16ga.com ~ View topic - Meffert Hubertus 16ga returned for New year

Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 268 Location: Ky

Returned from year and half restoration, I really enjoy these prewar German guns.

6lbs 31” barrels feels like a wand choked .015 .032 will be a fun dove gun!

Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 196

Beautiful !!!

jta5er,
Beautiful old German double gun, looks to be a real nice restoration job, enjoy!

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man

nice, I love them also, what length of shells is it cambered for?

Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 268 Location: Ky

Thanks guys. This one is 65mm chambers. I reload my own 7/8 oz 2.5” most of my 16s shoot them. This design is 1880s but the gun probably 1908-10.

Very neat design with 1 four prong spring running the action. Simple and effective.

Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 268 Location: Ky

Article here scroll down a bit. I found this after my 315.00 purchase.
https://www.germanhuntingguns.com/archives/archive-meffert-imman/

Gentlemen,
Immanual Meffertt was a Master German Gun Maker who founded his own business in Suhl, Germany in 1839, reputed to be one of the best Master German Gun Makers he had an outstanding reputation for producing fine field type hunt guns, at a reasonable price. Many of the Meffert double guns have very high quality Krupp barrels.
Like Edward Schilling his guns were very high quality. I wish I still had the one gun that my great Grandfather brought home from Germany long ago. Unfortunately it was traded away before I got our family gun collection. I would like to have another 16 gauge Meffert double gun, to Grouse hunt with. His restored double gun, is an entry level very high quality field hunting gun. IMO a very serious well made German double hunt gun, with a proven reputation.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.c. Smith Man

Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 1310 Location: Western WA

Ok, do I see two levers? What do they do?

Nice looking gun.

B.

Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 1310 Location: Western WA

Ok, do I see two levers? What do they do?

Nice looking gun.

B.

Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Posts: 2126 Location: Hudson,Wy

The details of that are in the add pictured above. That lever behind the trigger guard is the safety. You squeeze it firmly to take the safety off. As soon as you relax your grip, the safety goes back on and the spring tension on the hammers is also backed off. Not sure how I like the idea, but it's unique.

Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 268 Location: Ky

Once you squeeze the grip it snaps in the saftey off latch and stays off till you hit the release tab here in photo. Not much problem now that I have one, it’s better than my greener side safeties on a covey rise. I do prefer top conventional safety on quail and grouse. This will definitely be a go to dove gun.

Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 268 Location: Ky

Was looking for a parts gun but looks like we can make a pair.

WYOChukar,
I wish I could have handled the gun my Grandfather traded away just to see how the safety worked, not sure I would like it when Grouse hunting, that is for certain.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man

Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 268 Location: Ky

Usually the guns with that type of safety can be bought cheap since everyone including my self(previously) doubts they will like it. First one was 317.00 second one 270.00. I passed on a crazy high grade one years ago cuz of the safety, I sure wish I didn’t now. It is much easier to snap safety off on these than to cock 1/2 cocked hammers; looks to be why they were so popular in Germany. They made these lefaucheux Meffert guns from 1889-1931. I guess if the under lever was the way to make this action so round and sleek then so be it! Hope yours shows up for sale so you can buy it, it won’t be very expensive if it has a safety like this.

Joined: 12 Mar 2012 Posts: 686 Location: Ontario

After twenty years of obsessing over vintage SxS I have to agree with the OP. His gun turned out beautifully. And what an interesting design. I love those old German guns. Quality that just isn’t recognized by the market.

In the last 12 months I’ve picked up four “Germanic” 16 gauge for an average price per gun of $250. The first one, a product of Ferlach circa 1925, is back from getting the wood adjusted to fit me and refinished. It really didn’t need much else. Bluing is great and lots of case colour. The next, a Greifelt from 1923, is at the smiths getting the wood done and it doesn’t need much else. I nabbed a Husqvarna 310 AS, (actions purchased from Sauer) and when the Greifelt returns it will go for freshening up. And finally I have a Lindner Charles Daly 16 slowly moving from the seller to me in Canada, usually an 8 to 12 week process. Excited by them all.