Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE EASY-OPENING SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 7882 / 8277,
for 1933 and 1935, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, No.1 replacements (by the makers circa 1960, barrel number 9159) the rib engraved 'BOSS & CO. 13-14 CORK STREET LONDON. W.', and gold-inlaid '1' at the breech end, No.2 rib engraved 'BOSS & CO. 14 ALBERMARLE STREET. PICCADILLY. LONDON. W.' (rubbed) and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. & 1/4 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', removable striker discs, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss improved patent single triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, retaining very slight traces of colour-hardening, 14 7/8in. highly-figured replacement stocks, weight 6lb. 4oz., in a relined brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that Gun No. 7882 was completed in 1933 for a T.W. Wragg of Loxley, Sheffield. Gun No. 8277 was made to match, and was completed in 1935
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Estimate £12,000-16,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act