There were rules which could not be broken. The self-opening gun is more difficult to close. The gun should be made on a square sided action of substantial size and filed up with beads. Over-unders have to be built on a larger square frame action and consequently end up weighing at least 1lb more than a side-by-side. As for the working of these guns, they need many functioning parts. If any should fail, the gun will stop working.

It must have come as quite a shock to the other gun houses when Michael Louca first started making claims about an over-under at side-by-side gun weight, with easily maintainable, reliable ejector work. On a very sleek, round body action that feels so slender to hold, that most people did not believe it.

Starting with a  blank piece of paper, Louca spent two years re-designing, the carving the over-under into what must be the unique gun on the market today.

Watson Bros. are well known for their lightweight small bore guns, so it was without coincidence that Louca decided on this name for his future.

The whole essence of his dream was now beginning to come alive, he had the shape of his over-under (his distinctive coffin shaped round body) completed. Now all that was left was to get the Louca ejector system finished. This proved to be no easy task. After many many months of long hours, he felt that it was eluding him, bearing in mind the goals which had to be achieved, an ejector system which will ejector and re-cock simply with as few moving parts as possible.

Eventually the break through started to happen and Watson Bros. now have one of the simplest most reliable system of all developed and built in a London workshop.

The round bodied side-by-side was also a treat to see with the coffin shaped tapered (Louca's signature) and the gorgeous lines he has developed on his guns. If nothing else, these facts prove how a hand made gun can still inspire creativity and be superior to "off the shelf" CNC machined components which seem to be the current trend in gun making. However, this may be changing and Michael adds; "It is interesting to note that of late, other London gun firms seem to be looking more than a little closely at our designs. I take it as a compliment".