Great set of 3 Ringe tubes that wear a Sauer Quality Stamp & it would be sacrilege to alter them. As Ford said >>FA<< notes effort by a Suhl mechanic & I would say Adamy as I have seen many sets of >>FA<< initials on the flats but not on the wood as I recall. With the >>Nitro<< low on the flats it will date to towards the end of WWI up to 1923.
Serbus,
Raimey
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Thx Raimey. We can safely cross modifying chambers off the list as I definitely won't do it thx to your input and the other helpful posts from others above, which I much appreciate.
Is the quality stamp the crown? Also re the initials I noticed that the end of the "A" (and a presumed period after it) are cut off by the checkering. Also the "J.S." Initials appear to be centered on the sling mount and not centered on the checkering. I wonder does this indicate the letters were stamped on the stock before checkering was done? Also I noticed the "AZ" mark/initial inside a circle/oval on the receiver. I wonder what that is? Thx!
