Postscriptum to above:
I got forwarded by Springer/Vienna an e-mail ex Belorus asking details on a
FR. NEUBER gun existing in this country.
An e-mail in perfect German and also very kind.
When browsing through the proofrecords of Vienna for the initial
Kalezky article I have seen
more entries there than just the big two, namely Kalezky and Springer.
One would find Neuber, Linsbauer,Stawinoha and many more.
It has been also my intention to come up with a summary on these
lesser known. But with the denial of further access to the
proofrecords, the game is over.
Now after Wikileaks, omnipresent NSA, Charlie Hebdo & Bataklan
/Paris the administration may have become more cautious
about non-working retirees digging into Austria's glorious
gunhistory.
I could obvously escalate the non-access to the
regional Hunting-Kapo, but I do not consider to do it and
will refrain from commenting on this gentleman, as this
is a gun-forum and not a place for polemics.
Re Franz Neuber from Wiener Neustadt :
Killed in one of the bombing raids during WW II (this town
has seen the third-heavist bombing of Europe).
I located 2 men in/near Wr. Neustadt, one son of the
last Neuber-trainee, the other one son of the previous-
to-last Neuber trainee. There is a catalogue,
the place where the salesshop has been is known, as well
that of the factory.
What happened to the content is not known, looted or
finally confiscated by the Russian occupation forces.
I come back as I have got now a catalogue of
Franz Neuber & Sohn Gewehrfabrik.
I include some photos out of it.
What does this 191x catalogue tell us:
1. It must have been a solid business in this provincial/
industrial town of Wiener Neustadt, as it was already
transferred/run by the son.
2. Weapons with rifle barrels apparently have been the
dominant segment (boltaction,combos,drillings),
even drillings in sidelock version
3. The shotgun-section has hammerguns,3 Ansons-which
look to me like Weipert/Suhl/Liege-origin, no
high-end sidelock
Front page of catalogue
http://www.jpgbox.com/page/51098Backpage of catalogue
There is a medal shown dated 1910, which allows to
date it as post 1910, the currency being crown could
be pre 1925 ( the introduction of the currency Schilling,
but probably pre 1918/end of monarchy)
http://www.jpgbox.com/page/51099Catalogue-photo of a sidelock drilling
http://www.jpgbox.com/page/51100Catalogue-photo of a double-rifle-drilling
http://www.jpgbox.com/page/51101In the introductory page is the comment that the factory is
run by the son.
I asked the owner of the catalogue - son of one of the
Neuber's gunsmiths - if there exist any memorabilia
after his father. Answer: His mother had fled the
town, his father has been prisoner-of-war, when he returned
he found his appartment looted and occupied
by someone else. So this trail is void and I do not
intend to find/pursue any other trail in this bombing/looting/confiscation story....
Fr. Neuber de luxe gun
Photo taken 9 yeas ago
http://www.jpgbox.com/page/51016
