GUN SPRING 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
SCARCE AND VERY DESIRABLE HIGH CONDITION BOSS ROUND BODY TRUE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GAME SHOTGUN. (ONE OF A THREE GUN COMPOSED SET).BOSSROUND BODY806812caseMODERN; C&R(ca 1933) Cal. 12 ga. 2-5/8" Chambers. Beautifully struck 27" chopper lump bbls are engraved "Boss & Co 41, Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, London, W. Made in England" on narrow swamped game rib. Bbl flats are stamped with London nitro proofs for 2-1/2" chambers. Case hardened sidelock action with rounded bar and lockplates, is fitted with Boss's self-opening assist spring system. Extra heavy cocking lever springs, lessen the force needed to open fired gun. Action also features automatic safety (SAFE inlaid in gold), disc set strikers, gold line tumbler end cocking indicators, and dbl triggers. Action and locks are engraved in Boss house style with well cut small scroll and 19 rose bouquets, as finely rendered by Jack Sumner. Blued trigger guard with single raised bead is scroll engraved on bow, and has SN in relief on tang. Dark, well marbled, and lightly figured European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 15-5/8" over Silver type pad over 3/8" hard rubber spacer. Well cut point pattern checkering is at grip, and a vacant gold oval is on toe line. Matching splinter Boss ejector forend has Anson release. Bore diameter: left -.730, right - .729. Bore restrictions: left - .019 (mod), right - .010 (IC). Wall thickness: left - .026, right - .025. Drop at heel: 2-3/16", drop at comb: 1-7/16". Cast: approx 1/4 off. Weight: 6 lbs. 9 oz. LOP: 15-5/8". CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain approx 95% orig blue with a few slight marks, mostly on bottoms. Action retains 85 - 90% orig color thinning and silvering on bottom and on fences. Lockplates retain nearly all of their orig color. Orig blue of top lever is silvered a bit on thumbpiece. Trigger guard is silvered on bead, with blue thinning at grip. Highlights of engraving are silvered. Stocks retain nearly all of their orig finish, perhaps with oil added with installation of newer pad. Checkering slightly worn and dark. There are a few marks on buttstock, and a fairly large scuff removing diamonds of checkering from left side of forend. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are strong and in time. 53052-1 mgm132 (15,000-25,000)