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Claydog
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Boswell 2 1/2 inch game gun
      #393440 - 16/09/25 08:53 AM

Have been looking for a nice light 2 1/2 inch game gun and picked up this Boswell off Used Guns. Ticked most of the boxes for me. 6 lb 13, nice engraving, 30 inch barrels, ejectors. Was a bit puzzled by the diamond point checkering but have seen quite a few old Boswells with it when looking into it. The serial number puts this one around 1904.








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Re: Boswell 2 1/2 inch game gun [Re: Claydog]
      #393442 - 16/09/25 10:05 AM

Very nice looking game gun. Nice buy. Thanks for posting.

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Re: Boswell 2 1/2 inch game gun [Re: 85lc]
      #393443 - 16/09/25 03:21 PM

Great example of the genre. Ejector too: nice!

"War and Peace" on the barrel flats!

Boswell must have had an energetic engraver on staff as most Boswells I have seen are well embellished.

Do you have a source of 2 1/2 inch cartridges, or do you intend to roll your own?
My Rigby sidelock is 2 1/2 inch chambered and I use a vintage bench-clamped tool from the golden era to roll-crimp onto a nitro card covering an ounce of bismuth in a 1 1/4 oz wad.
The ~140 year old tool works better than my modern roll-crimper in the drill press!
Heaps better!!

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