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Battle,
Let us see the proof marks.
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George, what makes you think it's a Featherweight?
I think Researcher is on the right track and I think it's an ejector gun so maybe Model 185. Those "fish eyes" are on ejector models, I believe. They aren't just decoration, Larry.
Battle, those may theoretically be pics of the proofs and barrel markings but not much more than that. The devil's in the details and not a lot of detail visible there.
Last edited by canvasback; 09/13/19 09:48 PM.
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I dont think the barrel lugs protrude through the frame on non featherweight guns?
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other "prussian daly"s" that i have seen have " made for charles daly by jp sauer"...or something like that, stamped on the top rib...they all were pre ww1 guns, as i recall, of fine quality...circa 1900...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Crown U is final proof (black powder)
Crown W is proof of choked barrels
Circle 20 is 2 1/2" 20 gauge denotation
2273 is the serial number
Mike
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I have a Drilling (16-16 - 8x58 Sauer?) which does not fit this chart. It carries a date code of 2,07. I am unable to make out the proof house number for the year, but it is in the 6 hundreds. All barrels are marked Krupp & carry Nitro Proof marks, with loads given. The shotgun was proofed with or for Schultz powder. It is definitely a pre-1912 gun for the rifle barrel chambering is marked 172.28 - 59. Except for that 1 mm in length, all dimensions are a match for the 8x58 Sauer.
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Its not a featherweight. If it was, it would be marked on the rib.
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Battle,
I couldn't read all the proof marks but Skeettx was good enough to list most of them. If both barrels have the crown W then both are choked, but the amount of constriction is not shown. If only one barrel is so marked, then only one is choked. The 20 in a circle shows it has the 65mm 20 gauge chambers and the 19 next to it shows the barrel's bore diameters ahead of the chambers are 19 gauge. The Proof marks show it was made after early 1893 and the lack of a date shows it was made before 1923( Suhl started dating them in 1923, Zella-Mehlis was not in Prussia).
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