I just picked up a gem of a 12 gauge shotgun, but the markings don't make sense to me. It is marked on the left barrel 'Vorm.J.P.Sauer&Sohn - Suhl' and right barrel 'Special-Gewehr Lauf-Sthal SG1' The production date is 268 or Feb. of 1968 and has the proof marking of East Germany, though we know that J.P. Sauer moved to Eckenford at the end of the WWII. What have we got here? It's a beautiful gun, in every way the build of a J.P. Sauer but certainly making us scratch or heads given we didn't think any Sauer's were made in Suhl after WWII. Will post pictures as soon as possible. All enlightenment welcomed.
Thanks,
Dave B.
