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Compliments of Raimey and or Jani

Wernig Peter Fegyvergyara - Jani for sure. Thanks Mr. Hallquist for the effort. I guess Peter Wernig was the Novotny of Ferlach?

Cheers,

Raimey
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Thanks Darly and Raimey. This is the back page of Peter Wernig catalog for the Hungarian market; he sold a lot of his guns there. Most of Peter's wares were "cheap" guns for the avarage man so I wouldn't compare him to Novotny. But he also made some deluxe guns of course. He advertised his four barreled gun extensively but they are almost nonexistant today.
BTW this original catalog is offered for sale in Hungary for 300 euros; I think I will pass
With kind regards,
Jani

Gentlemen, attached are about as good as I can get of the markings on the barrels. There are certainly precious few of them. There are no markings on the lower rib nor receiver as it's contoured to fit the barrels.

Montenegrin, there is no WP on the gun and would doubt it would be stamped inside the locks. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by 'points'. Would the " *9640. " be the serial number and would it give an indication of DOB?

The info thus far received has been most interesting, and it would appear that Peter Wernig was a good mechanic but a bad businessman!

Many thanks to all for your insights!

Welder

Yes I think 9640 is serial number. There is a "point" after it, to answer your question. I don't know about the Wernig numbers, his guns are not common today so comparison is not easy, and neither are conclusions.
15.? is bore measurment in mm. The two marks on the barrels in picture 3 seem to be proof marks. The upper seems to be Carinthian coat of arms and the lower the Eagle; a detailed macro photo of the eagle showing more detail should narrow the period of proof. I can't see the EF monogram which is for preliminary proof.
As for the WP stamp, I saw it under one Wernig barrel.
I am looking forward for more Peter Wernig guns to surface in the future - and other early Ferlach guns as well...
Cheers,
Jani

Have a macro lens coming today!

Great!

Cheers,
Jani

Hello! Os this gun from the same maker? Can you say, was it made before 1890? Cape gun..Can you help me with identification please? Looks like Jones action, Belgium, Pieper? But proof marks looks Austrian, Ferlach.. Do not have any idea about numbers-*2856, A46665.? Letter J on the hinge. No any other signatures on the gun. Left barrel is damascus 16/65 and right one is some 11,65mm - I slugged it, its 11,70/11,98mm, rim is .614, 15,59mm, base of the chamber .551, 14mm rifling starts at 65mm, lenght of the case cca 52mm. Some kind of shortened 450bpe(11,65x82r) Can you say when was it made by those marks, action, caliber? Barrels are 73cm long, its weights 3,2kg.very gentle fine engraving. Locks are a bit mangled, still holding it in place.Wallhanger for now, could be bring back to life after some tightenning and TLC. What do you think? Thank you 👋