Lot 145S2
A pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns by Boss, no. 4257/8
1 August 2007, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £10,800 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns by Boss, no. 4257/8
Sidelever actions, best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, well figured replacement stocks, reblacked damascus barrels with flat-rib (No. 1) and replacement steel barrels with flat-rib (No. 2)
Weight 6lb. 5¾oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 2), 14in. pulls, 30in. barrels, choke approx. cyl. & ¼ (No. 1) and ¼ & 3/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof No. 1 and nitro proof No. 2 (No. 1 gun with barrel thicknesses below the recommended minimum)
Weight 6lb. 5¾oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 2), 14in. pulls, 30in. barrels, choke approx. cyl. & ¼ (No. 1) and ¼ & 3/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof No. 1 and nitro proof No. 2 (No. 1 gun with barrel thicknesses below the recommended minimum)
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1893 and that the No. 2 gun was rebarrelled by them circa 1965