Product Details
A BOSS 12-BORE OVER AND UNDER PROJECT GUN, serial no. 6581 / 7809,
a partially finished retro fitted Boss over and under type action by Terry Smith (nitro proved in 2024), with original Boss barrels serial numbered 7809, 28in. with no top rib, short sight flat gold-inlaid '1', over barrel retaining original address 'BOSS & CO. 41, ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY. LONDON. W.' and struck off at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, original Boss fore-end with the iron numbered 6581 at the knuckle, fine acanthus scrollwork to the iron externally and with BOSS'S PATENT NO. 3308.1909' at the knuckle end, the fore-end finial gold-inlaid '1', no ejector mechanism, Boss style action in the white and incomplete, one side-wall piece detached, approx. 14 3/8in. well-figured stock in unfinished form
Provenance: The vendor has kindly informed us that this gun was in the process of being made for them by the well respected gunmaker Terence (Terry) Smith, who sadly passed away in December 2021
Terence A. Smith was a highly talented gunmaker, unique in that he undertook consecutive full apprenticeships with two of England's premier gun manufacturers. Articled by Boss in the early 1960's, Terence was apprenticed to Bill Wise (who was in turn apprenticed to Bob Henderson, the designer of the Boss over and under sidelock ejector in 1909). When subsequently articled by Holland & Holland, Terence learned the craft of making double rifles under the guidance of the renowned Bill Keniston
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act