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Just to update you on the Boss restoration, Steve Bertram looked it over for me, took all the appropriate measurements and submitted the information to John Foster with the intention of having him sleeve it. Sadly, Mr. Foster turned the project down flat.
His opinion was that although the down-guage sleeve could be done, he was afraid to attempt it because he didn't think the result would pass proof. Problem in short, is the fact it was built too long ago, fences are too delicate, frame too light, and lock-up is not Jones patent, but just a single bite underlever arrangement.
I told Steve to send it back to me. I'll either clean it up a little and hang it on the wall of my office for a conversation piece, or follow hOmeless jOe's admonition and prop up my back porch tomato patch with it. It has been a hot Summer down here and my heirloom Ruskins and Brandywines are drooping badly!
I do want all of you to know that I have thoroughly enjoyed owning and researching this old gun (discovering it's Royal family provenance)as well as pursuing the dream of a restoration. That experience was well worth the $750 price plus 50lb research fee to Boss and Co to me. I bought it with full knowledge of what it was, and I'll have the future enjoyment of telling the story to others...Geo
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"Only two things that money cain't buy, and that's True Love and Home-Grown Tomatoes." --Guy Clark
Well, maybe three things. As to the provenance, which of the old (shooting) sticks owned it? If you said, George, I missed that post.
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Jack the gun was built as a pinfire in 1860 for the Hon. Rev. J.W. Lascelles, son of the 3rd Earl of Harewood. The preacher was the Canon, whatever that is, of Ripon Cathedral.
If you remember seeing all the pictures of the Royal Family when William and Kate married, the old tall guy with the pointy white beard was the 7th Earl of Harewood, and the Queen's 1st cousin...Geo
Whoop-de-doo!
Last edited by Geo. Newbern; 08/02/12 04:40 PM. Reason: I know the provinance don't mean nuthin'
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A $750 vintage Boss SxS makes a hell of a lot nicer piece of art than just about any other similarly item I can think of.
Good on you for trying to rescue this one. The fun is in the pursuit. Letting purely financial considerations dominate all decisions is the surest way to make a hobby/passion feel like a job.
Last edited by Ken Georgi; 08/02/12 04:56 PM.
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Turn it into a table lamp....just be sure and get a long shade to cover the holes 
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Turn it into a table lamp....just be sure and get a long shade to cover the holes I knowed it was coming! Just like being 40 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico and seeing a waterspout come up between you and where you were planning to go; you know soon as you see it that it's going to get you. Bad form to gloat, jOe...Geo
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I couldn't help it.....I'm serious about the lamp.
I wish now I had bought one of the hammer gun lamps I saw for sale a few years back.
(Ps...I tried to warn a potential buyer of the gun but my posts were deleted).
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George, canon is from the Greek thru the Latin denoting those engaged in a regulatory or management capacity in the day-to-day operation of a cathedral--checking the fire extinguishers, making sure the buttresses are flying, supervising the removal of gum from under the pews.
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You mean my guy was a JANITOR?...Geo
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OK, let me understand this,
It would not be prudent to have Briley full length 20 or 28 gauge tubes installed in this gun?
It this the conclusion?
Thanks
Mike
Last edited by skeettx; 08/02/12 08:13 PM.
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