A RARE .700 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING DOUBLE RIFLE BY THOMAS BOSS, 73 ST JAMES`S STREET, LONDON, NO. 1119 FOR 1851 with tapering twist barrels cut with multi-groove rifling, fitted with blade fore-sight on a matted ground, folding leaf back-sight to 150 yards, signed in full towards the breech, stamped with the barrelsmith`s initials of Thomas Parkin beneath, engraved case-hardened breech... More

A RARE .700 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING DOUBLE RIFLE BY THOMAS BOSS, 73 ST JAMES`S STREET, LONDON, NO. 1119 FOR 1851 with tapering twist barrels cut with multi-groove rifling, fitted with blade fore-sight on a matted ground, folding leaf back-sight to 150 yards, signed in full towards the breech, stamped with the barrelsmith`s initials of Thomas Parkin beneath, engraved case-hardened breech with pierced platinum plugs, scroll-engraved tang incorporating a flash-guard on each side, signed scroll and border-engraved case-hardened bolted locks, highly figured walnut half-stock with chequered fore-end and grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and fitted with patchbox with engraved case-hardened steel cover decorated with a stag on the right, engraved steel mounts including blued numbered steel trigger-guard, blued butt-plate decorated with a stag and cut with chequering, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s initials `RA` beneath a coronet of a Baron, a pair of steel sling swivels, and original brass-tipped ramrod 78.8cm; 31in barrels

This is one of only 31 double rifles produced by Thomas Boss. See D. Dallas 1995, p.316.