classic pre war sxs by imman meffert
 

this classic 16 gauge hunting gun was made in Germany in 1924. it is an extractor gun, that has double triggers and no choke tubes. and even with 29 1/2" barrels, it weighs just 6 1/2 pounds...

I like the way the europeans used sling swivels on most of there guns.

nice gun ed... charlie

I have one very similar to that one made by Franz Kettner .

Mine is choked full and fuller !

most of these prewar german guns are a joy!

I have a Wm Collath single shot rifle 6.5x52R with a pre war scope thats kinda intresting as well !

Incidently when I bought that thing I was a little worried about ammo and come to find out thats the euro designation for the 25-35 WIN !

I have some old 60's factory loads for the 25-35 and when I fired them in this rifle at 100 yards I was easily getting 1 1/2" groups which I thought was very nice for this OLD rifle scope combo with almost as old ammo .

That one may get a nod next year during the Damage Control Permit season .

Love the Collaths!

I have a Kettner drilling thats chambered for a cartridge Collath desgined !

The shotgun barrels are 16 and 16 but the rifle barrel is 10.75x65R Collath . I use a 207 grain cast gas check bullet sized to .429" and pushed with about 16 grains of SR4756 .
To make brass for the cartridge I took Hornady 405 WIN brass cut it down to length ran the case partially in a 444 sizing die . I also had to turn the rim diameter and thickness on our lathe . But after all that I was finally able to get it to shoot decently at 50 yards with the irons .

Here is a Collath in 16x16x8x57 great...no fantastic craftsmanship, shooter and fun in the field.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...Collath1-1.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...Collath2-1.jpg

Is that your howdah pistol? That is awesome.

Yeah when I clicked the link it was in a group of pictures. Have you ever shot it? It would be a fun reloading project to make cases for it. I always thought they were cool. It probably does not help that I love jones underlevers.

Yes, I have shot it with BP loads but its been a long time since its been out. It produced respectable groups at 25 yds. Funny as I was thinking about taking it out last summer but never got to it. Again, thanks for the reminder and I too like the jones underlever....

what a hog leg..would have loved to see you shooting it...charlie

Shouldnt there be a tiger skin to go along with that howda pistol.

Noooooo , endangered now !

But some big old boar tusks would be okay :whistle:

Well, like many of our guns, it probably could tell some good stories if it could talk. Doesn't have it's makers box and looks like it was carried quite a bit. Yesterday. wrote off to Atkin, Grant and Lang to see if they still have dated records. I immediately received a response that they do. Will check into see what records they have for this piece.