Lot 514S2
A pair of 12-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector guns by Boss, no. 5667/8 In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
23 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£15,000 - £20,000
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A pair of 12-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector guns by Boss, no. 5667/8
Toplevers, ribs and forends numbered '1' and '2' in gold, best bouquet and foliate scroll engraving, maker's name in scrolling banner, some hardening-colour, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge trigger-guards, highly-figured replacement stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs engraved Boss & Co., 33 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London, W.
Weight 6lb. 10oz (No. 1) and 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. stocks, 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ & ⅜ choke, 2½in. chambers. London nitro proof (No. 1 barrel-thicknesses at 18 & 19 thou, No. 2 barrel-thicknesses at 20 thou)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 10oz (No. 1) and 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. stocks, 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ & ⅜ choke, 2½in. chambers. London nitro proof (No. 1 barrel-thicknesses at 18 & 19 thou, No. 2 barrel-thicknesses at 20 thou)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in May 1909 for a W. J. G. Band