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Just curious, has anyone shot a boss or boss style rib? I have not, is the sight picture same as a standard rib?
To me it looks strang-like a rifle sight up front. I guess if your on the gun looking down the barrel it looks ???
Just curious.
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I have shot one. They shoot just fine, even if they are a bit different.
Eightbore has an Inverness with the Boss style rib. Perhaps he will check in with an opinion for you, too.
SRH
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I have been fascinated with the Boss "stub rib" for some time. They were able to take quite a bit of weight out of the barrels with the short rib. I don't have an example, but am on the lookout for one. My Green O/U is completely ribless, but with the lugs below the barrels, the action is taller and the arrangement works beautifully from a functional, if not aesthetic one. It is my most deadly game gun despite being 106 years old. Unfortunately I am not able to comment on the stub rib sight plane...yet.
One hand carry through the uplands is smooth with the Ribless design. I can imagine it being satisfactory with the stub. To me it is uncomfortable with a level file cut example.
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I have shot all sorts of rib styles over the years on both S/S and O/U and can honestly say that they have all made a fleeting difference to my shooting until I get used to the new view but, in the long run, my ability to shoot the gun has been much more to do with the overall fit and the compatibility of the gun's dynamic with my style and type of shooting.
Similar in effect, 'Swamped' S/S ribs attract the same fascination/horror from those not experienced with them but if you are shooting a shotgun properly, you should be unaware of it while taking a shot.
Shooting shotguns (gun down) is all about fit, not rib!
Having said all that, weight and aesthetics are a whole different ball game.
One interesting feature of a Blanch hammergun I am working on for myself is a 'shield' (the small area between the fences that is effectively your rear sight) that is sunk down to the level of the guns swamped rib. This results in seeing a LOT of rib while the gun's PoA is actually quite flat to the target.
This could be considered as an extreme opposite to the Boss rib style. I am looking forward to seeing how this works in practice.
Blanch were very keen on swamped ribs but in all other cases I have seen, have a shield that is approx level with the top of the fences.
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Interesting comments about the rib design.
I have shot Boss's and just got on with them and it (shooting).
Boxall will build a gun with whatever you want and indeed have built a few with short front rib only .
But when we get down to the nitty gritty we should not be aware of any rib and concentrate on the target .
Surprisingly many people get on very well with Guerini high rib guns. BUT give them a standard rib and let them settle with their neck or shoulder issues , they shoot the same as with the high ribs .
I personally always notice how a narrow tapered rib ( Churchill style ) instantly takes my eye to the muzzle . I especially like the Perrazi stepped ramp rib , so I guess what I am saying is that a rib is an unecessary piece of jewellery?
Last edited by salopian; 10/10/17 05:58 AM.
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I ordered the Boss rib on my lovely wife's Galazan Inverness just because it was different and Tony's display gun was so well done with the Boss rib. I begged to be exempted from the high price of that option, but Tony wouldn't budge. Her gun came in optioned to the hilt, even though the rib was my only request. Apparently, Tony owed Linda a favor and it came through on this wonderful gun. I wish I had ordered a pair. The shooting qualities of the Boss rib are no different from any other sighting plane.
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Thank you for the insight, my curiosity how the sight plane may be different was a question I wanted to ask.
I shot a lot of registered targets in my past with a custom high post superposed and many birds taken with just about every style of rib or no rib and can agree with Toby " no fleeting difference in my shooting"
I guess one of these days I'll have to shoulder a Boss style rib and see for myself.
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