*Note the great modern dimensions!

This gun locks up vault tight with excellent Damascus barrels which are nice and bright with only an extremely light frost on the inside. *Note the beautiful Damascus pattern!

*For you tall folks we could have a leather pad to replace the butt plate and have a LOP up to 15 1/8".

This Bissell does not have that patent but does have strong nice Damascus barrels and stunning wood and craftsmanship.

*Note the wonderful modern stock dimensions!

A fun restoration project or would look great as is over the rock fireplace in your hunting lodge. Price includes shipping direct to your address in the lower states.

*Check out the folding leaf sights! I have never seen so many.

A lot of emotion when I write that but Boss guns when it comes down to it are emotional guns. We tend to fall in love.

Check out the features and the history and on that alone you will want this gun.

So beautifully balanced when I shot this gun I could not guess the weight. It feels much lighter than what it is but swings like a dream.

This gun features new steel barrels by the maker proofed 2 3/4 oz.. These barrels were proofed at .729 and that is as they measure today.

This London best gun comes in a beautiful English trunk case in excellent condition.

If the length of pull is too long for you we can easily arrange to make it shorter to meet your needs.

Be the Boss and own a Boss!

*At some point in modern times an extra set of top quality 2 3/4" Chopper lump barrels were made for this gun. They are in perfect condition. They are not by the maker as there is no English proof marks of any kind on these barrels. Because of the high quality I suspect they were made in Austria or Belgian by one of the guns past owners. These barrels have excellent minimum walls at .033 right and left and are choked left .020 (light full) and right .003 Skeet. They have enough wall thickness to install choke tubes if desired. This is a very inexpensive procedure.

This gun is in outstanding condition with all engraving crisp and the barrel black in near 100% with beautiful bright clean bores.

Pre 1899 so we can ship direct.

Records show this gun was completed in 1901.

*For a longer length of pull the butt plate can be easily removed and replaced with a leather covered pad.

This LOP may be to long for some but we can easily arrange for a pad or checkered butt to your LOP.

The gun is tight in excellent condition and needs nothing.

*Note the choking which will put many birds in your game bag. This is almost the exact choking I use in my favorite game gun and gets excellent results and to be honest, I am a mediocre shot at best.

*This gun was proofed for 2 1/2" but because for many years 2 1/2" shells were not available in America its chamber was lengthened to 2 3/4" so it could be continued to be used here in the USA. These barrels are in excellent condition.

This example, built in the mid 1880's has great wall thickness and choking and is tight on face and field ready. There is some very light pitting or hazing in the barrels but nothing of any consequence.

*Note the beautiful English walnut stock!

*Note the 2 3/4" proofs

Check out the London BEST rose and scroll engraving! Extra features include auto ejectors, a rolled trigger guard, and bushed firing pins, and single non selective trigger of the Boss patent which is noted on the trigger plate.

Generally excellent bores with some pitting at the end of the chamber where the forcing cone begins. Was obviously there when the gun was re nitro proofed in 1957. Can ship direct, pre 1899. No FFL needed.

This gun being near 100 years old and still retain over 50% original case color is remarkable. It handles well and is tight on face with excellent bores.

*Note the excellent choking for upland birds which I will guarantee will put more birds in your bag!

The elephant in the room on this gun is why does it have a minimum wall of .019 in the right barrel? This is measured about 8" from the muzzle on top of the right barrel, a point in the bore where the load is reaching maximum velocity and pressure is dropping rapidly. The bores measure .029 in both barrels which is as it was built so it appears this minimal wall is original. The answer to the question is, as in many of the best British guns, the makers understood that on the last half of the barrels the pressures are quite low and they were trying to keep the balance of the guns between the hands so are often struck quite thin where the pressure is low.

This gun is tight on face and field ready. A great value in an English sidelock with good stock dimensions and super wall thickness.

This is a very nice example of an English sidelock. It is well balanced and feels great between the hands as any well made gun should.

I did not know much of this maker so I did some sleuthing on internet and actually found quite a lot:

Built between 1901 and 1905 by address's on rib William Atkinson was the son of Joseph Atkinson of Lancaster. He was born in 1851. By 1871 William had joined his father in the business in Lancaster, but in about 1874 he opened his own business at 52 Stricklandgate, Kendal, Westmoreland; in about 1878 this moved to 8 All Hallows Lane. There may have been a branch of the firm in Preston. In 1874 William and his wife (Eleanor b. 1850) had a son, Joseph Harvey Atkinson, and in 1876 another, Arthur Falder Atkinson (both born in Kendal), they both worked in the business as gunmaker's assistants, there were also had two daughters born in Kendal, Edith (b.1873) and Maud (b.1878) who appear to have worked in the business. In 1881 Joseph Atkinson retired and William took over the business in Lancaster re-naming it William Atkinson. In about 1885 the firm moved to 20 Market Street, between 1890 and 1901 they took over the adjoining premises at 18 Market Street. Between 1890 and 1894 the business in Kendal moved to 58 Highgate. Joseph Atkinson died in the late 1890s, and in 1900 the firm Lancaster business was re-named William Atkinson & Sons. By this time the firm had a substantial trade in bicycles. In about 1901 a branch was opened at 11 Skipton Street, Morecambe, Lancashire. This was probably run by one of the sons, it appears to have closed in about 1905. Between 1901 and 1905 the Kendal business became known as Atkinson & Griffin, it appears to have ceased trading in 1925. Between about 1905 and 1909 the firm in Lancaster occupied premises in North Road. In about 1935 the firm moved to 26 Market Street, Lancaster, but the Lancaster business appears to have closed in 1940. In 1955 Thomas Atkinson & Sons was recorded at 19a Stricklandgate, Kendal. Thomas Atkinson was certainly related, perhaps only distantly. The firm appears to have closed in about 1985.

A very sound in proof gun with very nice barrels.

With 12 gauge or smaller inserts this gun might lend itself to be a good gun for the vintager sporting clay course as the weight and stock dimensions are good.

*Note the great modern stock dimensions which fit most of us well and the more open chokes for more birds in the bag when hunting upland birds.

*Note the 29" steel barrels and the great stock dimensions and chokes for upland game. Very light for a 29" barreled gun at 6 lbs. 6 oz..