Details of Lot 227
BOSS & CO.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE TRIGGER ROUND BODY SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS, NOS. 5751/2

No.1 gun with 29-inch replacement chopper-lump barrels by the maker, with 2 3/4-inch chambers about 1/4 and 1/2 choke borings, No.2 gun with 29-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/4 choke borings, the rounded frames, locks and gold numbered top levers with fine bouquet and scroll engraving and retaining traces of original hardening colour, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, gold lined cocking indicators, rolled edge trigger guard, 14-inch highly figured stocks including rubber recoil pads, 6lb. 10oz. and 6lb. 6oz. respectively, nitro proof, No.2 gun barrel wall thickness below recommended minimum, in their maker's brassbound leather case
S2

The maker confirms that the guns were built in 1909 and that the replacement barrels were fitted in 1996.
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, London
12 December 2018
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply