Product Details
A CASED .577 (SNIDER) DOUBLE-BARRELLED BREECH LOADING RIFLE FOR BIG GAME BY BOSS & CO., CIRCA 1870, serial no. 1091,
with 27 5/8in. rebrowned twist barrels, numbered on the underside 1091, London proofed and rifled with four grooves giving one turn in 60in. dove-tailed blade front-sight and three leaf rear-sight, the top rib just forward of the breech engraved 'BOSS ST. JAMES ST. LONDON', detented bar-action borderline engraved locks, decorated with foliate scrolls and bearing the makers name 'BOSS', the hammers, fixed breech and action body all profusely engraved to match and to the highest standards of the London trade, the rifle has the Jones rotary underlever action, figured walnut butt, with chequered wrist, (chequering refreshed) stamped on the underside '1991' iron mounts include butt-plate with foliate engraved and decorated tang, trigger-guard with foliate scroll engraved bow and tang, (the engraving to both slightly worn), chequered fore-end with black horn tip, (the fore-end wood, possibly a replacement), contained in a period red baize lined and partitioned leather covered oak case, the lid with reproduction Boss trade label, accessories include a Holland & Holland oil bottle
Provenance: This interesting rifle was originally made as a muzzle loader circa 1851 hence the Minie' four groove rifling and converted to breech loading circa 1870
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament