Originally Posted By: Humpty Dumpty
Model VIII, I think. Nice gun. I'd expect a German double to be choket tighter than tight. However, the only way to say how a gun will pattern is to pattern it. You may want to consider spreaders; these Germans often pattern so beautifully - if tight - with smallish shot, that one simply can't bear to mess with them smile

Edit: on the other hand, German guns do have smaller bores for gauge than the world's average. That, as 2-piper noted, will mean that a modified for a larger bore diameter would be IC for smaller. And, why would anyone stamp choke markings - in English, and looks like in different front from the rest of the marks - if they were standard? So, patterning seems to be inavoidable.


Not a Model 8, it is a Royal made in West Germany in 60' as indicated by Larry Brown. It's right on the barrels, but I did not photograph them.

As for the choke marks being stamped in English, someone on another site mentioned this also. It seems odd someone would go through the trouble to do that if they didn't actually measure the bores and constriction and open them to those measurements, no? As you noted, looks like patterning necessary.

Would the 2 3/4" also been added later or would Germany mark both 2 3/4" and "/70" for the chamber length in mm?