doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Pieper Bayard double on Gunbroker - Any thoughts?

John M, thanks for taking another look, I was worried I was missing something obvious.

Dave K, I've emailed the seller asking about the amount of choke in each barrel as they are choked now, not what is stamped on the barrel flats. I don't know how knowledgeable this guy is about long guns anyway, he told me the drop at heel was 7 1/4".

I would think that the cheekpiece and proofmarks indicate the gun was definitely
made for the German market. JMTC.

JC(AL)

I have one a lot like it in 16ga....Mine has a little less engraving and no checkering on the stocks cheeks; also no cheek piece but most I seen do have the cheek piece....mine does have the stock screw although I have seen some without the screw...I think they elininated the screw on the later produced guns ...Mine is relatively old as it does not have one of the Belgian Date code letters on the barrel flats that were used after 1923...Figure it was made in the teens....

Seems like they made this action in 4 or 5 grades as I have seen this type of action with just border engraving all the way up to full coverage [like this one] my 16 looks like one or two grades below this one....BTW mine has no makers marks ...all the rest I have seen have all been Bayards....