Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 4572,
for 1897, 30in. nitro reproved barrels, the rib engraved 'BOSS & CO. 73, ST. JAMES'S STREET, LONDON. S.W.1.', and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/2 choke, left wall thickness at 19, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss 1894 improved patent single trigger, fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the underside with 'BOSS'S NO. 22894 PATENT', retaining much renewed colour-hardening and finish, 15in. figured replacement stock, weight 6lb. 9oz., in a brass-cornered leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was ordered as one of a set of three single trigger guns on July 15th 1897 for an E.H. Baldock
Estimate £4,000-6,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act