogramm
      • Two letters engraved
      • Two letters engraved in relief style
      • Two letters in silver
      • Two letters in gold
      Recoil pad with leather cover
      • Rubber recoil pad 15, 20 and 25 mm
      • With brown leather cover
      • With black leather cover
      • Skeletonized steel butt plate

      Exclusive options

      Hand-polished stock-finish
      • Matt
      • High gloss
      Checkering 
      • Fine checkering
      • Skip checkering
      • Fish scale checkering
      Carved border of the checkering
      • Checkering with carved border with leaf arabesques
      • Checkering with carved border with fine English
      • Checkering with carved border with English arabesques
      • Checkering with carved border with full oak leaves
      Full carving 
      • Leaf arabesques
      • Fine English
      • English arabesques
      • Full oak leaves
      Ebony or rosewood cap on grip and forearm