AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 14-BORE SIDELEVER ROUND-BODIED SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY BOSS & CO., NO. 7307/8, WITH INTERCHANGEABLE 12-BORE BARRELS

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AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 14-BORE SIDELEVER ROUND-BODIED SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY BOSS & CO., NO. 7307/8, WITH INTERCHANGEABLE 12-BORE BARRELS
Fine rose and scroll engraving, retaining virtually all original colour hardening, light scroll engraved side-levers, gold inlaid 'safe', gold inlaid numbering '1' and '2' to top-straps, forends and game ribs, gold inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge trigger guards, highly figured stocks with chequered grips, chopper-lump barrels of Whitworth steel with Maker's details to rib. The later interchangeable 12-bore barrels by the Maker with gold inlaid '1' and '2'
Nos. 1&2 (14 bore), Weight 6lb 2oz. to both, 29in. barrels to both, 14¼in. stocks, choke approx. ½ and ½ to both, 2½in. chambers to both, nitro proof
Nos. 1&2 (12 bore), Weight 6lb 6½oz., 27in. barrels to both, choke approx. ¼ and ½ to both, 2½in. chambers to both, nitro proof
In Maker's brass mounted oak and leather case with Maker's 12-bore snap caps

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The Makers kindly confirm that the guns were completed in 1926. Although the later 12-bore barrels were built by the Makers, they cannot confirm the date of manufacture.
For cased illustration see inside back cover.

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