Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A RARE PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER ROUNDED-BAR SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 8305 / 6, with extra barrels,
circa 1935, new 27in. nitro chopperlump barrels (by the makers in 1992, barrel numbers 10027 / 8), the ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 13, DOVER STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke;
original 27in. nitro chopperlump barrels, No.2 reproved and sleeved left tube, ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 41, ALBERMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON. W1.' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, self-opening rounded bar actions with removable striker discs, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the triggerplates with Boss single trigger patent details, retaining much renewed colour-hardening and finish, 14 3/8in. highly-figured replacement stocks (No.1 cracked right underhorn) including 1 1/8in. leather covered recoil pads, replacement fore-end woods, weight No.1 6lb. 4oz. (both sets of barrels), No.2 6lb. 5oz. (new barrels) and 6lb. 4oz. (original barrels), in a brass-cornered oak-lined leather case with C.B. Vaughan trade label
Other Notes: In his definitive book on Boss & Co., Donald Dallas informs that Boss & Co. developed a full self-opening system in the 1930's which was used 'to a limited extent' during this decade. He states that self-opening guns are very rare, 'a mere fifty-six being recorded in the records' between 1933 and 1937
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Estimate £10,000-15,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act