Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2019 : Sale A0919 Lot 1305
BOSS & CO. A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6743 / 4,

Product Details

BOSS & CO.
A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6743 / 4,
28in. replacement nitro barrels (by the makers, barrel numbers 9502 and 9543), the ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' and with acanthus detailing at the breech ends, the tubes engraved 'BOSS & CO. LTD. 13. CORK STREET. LONDON. W.1.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and imp. cyl. choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, retaining much original colour-hardening and much renewed finish, 14 3/4in. well-figured stocks including buttplates, weight 6lb. 8oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were ordered on the 20th May 1920 for a Dr Angus Fairweather, 29in. barrels with 'slight choke'. The order book also lists 'single trigger'.

Other Notes: Barrels: 71cm
Chambers: 65mm
Stock length: 37.5cm
Weight: 2.948Kg
Functions with snapcaps: yes


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Estimate £22,000-26,000

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act