Well now, Der Ami - thanks for those observations. Here's a pic of the proofs I've annotated from https://www.shotguns.se/html/east_germany.html
[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]

However,

You noted
I speculate that SARCO was able to buy some of these guns, maybe left over from hunters who had passed on or were too old to hunt any longer. This is out and out speculation but makes sense to me.

Whereas I wrote
There were two wooden barrels of German-made doubles; IIRC all with what appeared to be Israeli police hang tags, most in 12 gauge and all reasonable priced.


East Germany -> Middle East (vicinity of Israel) -> Israeli Police Custody -> SARCO

I'm thinking Syria has to be factored in here somewheres.


State-led Development: The Privileged Linkage between East Germany and Ba'athist Syria, 1965–1972
https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour...9651972/46F962CD169CB19D13541765FE17DC1D

PS - prexisting thread https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=509953

Last edited by Story; 06/01/25 12:13 PM.