Another one of those German things that causes no end of confusion as there is 4, and perhaps 5 different cartridges, known as "9.3 X 72R." The S&S cartridge is the only on that is bottlenecked so that helps quite a bit. It's just a little out of the ordinary.Īs it's a S&S firearm and I can make out "108" on the rifle barrel I'd bet the cartridge is the 9.3 X 72R Sauer & Sohn. It has more of a British scroll look than German, however, German engravers were definitely capable of fine scroll engraving. The engraving is obviously not your typical German oak leaf, game animal engraving. I assume it also has an adjustment for windage, probably just drift? Also the.crest, for lack of a better word, in front of the Greener cross bolt latch is nothing I've ever seen though I don't believe it to be an actual crest or indication of heraldry. I have never seen a diopter as is on your drilling. In the 1st picture of these last five, is that a lever on the left side, above the triggers, that opens the action? In your very first picture in your very first post there is the hinge point where I assume that same lever actuates the action? If those assumptions are accurate then the top lever is only for selecting the rifle barrel and right shotgun barrel? The glare and apparent wear on the rifle barrel proofs are such that I can't read them. You're best bet for information just a bit more thorough than what I've told you, until you post the rifle proofs, would be to check in to the GGCA site, (German Gun Collector's Assn.), which I've belonged to for I think 12 years now. WWII saw the records of most firms and most of the small shops completely destroyed. Secondly, it's even more unlikely they survived two World Wars if they did keep any records. First of all, it's doubtful any of them kept records that defined. It is probable the drilling was sold through one of the thousands upon thousands of gun shops extant in Germany at the time. Any history from Sauer & Sohn, if it even exists, won't tell you who owned it. So far you have family legend and zero provenance. You don't verify "provenance." Provenance IS verification. I'm not doubting you but for any "value added" because of who the drilling might have belonged to is.well, it doesn't exist without a provable paper trail. No offense intended whatsoever but, unless you have actual documentation of the drilling having belonged to Admiral von Spee and the rest of the stories you heard, they are no more, nor less, than family legend, stories. I believe I have a date range but until I see the proofs on the rifle barrel, it will remain a mystery That was/is a fine, side lock drilling with side clips, Greener cross bolt, diopter in top tang.which most folks mistakenly think is a peep sight.bushed firing pins.and no pictures of the proof marks on the rifle barrel.
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