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Re: Another German trade gun Jtplumb #678339 08/07/26 05:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 858 Likes: 225 Jtplumb OP Sidelock
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Re: Another German trade gun Jtplumb #678349 08/07/26 07:44 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,867 Likes: 544 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,867 Likes: 544 North Alabama	Good Catch on Ernst August Merkel of Suhl. He passed this Life in 1912 and his wife Marie Merkel was @ the Helm in 1913. His sons Ferdinand(Louis??) and Rudolf Otto were partners. Ernst August Merkel was active prior to 1893. Again that Scroll Engraving is quite tight. Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse

Re: Another German trade gun Jtplumb #678368 08/08/26 10:12 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,867 Likes: 544 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,867 Likes: 544 North Alabama	Now there was a Hugo Kirchner of Suhl who was a tubemaker from say WWI forward, but this isn't on the subject Ernst Merkel. Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse

Re: Another German trade gun Jtplumb #678372 08/08/26 11:20 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,867 Likes: 544 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,867 Likes: 544 North Alabama	But KI-„Künstliche Intelligenz“ gives that the single, cursive Gothic Calligraphic German Character(say that 3 times real fast) is not representive of Hugo Kirchner. Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse

Re: Another German trade gun Jtplumb #678422 08/10/26 12:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 858 Likes: 225 Jtplumb OP Sidelock
OP Jtplumb Sidelock Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 858 Likes: 225	Gun shoots great, chokes .03 .036. 7/8oz comp 1 were just perfect for this light gun. Noticed triggers were checkered while shooting, nice touch. [url=https://postimg.cc/1nSzzJNf][/url

Re: Another German trade gun Jtplumb #678424 08/10/26 06:42 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 507 Likes: 147 North Carolina CJF Sidelock
CJF Sidelock Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 507 Likes: 147 North Carolina	Great buy. I bid a little on it just to keep it in sight, but was saving my pennies for something else. Clearly a mistake now. Congrats Chris
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Re: Another German trade gun Jtplumb #678709 08/16/26 08:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 858 Likes: 225 Jtplumb OP Sidelock
OP Jtplumb Sidelock Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 858 Likes: 225	Frame width on this 12 is smaller than my 2 16 Suhl made guns. Thickness on 29.5in barrels pretty normal.Lightest German 12ga I have encountered so far. will post pics after restoration. Thanks

Re: Another German trade gun ellenbr #678912 08/19/26 05:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2024 Posts: 306 Likes: 71 Germany Carcano Sidelock
Carcano Sidelock Joined: Dec 2024 Posts: 306 Likes: 71 Germany	Originally Posted by ellenbr Looks like ole Louis Lepper inherited the business of Edmund Hügel of Apolda, Germany in 1911, or that was when Lepper hung out his Gunmaking Shingle. I have no idea where that might be, but it must be close to Zella-Mehlis. I checked it out. In the official gazetteer of the city of Apolda, there is an historical article from 2010 about a well-known old inn ("The Golden Lion") of the 19th and early 20th century. The innkeeperess had added a new building to the complex in 1911 and that is the house which Louis Lepper - already established in Apolda - bought separately, when it was divided off the main complex in 1920, and where he moved in. Please see page on 148 here: https://www.apolda.de/fileadmin/Dateien/Cross7/Startseite/Rathaus_%26_Service/Burgerservice/Amtsblatter/Archiv/Amtsblatt_10_2010.pdf Two old bills of his, from 1913 and 1917: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/d~IAAOSwq7JT6PLb/s-l500.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fvIAAeSwbNFpLYfY/s-l500.jpg Carcano
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