anyone familair with old percussion guns by Ulrich Boos & Sohn of STuttgart?
I see one that looks very interesting. single heavy twist octaganal barrel with back action hammer lock, adjustable double set trigger, an exterior "safety" hammer interceptor lever that will keep the hammer from falling completely on the cap. Looks to be a large caliber (50-54? cal or so) with perhaps 10-12 land raised rifling very prominently visible. Nice dimensions. No a Schutzen gun but appears more of a precision hunter.
wedge/drift adjustable front blade and adjustable leaf rear sight (with an arrow shaped front extension to help in adjustment). It also looks like there was a rear peep soght that is missing and a square "tube" on the right side of the barrel at the front that may have held another sight (Globe/peep to compliment the mising rear??) That tube is definitely original since it is the same twist steel as the barrel.
It seems to have the original stock (refinished) with a modest cheekpiece, fine checkering (worn), engraved steel buttplate, sliding wooden covered patchbox, held on to barrel with steel/brass wedges. Inletting is tight and it still has the original ebony ramrod. The trigger/hammer are crisp and light.
any thoughts? Offhand any idea on what something like this might fetch?
Makers name inlaid in gold on top of barrel.
Lee
