Posted in DOUBLES on Jul 30th, 2010
How much is a Boss 20 gauge, round-body with 17″ barrels worth? How about $40,000! At least that is one brought a few weeks ago at Bonhams’ July 18th action. Here’s its description from the catalog: A fine and highly unusual 20-bore (3in) single-trigger assisted-opening round-bodied sidelock ejector gun by Boss & Co., no. 7788 [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Feb 12th, 2010
Passion is insanity. I’m passionate about hunting dogs, double barrel shotguns, and bird hunting. Sometimes, this passion drives me to do crazy things. Boss & Co., James Purdey & Sons, and Holland & Holland are known as the three top gunmakers in London. For 150+ years, they’ve made some of the finest doubles in the [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Sep 16th, 2009
Heads up! I just got a line on a 20g Boss SxS double barrel shotgun. It’s coming up to auction this Monday, September 21st, at 5pm. It is at Braswell Galleries in Norwalk, CT. I have not seen the gun, but I talked to the auctioneer about it. He told me it was a 20g [...]