Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A 12-BORE EASY-OPENING SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 5461,
30in. nitro barrels, rib engraved 'BOSS & CO. 73 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss improved patent single trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, best fine bouquet and acanthus scroll engraving, the underside with a cartouche engraved with single trigger patent details, retaining some colour-hardening and traces of finish, 14 3/8in. figured stock (crack at head) including 7/8in. wooden extension, weight 6lb. 6oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed as a '12-bore top snap hammerless ejector single trigger gun' for a J.J. Kirkpatrick in July 1909.
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
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