Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2018 : Sale A0318 Lot 1420
LUCIANO BOSIS A FINE PEDRETTI-ENGRAVED 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER PINLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 404, with extra 32in. barrels,

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LUCIANO BOSIS
A FINE PEDRETTI-ENGRAVED 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER PINLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 404, with extra 32in. barrels,
original 30in. nitro chopperlump barrels (numbered '404' and dated for 2008) with tapered raised matt rib, the tubes engraved 'LUCIANO BOSIS ITALY' and with bold acanthus scrollwork at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and 3/4 choke;
extra 32in. nitro chopperlump barrels (numbered R134 and dated for 2008) with tapered raised matt rib, the tubes engraved 'LUCIANO BOSIS ITALY' and with bold acanthus scrollwork at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 3/4 and full choke;
automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, non-selective single trigger, the action, pinless lockplates and furniture carved in high relief with fine stylised acanthus designs on a finely matted background, the lockplates with oval vignettes finely engraved in bulino style with a stubble field and alighting Canada goose on the left and a mallard drake in a wetland setting to the right, the underside with a circular vignette of a black grouse, the triggerplate signed 'G.S. PEDRETTI', bright finish overall, the triggerguard gold-inlaid with the serial number, 14 3/4in. highly-figured pistolgrip stock with engraved steel pistolgrip-cap, beavertail fore-end finely inset in gold with the Bosis crest, weight 7lb. 5oz. (30in. barrels) and 7lb. 7oz. (32in. barrels) in its lightweight leather case with provision for both sets of barrels and canvas outer cover

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Estimate £30,000-35,000

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