Talk:Boss & Co.

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Boss & Co. article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Firearms Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Firearms, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of firearms on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FirearmsWikipedia:WikiProject FirearmsTemplate:WikiProject FirearmsFirearms articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article has been marked as needing immediate attention.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

London Low‑importance

	London portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject London, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of London on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LondonWikipedia:WikiProject LondonTemplate:WikiProject LondonLondon-related articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

United Kingdom Low‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject United KingdomUnited Kingdom articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

More information:
/
	This article has been marked as needing immediate attention.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

King George VI quote[edit]

I'm looking for a reliable source for the King George VI quote. While I believe it to be largely true, I have heard multiple version of it over the years and have not yet found anything I would consider to be an authoritative source.

This article, from March 2006, predates not only the inclusion of the quote in this page but also the page itself - but it has the quote as "Bloody beautiful; too bloody expensive."

I'll continue to be on the lookout for a source. Samuel Whittemore (talk) 17:38, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Prices[edit]

Boss & Co only build best quality guns only. The price of a rifle is £135,000, the shotguns start at £60,000, and the o/u start at £79,000. All their guns are one grade only, the best, no add ons except for fancier engraving but the well known Boss Rose & Scroll comes as standard.

As Boss were the pioneers for the single trigger O/U's, it can be said that this is the most sought after O/U shotgun compared to Holland & Holland and J Purdey.

If given the choice of ordering a bespoke gun, I would go for Boss who only make to order, whereas Holland and Purdey have new guns on the shelf for sale.

Boss & Co 1961-1964[edit]

My name is Bob Lusted and I left school at age 15 and worked for Boss & Co when they had just moved into Cork St.I started off as a trainee Gunmaker but finished up in charge of cartrige loading,(27 1/2 gns ICI Nobel No 2 No 6 shot etc). The factory was near southwark bridge, where I sometimes had to deliver to. Staff members names I can rember are: Arthur Sanderson. Manager. Fred Smith, Secretary. Bill Harris, shop front assistant. Charles Austin Metal Finisher & Polisher. Sid? Wood Finisher. Jack Rennie. Director. (Robertson Family?). I enjoyed the working there but the money was poor and so I moved on and finished in up Australia. I've just rembered. Ted the Porter who made the tea and ran errands etc. Could've been "Alf Garnets" brother. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.186.68.248 (talk) 17:39, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]