Raimey
The stamp on the right barrel is "SH". I am glad you told me where to look, or I would never have seen it.
And thanks to all for the information.
John E.:
Looking at the pic closer it appears that the stands of the letter "H" look to be toward the rib as does the "K" ahead of the "HS". So on this example I would guess one would view the initials from the left side and read them left to right which would be "HS". But herein lies the issue: right off I don't know of a Schilling of the period with the exception of Ernst Hermann Schilling(1871-1928) of Suhl. I don't see what I think to be a Schilling forge mark and the tubes may have been sourced from Belgium. To compound the issue, other options would have been H. Schelgelmich and if the Schelgelmilch and Schilling folk were contractor to one another, we may not be able to untangle the web of Ss. But as I posted, during this time Valentin Christoph Schilling was considered a private arsenal, or production center, for military arms and may have sourced the longarm.
In the event the initials are "SH", the only match I can think of his Stephan Heym, which I think commenced in 1850.
Curious too is the ":" after "Chr:". I've looked at this V.C. Schilling example many times but the condition looks to be poor:
http://www.gundersonmilitaria.com/descriptiondisplay.html?shotguncarthammerlessschillingsuhlGmG . The "bump" on the forend may be attributed to Schilling.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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