


Lot 207S2
A matched pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns by Boss & Co., no. 4874/5575 In their brass-mounted oak and leather case, and together with the original stock for the No. 2 gun
6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £14,400 inc. premium
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A matched pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns by Boss & Co., no. 4874/5575
Toplevers, ribs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, some hardening-colour, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge trigger-guards, well-figured replacement stocks, the barrels (No. 1 slightly loose on action) with game-ribs engraved Boss & Co., 73 St. James's Street, London
Weight 6lb. 11oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 11¾oz. (No. 2), 14½in. stocks, 30in. barrels, all approx. cyl., 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case, and together with the original stock for the No. 2 gun
Weight 6lb. 11oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 11¾oz. (No. 2), 14½in. stocks, 30in. barrels, all approx. cyl., 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case, and together with the original stock for the No. 2 gun
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that 4874 was completed in 1901, and that 5575 was built to match in 1905. They are recorded as being completed with fully-selective single-triggers and 29in. barrels. The makers have confirmed that these are Boss barrels, but possibly later replacements