Product Details
JOHN DICKSON & SON
A SCARCE 12-BORE BOSS PATENT SINGLE-TRIGGER 'LONDON PATTERN' SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 6238,
for 1910, 29in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. 63. PRINCES STREET. EDINBURGH.' and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, right wall at 18, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, Boss 1905 improved patent single-trigger, fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the underside with 'BOSS & CO. PATENT SINGLE TRIGGER', brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 14in. well-figured stock including 7/8in. recoil pad, weight 6lb. 12oz.
Provenance: The makers ledgers confirm that the gun was made as No.2 of a pair, with 29in. barrels and sold on the 14th July 1910.
In his definitive book on the history of the maker 'JOHN DICKSON & SON - THE ROUND ACTION GUNMAKER', Donald Dallas states that the ledgers record just 227 London pattern sidelocks being listed - of which only four pairs of guns, all made between August 1909 and September 2010 are noted specifically as having 'Boss single tr.' After this point, all references to single triggers are either 'Our single trigger' or simply 'single trigger'
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act