Ed Kettner Drilling?

[Dean Romig]

This is Form 4473


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[Harold Pickens]

I see Dean beat me to it as usual, but dont feel bad I had to google it to find out, never knew it by it's official name

[Dusty Gonzalez]

I'll get some pics up

[David Noble]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Two questions ! First what’s a 4473 ?

I’m not sure if you were being facetious, or just had a momentary brain fart, but I’m a gun store owner too and I still habitually call it a “yellow form” lol.

[Dusty Gonzalez]

Originally Posted by Jim McKee

Dusty,
I hunt with a Merkel 16b/ 9.3X72 Rimmed. Very adequate for deer here in Ohio. Check if you can the proof makings on the barrels to help make certain it is a the 9.3X72 R normal- Joe D is correct there were different sizes of this cartridge before it was normalized in Germany. You can get more info about this on the German Gun Collectors site or the German & Austrian Sporting Guns @ doublegunshop.com site.
Ask if they have snap caps to check if each barrel can be fired (most likely they will not have snap caps)
But it sounds like you need to look elsewhere.
Good luck!
Jim

[oskar]

Older German drillings are marked by bore diameter not grove diameter so a 9.3x72R will actually be stamped 8.7/8.8 and the dimensions can be all over the place. Mine(1907) is Groove .364 bore .344 tall narrow lands and I know of a couple that are Groove .358(handy though). There is also a 9.3x72R Sauer that dimensionally more like a 9.3x74R although usually not constructed to handle the power of the 9.3x74R.

I really like them and use them a lot. One of my favorites is a 1926 16ga/16ga/6.5x58R Sauer & Sons that I use for coyote hunting in heavier cover. It is only marked by the vendor(Wilkes) not the manufacture.

My 9.3x72R is a unmarked hammer drilling and is a great bird gun,

[Jim McKee]

Dusty
What did you decide to do?
Jim

[Dusty Gonzalez]

Originally Posted by Jim McKee

Dusty
What did you decide to do?
Jim

I went ahead and picked it up. There is a nicer one at another shop. Its even nitro proofed

David responded to the E-mail, Thank you for helping me out