Hi folks,
I found this forum whilst trying to find out about a rather nice hammer shotgun I've just acquired from Holts auction. It's a J.P. Sauer & Sohn 12 bore with serial number 61458. The serial number appears to be stamped everywhere on the metalwork and the sides and barrels are all signed.
I confess prior to spotting the gun at auction and falling for its looks I knew very little about the firm. I subsequently contacted them (JP Sauer) to ask if they could tell me anything about it, and they obviously brought me up to speed with what happened; the firm being taken over post war and no archives surviving.
So...hence this post! I'd be very grateful if anyone could tell me anything about it. I gather from looking at other vintage Sauer shortguns online that there were different marks or models, but I have no idea what defined them?
Any thoughts on this one gratefully received!

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I've taken some photos of the areas that I hope are of use; though having just previewed this post Photobucket appears to have stuck whacking great logos across them all. Erm????

If it helps these are links to the same images through Flickr;

https://flic.kr/p/2ibXSUT

https://flic.kr/p/2ibUt3g

https://flic.kr/p/2ibWPC3

https://flic.kr/p/2ibWPDf

https://flic.kr/p/2ibWPEC

https://flic.kr/p/2ibWPGS

https://flic.kr/p/2ibWPLu


very many thanks
Anne