Lot Essay
The guns were completed circa 1931
The Property of
SIMON SHEFFIELD, Esq.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY BOSS, No. 7921/2, Boss patent single-triggers with rolled-edge triggerguards, standard easy-opening action, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks with extensions, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY BOSS, No. 7921/2, Boss patent single-triggers with rolled-edge triggerguards, standard easy-opening action, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks with extensions, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 7oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 8½oz. (No. 2), 16 1/8in. pulls, 29in. barrels, both approx.¼ & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 1 barrel-thickness below recommended minimum, No. 2 barrel-thickness marginal)
Weight 6lb. 7oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 8½oz. (No. 2), 16 1/8in. pulls, 29in. barrels, both approx.¼ & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 1 barrel-thickness below recommended minimum, No. 2 barrel-thickness marginal)