Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER ROUND-BODIED EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 7433 / 6892,
29in. nitro chopperlump barrels (No.2, serial no. 6892, London reproofed in 1979), ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 13, DOVER STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON. W.', and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. choke in all, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss patent single triggers with rolled-edge triggerguards, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 14 5/8in. well-figured stocks including 7/8in. leather covered recoil pads, weight 6lb. 8oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 6oz. (No.2), in their brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that these guns were ordered by Stephen Blake of Sheffield.
Gun No. 6892 was ordered in November 1924 with 29in. barrels as a single gun.
Gun No. 7433 was ordered in April 1927 to match gun No. 6892. The guns would have been numbered with '1'and '2' at this point with gun no. 7433 designated '1' and gun no. 6892 designated '2'
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Estimate £30,000-35,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act