Um, Hause is seldom wrong, if ever. But there is just something awry with everything surrounding this longarm & it may just be a point in history & JSE(Joh. Springer's Erben) had to place an order with the mechanics in Liège in an attempt to fill the order of a customer during difficult times. Now Vienna started to experience turmoil in 1933 when parliament was dissolved and it has been said that by early 1934 some has crossed swords over a difference of opinion. Their constitution was suspended and a „Ständestaat“ style ruling was implemented. Then 4 short years later this J. Springer was ordered & about the same time, the „Anschluß Österreichs“ occurred in March where German annexed Austria. So strange things happens when there are major disagreements and swords are crossed and that may go along away in explaining this. As Hause notes, the touchmarks are in stellar form and not worn @ all. Too, those Crown over D's high on the tubes are quite odd.
What type buttplate & does it have a menacing muzzle w/ crosshatching between the tubes?
Yeah, $1200 - $2000 if you can get it.
Serbus,
Raimey
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