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Has anyone estimated how many Sauer M30 Luftwaffe drillings survived WWII in functional condition?
I've come across one (a bring-back) in of all places Montana! I've seen prices posted in the $20K range. Is this still a realistic value?
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Many of the ones I have seen had the chambers lengthened and had a scope mounted, as well as the case and other items being missing. In this condition, they would not bring nearly as much as cited above.
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Many of the ones I have seen had the chambers lengthened and had a scope mounted, as well as the case and other items being missing. In this condition, they would not bring nearly as much as cited above.
Mike Der Ami (and Raimey): thanks for your information. Were the 12ga chambers originally 65mm? Or are you references lengthening the 9.3 rifle chamber? The cased example on GB is impressive! GG
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Grouse Guy,
The chambers were 65mm in the shot barrels and they were issued with popup open rear sight and no scope.
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Yeah, M.V. Highsmith use to scold me for dreaming of a Luftwaffe drilling, just as I had discovered the 3 Barreled Bastards. To bore the few & fleeting, I will skim over the back story. I was Quail hunting on our property in West Alabama & got a great point in a brushpile by one of our Female English Pointers. The Brushpile was quite large, so I eased around it & out popped the Hartford Buck, maybe a little bigger as it seemed(Bullwinkle was the other thought). He stood up & it was a 3 Way Mexican Standoff w/ my Pointer looking @ me like >>What do we do??<<. The Hartford Whitetail hopped off & I never saw him again. So I started carrying a 30-30 w/ my Remington 1100 and that was pretty much a trainwreck. Then I stumbled onto the Kombo and subsequent Drilling. Anyway, Highsmith would say you carry that >>Kraut Knife<< and dream of that >>Kraut Drilling and those things were $500 with the box in the 1950s & 1960s. Get yourself a Proper Gun<< I do wish that had carried over into the late 1970s.....
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Ive seen a number of drillings people tried to pawn off as original luftwaffe drillings, most not even the correct caliber and shotgun gauge.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
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