Gebrüder Merkel Luftwaffe Double Barrel Shotgun

[Guillaume d'Orange]

Not only Wehrmacht soldiers.
One of my great-uncles (captain) had his own hunting grund in the Vosges in WWI

For sure, there were more hunters 80 years ago as a percentage of the male population. But I meant that hunters might have been overrepresented in the Wehmacht (this is a speculation that I would like to check one day).

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

A nice shot that arrived today.
Unfortunately not very clear/sharp.
Waffen-SS, Heer and Luftwaffe soldiers with shotguns.
Likely a prewar competition for ......?
Thanks
Wolfgang
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I was reading a Swiss hunting magazine and what we see on the pic may be a « Jagdschiessen », a shooting contest between hunters. A concept that I did not know about and that seems usual in German-speaking countries.

 

[Amberg]

a « Jagdschiessen », a shooting contest between hunters

No!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please note the Lufftwaffe soldier with his finger on the trigger without the gun pointing at the target.

Hunting in WWI and WWII might be worth a separat thread!?
Thanks
Wolfgang

 

[Wolfsburg]

Two more shots from WWI.
A bear shot in the Carpathians and an interesting hunt from France.
View attachment 420317Pheasant, rabbit, hare, fox, wild cat, marten and a ?? partridge or quail or snipe??
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The gent on the right actually looks a bit familiar!

 

[Absolut]

The attached photo shows lieutenant Gerhard Löbenberg from JB10 with a shot chamois in the Dolomites in early/mid 1915.

I have a WWI picture of an Austrian M.95 sniper and chamois too

 

[Northyuma]

Late to the party I’m afraid but I have both drilling and o/u. I have a picture side by side of the two and I will post my o/u next weekend on Luger Forums. Great information on this thread. I’ll take down my o/u and compare.

If someone would like to post the picture, I will send it to them. All the pictures on my phone seem to be too large to post on this forum.

 

[biggymu]

Late to the party I’m afraid but I have both drilling and o/u. I have a picture side by side of the two and I will post my o/u next weekend on Luger Forums. Great information on this thread. I’ll take down my o/u and compare.

If someone would like to post the picture, I will send it to them. All the pictures on my phone seem to be too large to post on this forum.

When you select a picture from your phone, below it it will say “actual size”. Click on that and select the next smaller size. Then give it a go.

 

[gunnertwo]

Attached is an image from the Cate book on Sauer sporting firearms showing use of O/U shotguns. Sauer and Merkel were probably used together for training or sporting use.

G2

 

[Northyuma]

Here’s the side by side. Both drilling and o/u are mint. O/u is 99%, Drilling 95%.