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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ German Guild Gun ID |
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Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:18 am
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Location: Texas
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Who do I speak with or where do I go to identify the age and origin of a 16 ga German made "guild" SXS?
What is the real story behind "guild" guns? |
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Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:38 am
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:25 pm
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Location: N. Georgia
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Need pics of the gun, especially the barrel flats and markings on the barrels. Good quality pics that show the details. If your gun was made after 1922 it should have a date stamp in mm/yy format on the barrel flats. There were some guns that had a date stamp that were made earlier than 1922 but those are not as common.
You can also go the German gun sub-forum at Shotgun World for info.
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewforum.php?f=225&sid=17668f1976697dc5d4c574287e5594d4 |
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Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:12 pm
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Joined: 19 Apr 2008
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The German Gun Collectors Association has been very helpful in this type of search
germanguns.com |
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Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:19 pm
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Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:18 pm
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This is fascinating reading. I took some photos thus weekend - should I post here ... if I am smart enough ... Or should I send to an individual for evaluation? |
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Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:37 pm
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please post then here.
You will need a host site like imgur or tinypic or ??
Mike |
Last edited by skeettx on Sun Apr 01, 2018 4:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:52 am
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Location: wheeling, wv
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I just picked up a beautiful little 16 ga hammer gun that I believe is German from the proof marks. It has no makers name that I can find. I am taking it to the Southeren SXS, the German Gun Collectors Assoc. always has a booth there, and hopefully they can enlighten me. I need to try and post pictures. It is very light--under 6 lbs, has 30"(29 3/4 metric), choked cyl/full, fluid steel, 2 1/2" chambers, Cheek piece, and sling swivels.Nicely engraved, and best of all picked it up for $300.
I like shooting hammer guns--always draws alot of looks at the sporting clays range. |
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Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:22 am
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Big Fast Fish,
Welcome to the 16 forum, SkeetTX and the guys have given you some good into, you might also try the Shooting Sportsman forum, a few of the members over there are big into German double guns, and have some contact you might find interesting.
PCRR/Dave |
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Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:56 pm
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[img]http://imgur.com/gyoAGAe[/img]
Trial photo post |
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Sun Apr 01, 2018 4:05 pm
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Sun Apr 01, 2018 4:10 pm
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Great start
16 gauge with 65mm chambers
Nitro proofed.
1891-1939 for Crown U
According to German proof law of 1891 Long guns (rifles, shotguns, drillings and so on) had only one crown over U - c/U.
Mike |
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Sun Apr 01, 2018 4:55 pm
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Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:04 pm
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[img]https://imgur.com/a/UH8Eq[/img] |
Last edited by bigfastfish on Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:08 pm
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[img]https://imgur.com/a/UH8Eq[/img] |
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