According to Dallas’s book on Boss W.J. Mears was a gun stocker and signed the stocks he made at Boss with his initials under the trigger guard tang.

It may be worth checking yours there, if there is a W.J.M. that would be pretty conclusive that these are the same Mears Brothers.



The lock plate on yours looks very similar to a Gibbs and Pitt patent gun. Does it cock by pressure on the side lever (if so probably Gibbs and Pitt patent) or by the fall of the barrels?