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I have a beautiful little German hammer gun in 20 ga and I am looking for any additional info/history on the gun, The proof marks are unfamiliar to me.

The rib is marked "Simson & Co Suhl Waffenfrabiken". The gun is in excellent condition and looks new.

I have seen a few Simson box-locks but never hammer gun

Any info will be appreciated.





















[img]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/herb777/Simson/P1100558.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/herb777/Simson/P1100552.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/herb777/Simson/P1100569.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/herb777/Simson/P1100572.jpg[/img]

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Don't know why it says Simson but will ponder a bit. But it is a Austrian finished/retailed double either sourced in the white from or finished in Ferlach or Bohemia(Prague/Weipert) in 1925 and possibly reproofed at the Brno facility in 1958. Any full images of the water table marks?

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Very Nice.

"Nicht Fur Kugel";
Not for Noodle pudding?? smile


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The locks and especially the hammers could hardly be more Ferlach in their form.

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NICHT FÜR KUGEL (German/Austrian) = JEN PRO BROKY (Czech) = NOT FOR BALL

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Looks like a Czech lion on the flat of the right barrel.

Interesting there are no German date marks that I can see, especially on a Simson. Maybe made for the Czech market?

Beautiful engraving and beautifully kept up, too....


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Actually there's a Bohemian Lion on both flats and the right one will have a either a 1 or 2 on the breastplate and I suspect it is the Weipert proofhouse. As far as I can tell it is devoid of any German marks.

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As I see it, it was made and originaly proofed in Ferlach in 1925 and then reproofed in Czechoslovakia in 1956, probably when it was rechambered to 20/70 (from 20/65).

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Thanks everyone. I have never seen a Simson hammer gun, this explains a lot as it looks like it was not made by Simson but sourced by them from Ferlach.

Picture of another marking on the rib...


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