Product Details
* BOSS & CO.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6567 / 8,
30in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels, ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 13. DOVER STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON.', and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, No.1 right wall at 19- and left ejector at fault, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss improved 1905 patent single triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, 15 3/8in. well-figured replacement stocks including 1in. leather covered recoil pads, weight 6lb. 13oz., in a brass-cornered oak and leather case with a canvas and leather outer
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were ordered on the 15th September 1918 by a Lt. Robin d'Erlanger as 12-bore single trigger guns, replacing a previous order for gun numbers 6389 / 90
Literature: The vendor kindly informs us that he purchased these guns from avid gun collector and author Kjell Hallbing (1934 - 2004)
Kjell Hallbing is best known for his Texas Ranger (and US Marshal) character Morgan Kane, lead character in a series of 83 books, written under the pseudonym 'Louis Masterson'
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Estimate £12,000-16,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act