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I am trying to figure out who made this and date of manufacture, caliber etc. I have looked all over this double and cannot find a maker, or even gauge. The left is 16 gauge, and the right probably 10mm .404 with a caliper. Here are a few pics, any help would be appreciated.


[img]https://imgur.com/jlrGSrE[/img]

No, it is German and more than likely made in Zella - Mehlis in the late 1880s to very early 1890s. Unless there was an 0. Schilling, of which I am not aware, the barrels, barrel work & fitting the tubeset to the action was performed by Oswald Suchardt, as that was his craft. But it was made for a German retailer that didn't want a mark on it to prove that he didn't dig up the Raw Earth components by hand, smelt & forge it all and then had fit all the parts. The German retailer also had a Rubberplant tree in his back yard from which he made the buttplate, if not horn. If horn, then he personally shot the Buffalo and cut the horns himself to make the buttplate. The German Retailer also had a Walnut tree in his backyard from which he sourced the wood. That's what they wanted the end custodian to think.....


Serbus,

Raimey
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pic from microscope