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Wartime Sauer S/S shotgun

balkslak

balkslak

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I currently don't own any shotguns and I would like to purchase one. This one peaked my interest as it's wartime production and in rather good condition. I'm clueless in terms of civilian firearms so any help would be greatly appreciated. 1.jpeg2.jpeg3.jpeg4.jpeg5.jpeg6.jpeg7.jpeg8.jpeg9.jpeg
 
I haven't bought the shotgun yet, but I hope I'll be able to. e/M is a mystery to me as well. I'm sure it can't be Kriegsmarine?
 
"The eagle/M is the pre-proof or first proof, followed by a second proof. If the second proof was done also with black powder, the second proof would be eagle/SP (SP = Schwarzpulver = black powder). If the second proof was carried out with smokeless (Nitro) powder, the second proof marking is eagle/N."

Sauerfan from lugerforums.com
 
great example ! the only other ones I know of are the BSW and Gustloff double barrles.. The may have made a combo drilling as well. Some were used for military training like in this country.
 
Hello there, you are correct on the proofing, it is often mistaken for a KM relation. Also this one has nothing to do with the Luftwaffe either, it is purely commercial, the Luft guns are BAL accepted. It’s a 12 gauge with 70mm chambers which happens to be the same length stipulated by the Luftwaffe. Many are 65mm chambers instead, but plenty of guns were ordered with 70 in this timeframe so it’s not unusual, here’s an example below from 1939 with 70’s also. The Luftwaffe guns are all o/u’s as well, no legitimate sxs have been reported to my knowledge, some fake examples, yes.

This is a model 28 which was introduced as a low budget field gun of sorts, similar to the Habicht. Sauer produced quite a lot of them, they are still featured in their 1944 catalog. Many were exported under retailer names as well, largely to Sweden. IMO the most intriguing part of this one is the really early eagle/N proof date, since this did not start immediately in January.


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Here’s your model in a flyer from 1944, courtesy of Mr. Haggards. It’s a neat piece of history, thanks for sharing it. 93ABBF32-4C81-4F1D-9504-25178998BDE5.jpeg
 
Just curious, did the luftwaffe use shotguns to train gunners like the army air corps did?
 
They sure did, here’s a thread we had a while back on Luftwaffe shotguns.

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Gebrüder Merkel Luftwaffe Double Barrel Shotgun

I’m sure you already know Ryan but the M30’s have it as well. Really interesting that the work cards are missing in that timeframe, although it would be hard to imagine they only made 100. The m30’s were certainly made in many batches that are dispersed all throughout serial production. The...
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