Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 5503 / 4,
30in. nitro barrels (No.1 sleeved, No.2 replacements by the makers in 1987), ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 13 / 14, CORK STREET. LONDON.', and gold-inlaid '1' and 'BOSS & CO. 13, DOVER STREET, LONDON.', and gold-inlaid '2', 2 3/4in. chambers (No.1) and 2 1/2in. chambers (No.2), bored approx. 1/4 choke in both (No.1) and imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke (No.2), toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss patent single triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards (dented), best fine bouquet and scroll engraving, retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/4in. well-figured replacement stocks with leather cheekpiece inserts, No.1 safety and right ejector requires attention, No.2 single trigger requires attention, fore-ends with repairs, weight 6lb. 13oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case and with two leather gunslips
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was completed in September 1907. The name in the ledger is indistinct
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
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