This is Form 4473


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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

I'll get some pics up

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.

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,

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 :banghead:

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