Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 5029 / 30,
27 7/8in. nitro barrels (shortened), the ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 73. ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON.' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true and imp. cyl. (No.1) imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke (No.2), Boss patent easy-opening actions with Boss improved patent single-triggers, patent no. 22894 of 26th November 1894, rolled-edge triggerguards, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking indicators, best fine bouquet and scroll engraving, retaining traces (No.1) and some (No.2) original colour-hardening and finish, 14in. figured semi-pistolgrip stocks including 3/4in. rubber recoil pads, weight 6lb. 6oz. (No.1) 6lb. 4oz. (No.2), in their makers individual brass-cornered oak and leather cases
Provenance: We are kindly informed by the makers that this pair of shotguns were completed September 1903 for Col. R.H. Wallace.
Estimate £12,000-15,000
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