Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, with three sets of barrels, serial no. 4943,
original 29in. sleeved nitro barrels retaining original rib (engraving indistinct) and gold-inlaid '4' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true and imp. cyl.;
28in. replacement nitro barrels (by another in 1974), the rib gold-inlaid '4' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke;
28in. replacement nitro barrels (by another in 1978), the rib gold-inlaid '4' at the breech end, the tubes inscribed 'BOSS & CO. 13/14, CORK STREET, LONDON. W1.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and full choke;
Boss improved patent single-trigger, patent no. 22894 of 26th November 1894, toplever gold-inlaid '4', automatic safety, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright and blued finish, fore-end with insert repair, 14 5/8in. figured replacement stock, weight 6lb. 9oz. (sleeved barrels) 6lb. 9oz. (1974 barrels) 6lb. 10oz. (1978 barrels), in a tan leather Brady case with provision for two sets of barrels
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was ordered October 1901 with 29in. barrels by R.H.R. Rimington-Wilson, Esq.
Reginald Henry Rimington Rimington-Wilson was born 3rd November 1852 into a landed Yorkshire family, although his place of birth was Madeira. The family were established in the Bolsterstone area by 1640 when Charles Wilson was the Vicar of Sheffield, and it was he who acquired the land on which a rich seam of coal was later discovered, thus ensuring the family's future wealth.
Rimington-Wilson was schooled at Eton before going up to Trinity College and then embarking on a spell in the army where he served with the Inniskilling Dragoons. He was regarded as one of the greatest shots of his day with Boss being his maker of choice, and the family moor provided him with ample opportunities to hone his abilities. Indeed, Broomhead Moor holds the record grouse bag taken in August 1913 when a team of Guns including Wilson and Payne-Gallwey shot 1,421 1/2 brace breaking the previous record, also held by Broomhead Moor.
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
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