Lot Essay
The guns were completed circa 1909. They are being sold with a recommendation that they are rebarrelled before use
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A FINE PAIR OF LIGHT 12-BORE OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY BOSS, NO. 5841/2
Hold-open toplevers, rolled-edge triggerguards, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, the 'ribless' barrels with short breech-flats and matt foresight ramps
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 8oz. (No.2), 14½in. pulls, 29in. barrels, each approx. ¼ & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (over barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum and No.2 over barrel bore-dimension marginal)
Hold-open toplevers, rolled-edge triggerguards, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, the 'ribless' barrels with short breech-flats and matt foresight ramps
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 8oz. (No.2), 14½in. pulls, 29in. barrels, each approx. ¼ & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (over barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum and No.2 over barrel bore-dimension marginal)